OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency cleared the way Friday for a higher blend of ethanol to be sold nationwide for the third summer in a row, citing global conflicts that it says are putting pressure on the world’s fuel supply. The agency announced an emergency waiver that will exempt gasoline blended with 15% ethanol from an existing summertime ban. Gasoline…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — The cost to send a letter could be going up, again. U.S. Postal Service wants to raise the price of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp to 73 cents from 68 cents. Metered letters would see a nickel increase to 69 cents. Domestic postcards will go up three pennies to 56 cents. There are also increases planned…
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Powerball player in Oregon won a jackpot worth more than $1.3 billion on Sunday, ending a winless streak that had stretched more than three months. The single ticket — revealed following a delay of more than three hours to the drawing — matched all six numbers drawn to win the jackpot worth $1.326 billion,…
FARGO (KVRR) – The first week of April is Window Safety Awareness, as roughly eight children a year die from falling out of a window. As the temperatures start to warm up and people open up windows, it’s important to keep your kids safe. Avoid using windows that can be accessed by kids. Supervise children at all times if a…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — As part of a plan to upgrade its Postal processing, transportation, and delivery networks, USPS announced that it will be converting its Processing and Distribution Centers in Bismarck, Grand Forks, Huron, S.D. to Local Processing Centers. This means mail in those regions would first be sent to Fargo before being sent on to their destinations, even…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Midco Sports has laid off a number of employees, including Fargo-based on-air play-by-play announcers Brian Shawn and Jody Norstedt. In a statement from the Sioux Falls internet and cable TV provider, Midco said it plans to enhance streamed content along with university partnership content on its linear channels, Midco Sports and Midco Sports Two. Midco…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The region is seeing snow and strong winds. Snow and strong winds are expected from Sunday through Tuesday, impacting travel conditions across the region. Crews from Fargo Public Works have been on staff since Saturday afternoon prepping for this storm. “We did some pre-treating of the roads, and now we’re out there scraping some of the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/AP) — Another drawing last night without a jackpot winner. Powerball keeps climbing and is now at $750 million for the next drawing on Saturday night. Not only did no one win the jackpot, there were also zero Match 5 one million dollar winners. As far as that other big lottery game, Mega Millions, it is now nearly…
BROWNS VALLEY, Minn. (KVRR-KWAT) – The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is investigating a significant fish kill on Lake Traverse on the South Dakota-Minnesota border. Fisheries Supervisor Chris Domeier says the fish kill was reported March 14th. The DNR fish health lab concluded the likely cause of the kill was from what’s called gas bubble disease. The mild winter, sunny…
A Democratic legislator on Wednesday called for an inquiry into South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem’s trip to Texas for dental work and a promotional video in which she praises the doctors for giving her “a smile I can be proud of and confident in.” State Sen. Reynold Nesiba said he initially found the nearly five-minute video to be simply…
