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Hoeven isolating after testing positive for COVID-19

WASHINGTON (KVRR) - Sen. John Hoeven says he will be in quarantine through Sunday after testing positive for COVID-19. Hoeven says he has no symptoms.  He tested positive Tuesday after being notified that he had been exposed. “While asymptomatic, I…

Fargo fire victims identified

FARGO (KVRR) – Authorities have identified two people who died in a Jan. 26 house fire in Fargo. The victims were 88-year-old Jean Clara Blouin and 91-year-old Myron Blouin. Firefighters were called to 1418 2nd Ave. S. shortly after 5:00…

I-29 closed from Grand Forks to Canadian border

NORTH DAKOTA - (KVRR) - Interstate 29 is closed from Grand Forks to the Canadian border due to zero zero visibility, blowing snow and icy road conditions according to the North Dakota Department of Transportation. Manitoba Highway 75 from the…

Burgum will wait before appointing Stenehjem's successor

BISMARCK, N.D. - North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum won’t discuss who he will appoint to serve out the remainder of Wayne Stenehjem’s term until after the funeral of the longtime attorney general. Stenehjem died Friday at age 68, just a…

Supporters of Leonard Peltier ask for COVID-19 release

FARGO (KVRR) - Advocates say Leonard Peltier, the man convicted of killing two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, has COVID-19 and should be transferred to a hospital. "On Friday, January 28, Leonard Peltier tested positive for COVID-19…

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