FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – It feels more like the holidays than Thanksgiving as the 32 foot tree at Broadway Square in Downtown Fargo is lit. Music filled the air from the Bison Arts Singers as Fargo Parks and Mayor Mahoney spoke about the joy of the holiday season. Jasper Hotel sponsored horse rides and people enjoyed the opening of the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — AAA is bringing back its “Tow to Go” program. It’s a way to keep impaired drivers off the roads during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. It provides transportation for the would-be impaired driver and their vehicle. The program will be operational from 6 p.m. Wednesday through 6 a.m. Monday in North Dakota. Drivers call the Tow to…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota Industrial Commission has awarded $3.4 million in federal funding for the demolition and redevelopment of the Lashkowitz High Rise in Fargo. The funding comes from HUD’s Housing Trust Fund, which provides funding to states for affordable housing development. Earlier this year, Sen. John Hoeven joined local leaders to tour the high rise and talk…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A West Fargo business owner decides to run for City Commission after the board votes against a study looking into allowing easier access to her business. SheyWest Garden Center would have paid for the feasibility study. Customers aren’t allowed to turn left into the business because of a concrete median on 40th Avenue West. There’s…
ST. PAUL (KVRR) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is looking to hear from the general public on the proposed merger of Fairview Health Services and Sanford Health. His office has set up a dedicated form on the Attorney General’s website for people to leave comments about the merger. You’ll also find phone numbers you can call. A series of…
LIDGERWOOD, N.D. (KVRR) — A fundraiser is started for a senior living center in danger of closing in Lidgerwood, North Dakota. A GoFundMe account has been started for Dakota Estates to “keep the doors open”. It says there is a plan for purchase in place, but until that happens they are looking for funding for the non-profit, community owned senior…
Wayne StenehjemBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/AP) — An outside evaluation has determined that deleted emails by North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem and his deputy, Troy Seibel, no longer exist and cannot be resurrected. Current Attorney General Drew Wrigley said Stenehjem’s account was deleted by an employee in January after his sudden death, at Seibel’s direction. Seibel’s account was deleted in May,…
It’s probably something you’ve been putting off… and for good reason. This time of year, between making pies, holiday breads, cakes, stuffing, and of course that great big turkey, your oven is probably getting quite a workout. And, like most of us after a workout, it’s a bit of a mess. But this year, cleaning experts in the region are…
MAPLETON, N.D. (KVRR) – Five billion dollars from the infrastructure law signed by President Biden last year will be given to schools to buy electric buses. Two thousand school districts nationwide will get electric buses. Mapleton is one of four in North Dakota to get one as part of the first round of grants totaling $1 billion dollars. The first…
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota attorney general’s office says a judge did not use a “rational mental process” when determining there was a “substantial probability” that a constitutional challenge to the state’s abortion ban would succeed. The state says there are errors in South Central District Judge Bruce Romanick’s opinion that prevents the ban from going into effect…
