FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Bitzero says its North American headquarters will be in North Dakota. Governor Doug Burgum and entrepreneur Kevin O’Leary, known as Mr. Wonderful in “Shark Tank” and an investor in Bitzero, join the company’s CEO and Three Affiliated Tribes Chairman Mark Fox for the announcement. “Data is the new oil. This state has plenty of energy. Now,…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-KCND) – The North Dakota Public Service Commission has begun holding formal hearings on a natural gas rate increase proposed by Xcel Energy. Xcel had proposed increasing the monthly charge from $18.50 to $25.00. But in a settlement worked out with PSC staff, the charge would be $22.50. The intervener in the case, AARP, disagrees with the settlement. …
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — You can expect to run into construction along Center Avenue in Downtown Moorhead starting on Monday. The project is being divided into two phases. Phase One is from the Red River bridge to 6th Street and will take until late August to complete. Phase Two affects 6th and 8th Streets and is expected to wrap by…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — An arrest is made in Moorhead and hundreds of fentanyl pills are now in the hands of police. Thirty-three-year-old Maurice Bell was arrested in the 1300 block of Belsley Boulevard and faces a number of charges. During the search warrant, police found 501 fentanyl pills, with a street value of $15,000, a handgun and over $20,000…
MINNEAPOLIS – A Twin Cities couple is dead after a tree fell on them while they were camping in northern Wisconsin. Thirty-nine-year-old Sandy Michael Langseth II and 45-year-old April Sheldahl of White Bear Lake Township were camping along the Flambeau River’s north fork on Sunday. Sheriff’s officials say the tree hit them while they were sitting at a picnic table….
(City of Minneapolis)MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – This spring, Minneapolis became the first large city in the United States to allow the Islamic call to prayer to be broadcast publicly on loudspeakers. So far only one mosque is doing so, three times a day. But more of the city’s two dozen mosques are getting ready to start their own broadcasts. They’re setting…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Law enforcement in the region are becoming more proactive stopping speeders in Fargo a couple of weeks after a town hall meeting addressing the issue. An airplane from the North Dakota Highway Patrol is being used to track down reckless drivers as part of the Fargo Police Department’s crackdown on speeders and street racers. “We’ll be…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Fia is ending her time with the North Dakota Highway Patrol. The K9, assigned to Trooper Kristjan Helgoe in Fargo, is retiring after eight years of service. Helgoe says Fia was trained to detect marijuana, methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine. “Usually age and health, kind of a combination and she’ll be turning 10-years-old here, she’s starting to slow…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR)- World No Tobacco Day is being recognized nationwide to highlight the dangers of tobacco use in our country. “Tobacco use remains a major problem across the state of North Dakota and across our country. Tobacco use is actually still the leading cause of preventable death and disease in North Dakota and the United States, so just in…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Ben Holsen, the owner of Holsen Home Solar, says investing in an all-electric pickup truck aligns with his business where he installs solar panel roofs onto people’s homes. “A couple of years ago I decided I really wanted to put solar panels on my lake house. I couldn’t really find anybody doing it in the area. So,…
