South Dakota News

North Dakota teams up with neighboring states as an option for international travelers

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Fargo-Moorhead Convention and Visitors Bureau sent an ambassador to Frankfurt, Germany to pitch visitors to stop by the F-M region and surrounding states. In multiple meetings with international travel agents, Charley Johnson, the President and CEO of the F-M CVB, says agents are starting to book trips for their clients for the summer of 2023….

Medical emergency strands Air Portugal flight with 270 passengers in Fargo

Air Portugal jet at Hector International Airport.FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – About 270 passengers spent an unexpected night in Fargo after a passenger on board an Air Portugal flight had a medical emergency somewhere over South Dakota. Fargo Airport Authority executive director Shawn Dobberstein said the Airbus landed at 2:45 pm Tuesday.  The flight was heading from Lisbon, Portugal to San Francisco….

LIVE: Anime Fargo

You've got two days to whip up a costume, so get on it!

FARGO —  It can be tough to find an event that the whole family, from babies to teens to young adults to grandparents, can all get in on. But that’s the promise at Anime Fargo: Magical Transformations, happening this weekend here at the Ramada by Wyndham. The event centers around the wildly popular cultural phenomenon of anime, or animated entertainment….

Johnny Carino’s Closes Suddenly In Fargo

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Another restaurant in Fargo has closed for good. Johnny Carino’s, a block off of 45th Street South, closed permanently as of Tuesday according to a social media post. The operators wrote that they were “sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.” People asking about unused gift cards were told to send them to an address in…

Barn under construction collapses, injuring 10

courtesy Mike Tanner, KWAT SUMMIT, S.D. (KVRR-KWAT) – Ten workers were injured late Monday afternoon when large, heavy rafters on the east end of a dairy barn they were constructing collapsed on them. It happened just after 5 p.m. southwest of Summit. One person was critically injured.  Five people were taken to Prairie Lakes Hospital in Watertown, three to Milbank…

Fargo Man Killed in Richland Co. Crash Saturday is Identified, 2 SD Teens Hurt

RICHLAND CO., N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota Highway Patrol has identified a Fargo man killed in a head-on crash early Saturday morning in Richland County. He is 47-year-old Washington Weanquoi. Two 19-year-old men in the other vehicle from South Dakota are at Sanford in Fargo with serious injuries. They are Kash Cutler of Frederick and William Nordine of Aberdeen. The crash…

Student Loan Debt Relief Could Be Announced as Early As Wednesday

WASHINGTON, D.C. — It looks like The White House may tie student loan debt relief to an income threshold. Sources say the Biden Administration is leaning towards canceling up to $10,000 in student loan debt for every borrower, but they have to earn less than $125,000 a year. President Biden’s plan could be announced as soon as Wednesday. Sources also…

North Dakota Officer Receives Congressional Badge of Bravery

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — An officer who jumped into action when several vehicles including a bus were washed into a large hole by heavy rainfall in July 2019 is honored. Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer presented Bureau of Indian Affairs Officer Dexter Davis with the Congressional Badge of Bravery. Davis acted quickly when a section of Highway 1806 washed…

Ethics Board: Gov. Kristi Noem May Have “Engaged in Misconduct”

Gov. Kristi NoemSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota ethics board says Gov. Kristi Noem may have “engaged in misconduct” when she intervened in her daughter’s application for a real estate appraiser license. The Government Accountability Board determined that “appropriate action” could be taken against Noem, though it didn’t specify the action. Its procedures call for a contested case…

LIVE: World-Renowned Photographer Shane Balkowitsch in Fargo

Balkowitsch's striking wet-plate images are resonating out from Bismarck all over the world -- and now here to a show in Fargo.

FARGO — An internationally-renowned photographer famous for his wet-plate portraits is coming to Fargo this weekend to launch his new show in downtown. You probably already know Shane Balkowitsch’s work — his famous 2019 portrait of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg was installed on a downtown mural in 2020. Fargo activists brought it here after people in Bismarck threatened to…