Wear Red 2022: Reclaim Your Rhythm
These two years of the pandemic have been hard on the heart in more ways than one. Between the stress and worry over the risk of covid to you and your loved ones, the isolation…
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Minot Air Force base has $607 million economic impact
MINOT, N.D. - A new analysis pegs the local economic impact of the Minot Air Force Base at nearly $607 million in the past fiscal year. The 2021 fiscal year economic impact is lower than fiscal year 2020, when the…
State offers $2,000 bonuses to obtain temporary nursing home certification
BISMARCK, N.D. - North Dakota’s Health Department is offering a cash incentive for people who obtain a temporary certification to work in a nursing home in the state. The goal of the “emergency recruit program” is to help curb staffing…
ND AG Wayne Stenehjem remembered as a family man at his funeral
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) - North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem is being remembered not just for the work he did, but the family man and friend he was to many. "Wayne Stenehjem will go…
Casselton Could Lose It's Only Grocery Store Soon
CASSELTON, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) -- It's likely Casselton, North Dakota will lose its only grocery store. The city's Planning and Zoning Commission has approved a required conditional use permit that allows the sale of the Wangler Foods building on Front Street.…
Belcourt Man Sentenced For Carjacking in Fargo Last March
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -- A Belcourt, North Dakota man is sentenced to seven years in prison for a carjacking in Fargo. 32-year-old John Poitra approached someone who had just parked their pickup near 6th Avenue and 8th Street North last…
$2,000 Bonus Offered For People To Become Nurse Aides in ND
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) -- North Dakota Department of Health is encouraging people to pursue careers in skilled nursing facilities. They are offering an Emergency Recruitment Program to become a Temporary Nurse Aide and Certified Nurse Aide. The program will run…
Man Arrested For DUI After Found Lying In Ditch For Hours After Crash
RANSOM CO., N.D. (KVRR) -- A man accused of drunk driving is found lying in a ditch for three hours in -22 weather before someone spotted him. North Dakota Highway Patrol says 25-year-old Jesse Schultz of Enderlin crashed and was…
FirstLink will host film festival on mental health and suicide
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -- FirstLink wants to bring the topics of mental health and suicide to the forefront for young people. A film festival will be held on April 28th at Fargo Theatre. College and high school students are encouraged…
Update: North Dakota attorney general remembered as man of integrity
BISMARCK, N.D. - Hundreds of people gathered at the Bismarck Event Center to pay tribute to North Dakota’s longest-serving attorney general who died last week. Sixty-eight-year-old Wayne Stenehjem was found unresponsive at his home and died unexpectedly last Friday following…
South Dakota attorney general insists no wrongdoing during crash investigation
PIERRE, S.D. - South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg insists he did nothing wrong in using his position overseeing the state’s Division of Criminal Investigation to make inquiries about what out-of-state criminal investigators could find on his phone during the…
Fargo judge to retire in April due to health issues
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) - A district judge in Fargo says he’s leaving the court. East Central District Judge Thomas Olson has given notice of his resignation, effective April 30. Olson cited health issues including his hospitalization last year for Covid-19. He…
Feed My Starving Children Volunteers Aim to Pack 2.5 Million Meals
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -- Feed My Starving Children is back this week, trying to raise $480,000 for hungry kids. More than 8,000 volunteers, most of them middle or high schoolers from West Fargo…
Valley City Man Sentenced For Attempter Murder, Other Charges
VALLEY CITY, N.D. -- A Valley City man charged with attempted murder, burglary and violating a protection order has been sentenced to just over six years in prison. Alex Mooridian was charged after he shot another man in the abdomen…
Groszhans remains jailed as tensions rise between Ukraine and Russia
WASHINGTON - A North Dakota farmer remains jailed in Ukraine on charges he attempted to assassinate a former business partner who is now a government minister. Kurt Groszhans of Ashley is in a Kyiv prison. He’s been charged with attempted murder,…
Native American tribes reach $590 million opioid settlement
FARGO (KVRR) - Native American tribes have reached opioid settlements worth over a half-billion dollars with Johnson & Johnson and three distributors. A federal court filing describes $590 million in settlements with the New Jersey-based company along with distributors AmerisourceBergen,…
Fargo Mayor launches reelection bid
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) - As expected, Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney is officially running for another term. Mahoney says he wants a better structure for students who want to learn trades and give job…
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…
Nonprofit Tech4Kids donates 10 laptops to Kondial Kel International
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) - Nonprofit Tech4Kids donates 10 laptops courtesy of Stoneridge software and RDO equipment to help level the playing field for kids in low income homes suffering during remote learning. "This is so…
Salvation Army beats red kettle goal by more than $76,000
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR)- Salvation Army in Fargo announces it raised $976,263.05 in 2021's Red Kettle campaign. The organization had a goal of $900,000 and raised $80,000 more than in 2020. The money goes to…
Dustin Elliott announces campaign for Fargo mayor
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) – A fourth candidate is in the race for Fargo mayor. Dustin Elliott says he works in the loan department of a Fargo bank. The 35-year-old is a political newcomer. He says he believes there should be…
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