Fargo Barber Celebrates 65 Years of Cutting Hair
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) - Orlan Rokke's haircutting career began with the same type of motivation that starts many a great journey - why not? "I was 17 years…
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Red River Zoo Celebrates Earth Day
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) - Earth Day is meant to raise awareness for environmental concerns and celebrate our one and only planet - and there are perhaps no organizations more invested in that cause than zoos. The AZA, or the Association…
High School Girls' Flag Football Season Gets Underway
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) - The newest high school sports program in the Fargo-Moorhead area saw its grand kickoff on April 26. The Fargo Park District has organized a girls' flag football league, sponsored by the Minnesota Vikings. The eight-week season…
Fischbach wins GOP endorsement while Osberg secures DFL endorsement in MN 7th District
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -- Republican Rep. Michelle Fischbach has won the backing of the Minnesota GOP 7th District. She was endorsed during the district convention on Saturday in Marshall, Minnesota over challenger Dave Hughes of Karlstad. Hughes won the endorsement…
Local community members and faith leaders demand the release of a Minnesota woman
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -- Local community and faith leaders are asking legislators to help secure the immediate release of a Minnesota woman who is being detained in Texas. The group met Andrea Pedro-Francisco, a Burnsville resident, on a visit they…
Committee submits final rankings for convention center sites
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -- The committee’s rankings identified the top four proposals out of 100. And their final decision brings Brewhalla to the top with Fargo…
West Fargo and Essentia expands Save-A-life Boot Camp to include seventh graders
HORACE, N.D. (KVRR) — Students at Heritage Middle School in Horace had the chance today to learn some skills that could help them save someone's life. The students were taught how to recognize symptoms of strokes and heart attacks by…
Pet Connection: Meet the Preemies
FARGO -- If you're ever wondering just how much hard work and heartbreak goes into animal rescue, you've got the answer in these five tiny, fragile, one-week-old kittens. They were discovered abandoned, no mother…
Next round of federal rural health grants to promote fitness, community gardens
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota schools, local governments and organizations can apply for a combined $3.6 million in grant money now available through the federal Rural Health Transformation Program. The money, meant to help rural and tribal…
Space Force to expand at Grand Forks Air Force Base with new facility
GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – President Donald Trump’s 2027 budget includes $250 million for a satellite operations center at Grand Forks Air Force Base, expanding the u-s space force’s role in next-generation missions. The expansion will bring…
City of Finley residents once again able to use water
FINLEY, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Residents of Finley can finally use water from the tap again. Last Friday, the city’s water system lost pressure due to a main line leak. Residents were asked to not use water for anything, including flushing…
West Fargo Hosts Town Hall for City Commission Candidates
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) - The run-up to local elections continues, as candidates seek to engage with the public in hopes of winning coveted city commission seats. The city of West Fargo held a town hall meeting on April 23…
New scam message targets people in the metro, Cass County Sheriff explains what to do
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -- This letter, sent to a recipient, shows that they received a final notice with a court enforcement action for an outstanding…
Coalition Forms to Promote Renewal of Sales Tax
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) - The Fargo Forward Coalition may technically be a new organization, but the enthusiasm its co-chairs have for the penny infrastructure sales tax in the city…
Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug in a historic shift
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's acting attorney general on Thursday signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug, a major policy shift long sought by advocates who said cannabis should never have been treated like heroin by the…
Fire department quickly extinguishes blaze, next to Sheldon, ND fire hall
SHELDON, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – The response was quick to a fire Monday night in Sheldon in southeastern North Dakota. Within minutes of the call, 18 firefighters the Enderlin-Sheldon Fire Dept. and eight EMS personnel were enroute. They had just completed…
Drinking water restored in Finley, North Dakota
FINLEY, N.D. (KVRR) -- Great news for people living in Finley, North Dakota: people can now resume using water without restrictions. The city received the all-clear from Department of Environmental Quality in Bismarck. Testing found that bacteriological samples collected have…
Top North Dakota environmental regulator plans to retire this summer
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Dave Glatt, director of the Department of Environmental Quality, has announced his plan to retire effective July 31. Glatt has served in state government for 43 years, including the last seven in charge of…
After a long process, Fargo's Convention Center Committee is about to pick the site
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -- Fargo's Convention Center Committee will meet Friday to narrow down its list of four possible sites to one. That site recommendation will be presented to the full City Commission during it's Monday meeting. The four sites…
USDA reorganization means new jobs, research projects and millions of dollars for North Dakota
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) -- A USDA reorganization plan is good news for North Dakota. The state will gain 45 additional Agricultural Research Service employees and 10 new research projects totaling nearly $29 million. The research is being reassigned from Maryland's…
Millions of Americans may now also be considered Canadian under new law
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Potentially millions of Americans suddenly have a much easier path to Canadian citizenship, prompting a rush of people to explore their ancestry and file paperwork seeking dual citizenship. For people like Zack Loud of Farmington, Minnesota,…
Water restored in Finley, ND but still waiting for lab results from Bismarck
FINLEY, N.D. (KVRR) -- People in Finley, North Dakota are starting to see water running through their pipes again, but they are also seeing some "dirty" water. In a social media post, the city says the lines are pressurized and…
West Fargo's annual 2025 report shows slight increase in overall crimes, but some areas show dramatic increases
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -- The West Fargo Police Department reports that overall crime has increased by 1.5% since 2024.…
Chamber of Commerce program offers training for tech jobs
FARGO — Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber of Commerce is looking to give people the opportunity to get training in high-paying, tech-related jobs. "Good Jobs Challenge" is funded by a nearly 10 million dollar grant from the U.S. Economic Development…
Challenges to License Plate Readers Arise in Other U.S. States
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) - Following legislative challenges in states like Minnesota, other places in the United States are pushing back on data collection from automated license plate readers. In Norfolk, Virginia, two individuals have filed a lawsuit against the city…
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