Pet Connection: Meet Minxy
We have a girl who wants to be the only kitty in town joining us for this week's Pet Connection. The adorable Minxy was an owner surrender after she and the other cat in…
North Dakota News
Minot man takes child abuse conviction to Supreme Court
MINOT, N.D. - A man found guilty of child abuse for assaulting a woman in front of a young girl is appealing his conviction to the North Dakota Supreme Court. Fifty-three-year-old Brent Castleman of Minot was convicted last year of…
Fargo School board implements mask mandate for new school year
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -- Fargo School board members vote require masks for students and staff for the upcoming school year. "The mitigation strategies that K-12 schools were asked to consider for implementation of…
Fargo Davies hockey holds car wash fundraiser
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -- Hockey players at Davies High School are getting their hands dirty to raise money for their game day expenses. The boys hockey team had buckets of cleaning cloths,…
Altru mandates COVID-19 vaccinations for employees
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) - Altru Health System says staff, physicians, volunteers and students, regardless of work locations, will be required to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or complete an exemption process by November 15. The Grand Forks-based Altru says employees…
Update: Jury clears Hotel Donaldson in death of man punched outside bar
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) - A Cass County jury ruled that the Hotel Donaldson in downtown Fargo is not liable for a confrontation that resulted in the death of a man in 2017. The victim's…
Fargo Public School Board approves mask mandate
FARGO (KVRR) - Face coverings for all staff, students and visitors, regardless of vaccination status or community transmission rates will be required in Fargo Public Schools. The Fargo School Board approved the policy Tuesday. The vote was 6-3. A…
West Fargo Fire Department discusses challenges, needs and future goals
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) - West Fargo Fire Chief Dan Fuller is presenting the growing needs and long term goals of the department to city commissioners. As the city of West Fargo grows, its…
Civil Trial Case Against Patterson & HoDo Goes To The Jury
FARGO, N.D. -- A civil trial in Fargo in the case of a man who threw a fatal punch outside of the Hotel Donaldson in 2017 is now in the hands of the…
Update: Small airplane crashes near West Fargo
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) - The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a plane crashed just after leaving the area of the West Fargo Municipal Airport after hitting a row of trees. The…
Cramer, Cruz, introduce bills to ban federal mask and vaccine mandates
WASHINGTON (KVRR) - Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz have introduced legislation that would prohibit federal mandates requiring face coverings and COVID-19 vaccines. Cramer says the "No Mask Mandates Act" would end President Biden's executive order…
Crop spraying airplane crash kills pilot near Strasburg
STRASBURG, N.D. (KVRR) - The pilot of a crop spraying airplane died Tuesday morning after the aircraft struck a high voltage transmission line in Emmons County. The crash occurred three miles west and three miles south of Strasburg. The North Dakota…
Burgum asks for federal help in dealing with storm damage
BISMARCK, N.D. - Gov. Doug Burgum has requested federal help for counties dealing with recent storms that caused more than $2 million in damage to roads and other infrastructure. The storms during the second week of June produced tornadoes and…
Hyde Development breaks ground for Dakota Commerce Center
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -- A groundbreaking ceremony is unveiling plans for a four building facility that will help aid e-commerce growth throughout Fargo. Dakota Commerce Center industrial development will redefine the transportation of online…
Organizations suggest safety improvements to Fargo's Wildlife Management Program
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) - State and local organizations taking part in the City of Fargo's Wildlife Management Program Study Group discuss who should take it over if it continues and how to make it…
Copper stolen from vacant homes in South Fargo
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -- A string of copper theft among three vacant houses in the south part of the metro has the Cass County Sheriff's office searching for any information that could aid in…
UND becomes first university to partner with U.S. Space Force
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) - The University of North Dakota will be the first participant in the U.S. Space Force's University Partnership Program. Sens. John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer, General John Raymond, Chief…
Idaho child porn suspect may have victims in North Dakota
FARGO (KVRR) - An Idaho man accused of sexually exploiting children and producing child porn in Alaska, could have additional victims in North Dakota or Idaho. That's according to the FBI. According to federal court documents, 39-year-old Christopher Panagiotou-Scigliano made…
North Dakota National Guard soldiers returning from Washington
BISMARCK, N.D. - Members of a Bismarck-based North Dakota Army National Guard unit who were called to active duty in Washington, D.C. late last year have begun returning home. About 70 soldiers with Company C, 2nd Battalion of the 285th…
Former Devils Lake police chief dies in motorcycle crash
FARGO (KVRR) - Former Devils Lake Police Chief Keith Schroeder died in a motorcycle crash in the Black Hills. The South Dakota Highway Patrol says Schroeder died July 31 when he crossed the center line and hit an oncoming motorcycle…
Canada begins allowing vaccinated Americans to visit again
FARGO - Canada is lifting its prohibition on Americans crossing the border to shop, vacation or visit, but the United States is keeping similar restrictions in place for Canadians. The Monday reopening is part of a return to normalcy from…
BNSF coal train derails near Bismarck
BISMARCK, N.D. - Around 15 cars of a BNSF coal train derailed south of Bismarck. Bismarck Police, the Burleigh County Sheriff’s Department and Bismarck Fire Department were called out around 3:15 p.m. Sunday for the derailment near Hemlock Street. There…
West Fargo 13U team headed for Babe Ruth World Series
WEST FARGO, ND (KVRR) -- The West Fargo Rattlers won the 13-year-old Midwest Plains Regional game last Sunday and today they are preparing to take a trip to Jamestown, New York to play in…
Blown Tire Helps Set Off Grass Fires In Ditch Along I-29 Near Grand Forks, Driver Cited
GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- Sparks from a blown tire set the ditch on fire south of Grand Forks. A viewer sent us this video of fires that broke out in three different spots along a three quarter mile stretch of…
Fargo Fire Crews Put Out And Investigate Twin Home Fire
FARGO, N.D. -- Fargo Fire Department remained on scene of a fire at a twin home for several hours. They were sent to the 52 hundred block of 50th Avenue South around 4:30 Sunday afternoon. They tell us the fire…
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