GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR-KNOX) – Sen. Kevin Cramer says he is “skeptical” of a proposed corn processing plant under consideration in Grand Forks. The city council approved a development agreement with the Fufeng Group for a plant on the city’s north side. Several nearby land and business owners have opposed the project. Cramer says the company has connections to the…
Home sales are the hottest they’ve been in years. And this weekend — the hot ticket in town could be the annual Home and Garden Show at the Fargodome. Organizers with the Home Builders Association say this year’s attendance is likely to be big. They say demand for home construction, improvement, and services is through the roof locally. Some vendors…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The University of North Dakota says it will be the first among the state’s postsecondary schools to offer a bachelor’s degree in video gaming. The State Board of Higher Education recently approved the Bachelor of Science degree in esports at UND. The university has been developing esports for a couple years, including establishing varsity level competition….
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Titan Machinery is keeping close tabs on the situation in Ukraine, where thousands of people are fleeing the country as Russia continues to pound the capital and other cities with airstrikes. In a report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission Friday, the West Fargo-based company said the well-being of its employees in Ukraine is…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — The Russia-Ukraine crisis has some ties to residents of North Dakota. Eastern Europeans in North Dakota anxiously await what is next for Ukraine after Russia’s invasion. Especially one Bismarck woman who runs a grocery store specializing in Ukranian and Russian products, she wonders what this means for her business. “I am not sure what is going…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A new development called “The Crossroads” is being planned in one corner of the I-29 and I-94 intersection in Fargo. It’ll be a mix of office, medical, technology, retail, hospitality space and more according to the developer, former North Dakota Republican Congressman Rick Berg. He says he’s been interested in this site for over 30 years….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Russia-Ukraine crisis has more ties to our region. Around 30-40% of North Dakotans have German or Russian heritage. Their ancestors came from what is now known as Ukraine. Michael Miller, a professor at NDSU, is also the Director of the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection and he’s worried about what might happen to port cities…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR)–We have a follow-up to a story KVRR first brought you last night: a Fargo chef is gaining recognition in the culinary world. Ryan Nitschke, the head chef and owner of Luna Restaurant in Fargo, is a semifinalist for a James Beard Award under the category “Best Chef in the Midwest”. Nitschke is a Fargo native and says…
CJ CarruthersFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — CJ Carruthers of Fargo is sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for a drug robbery gone bad in West Fargo that resulted in a six-year-old boy being shot in the head. Authorities say last March, Carruthers and Germond Johnson Jr. were robbing an alleged drug dealer when Carruthers fired his gun. The dealer fired…
MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) – Cargill and Golden Growers Cooperative have reached an agreement to purchase ProGold LLC, the owner of a corn milling facility in Wahpeton. Each of the companies will retain 50% ownership in ProGold after buying out American Crystal Sugar Company’s 51% equity stake. The purchase also includes 510 acres of land. Cargill has leased and operated the Wahpeton…
