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UPDATE: 17-year-old Fargo runaway found safe

UPDATE (10/01/21 at 917 p.m.): Fargo Police say Freeman has been found safe.   FARGO, N.D. -- Fargo Police Department is asking the public for help in locating 17-year-old Patricia Freeman. They say she ran away on Wednesday night and…

Rural Wahpeton cemetery vandalized

WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) - Don Resler says he was shocked when he went to Calvary Cemetery southwest of Wahpeton Sunday and discovered gravestones had been vandalized.  No arrest has been made. Resler, the cemetery groundskeeper, says three large stone markers…

Pet Connection: Meet The Bunnies

It's been an almost herculean effort on the part of animal rescuers here in our region to round up some sixty or so rabbits from a Moorhead neighborhood. Sixty or so rapidly multiplying rabbits,…

Belcourt man sentenced for sexual abuse of a child

FARGO (KVRR) - A Belcourt, N.D. man has been sentenced to 36 1/2 years in prison for sexually assaulting an 11 year-old. Forty-year-old Adam Jason Poitra was charged with Aggravated Sexual Assault of a minor. Federal prosecutors say Poitra sexually…

Grand Forks Public Health Relocates Its COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) -- Grand Forks Public Health has relocated its COVID-19 vaccination clinic from Hugo's Family Marketplace to the Grand Cities Mall. You'll find them in the former Christian Bookshelf location, between Ace Hardware and Play It Again…

West Fargo Company Lands Nearly $8 Million Defense Contract

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) -- A West Fargo company has landed a U.S. Department of Defense contract worth nearly $8 million. North Dakota Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer say Pro-Mark Services will upgrade the primary mechanical and electrical systems throughout…

High Risk Sex Offender Has New Fargo Address

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -- Another high risk sex offender has a new address in Fargo. Police say Steven Gibson is living at 123 15th Street North/Centre. Gibson was convicted in 2016 in Burleigh County for child neglect and solicitation of…

YouTube bans false COVID-19 vaccine claims

(AP) - YouTube is wiping vaccine misinformation and conspiracy theories from its popular video-sharing platform. The ban on vaccine misinformation, announced in a blog post on Wednesday, comes as countries around the world continue to offer free immunizations for COVID-19…

Line 3 pipeline complete, will be operational Friday

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Enbridge announced Wednesday that the upgrade and expansion of its Line 3 pipeline across Minnesota is complete and will become operational on Friday. The Canada-based company’s President and CEO Al Monaco said in a statement that the…

Sanford Health welcomes nurses as capacity nears

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) - Sanford Health is seeing facilities near capacity and with a shorthanded staff, the workload is beginning to take a toll. Local medical facilities continue to surge towards maximum capacity.…

Grand Forks Public Schools' referendum passes

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) - Grand Forks Public Schools' referendum to increase its building fund levy by 10 mills passes with 65.9 percent approval. There were 2,759 yes votes and 1,426 no votes. The measure needed 60 percent to pass.…

Woman Arrested During Brawl At Fargo South Is Charged

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -- We have new information in an exclusive story we brought you Monday night about a brawl that erupted in a Fargo South parking lot Friday night during a football game. A woman who was arrested, Alisha…

Airport authority wants improvement tax extended

FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) - Fargo Airport Authority Chairman Erik Lind says he'll ask the Fargo City Commission to reconsider its decision not to extend a tax that helps pay for airport construction. The tax has been collected for decades. But the city…

Kathy Najimy cancels appearance at Fargo Theatre

FARGO (KVRR) - The Friday, October 15, engagement of ‘An In-Person Conversation with Kathy Najimy plus A Live Screening of Hocus Pocus’ at Fargo Theatre has been canceled due to a scheduling conflict. Full refunds for tickets purchased for this engagement…

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