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President Trump bans travel from multiple countries

WASHINTON, D.C. (AP) -- President Donald Trump is bringing back the travel ban policy from his first term. He signed a proclamation this evening preventing people from a dozen countries from entering the United States. The countries include Afghanistan, Myanmar,…

RibFest 2025 Begins

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) - "I mean, I think anywhere there's smoke, there's flavor," said Lauren Vega of Cowboys Barbeque and Rib Co. It's the good kind of smoke, though, as the haze floating down from…

North Dakota: Highest rate of measles cases in the U.S.

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) -- With 34 confirmed cases, North Dakota has the highest rate of measles in the U.S. According to data from the North Dakota Public Health Association, the state's rate of infection is 4.27 cases per 100,000 people.…

New Details in Former NDSCS Football Player Rape Case

WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR) - A former NDSCS football player remains at large Wednesday after being accused of raping an unconscious woman at his apartment last November. That's after a Richland county judge issued an arrest warrant for Raymond Ruschel. Ruschel…

West Fargo woman sentenced for stealing from former employer

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) -- A West Fargo woman has been sentenced after entering an Alford plea for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from her Fargo employer. Mary Peterson admitted there would be enough evidence to convict her of embezzling…

Another defendant sentenced in downtown Fargo beating

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) -- Another defendant in a brutal downtown Fargo beating last year has been sentenced for his role in the assault. Terrell Smith will spend 30 days in jail and be on probation for two years after entering…

National Donut Day is Friday

FARGO -- The Salvation Army's been making life a little sweeter for thousands of folks who need a helping hand for 128 years in the metro. And this week, you can get in on…

Ukrainians face slow walk out the door as status expires

FARGO (North Dakota News Cooperative) — In mid-June Yaroslav Riazanov’s upended life will change once again. The 27-year-old who drove trucks and worked construction around Fargo for the past two years as a Uniting for Ukraine (U4U) parolee will no…

North Dakota’s historic sites will finally have toilets that flush

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Lawrence Welk didn’t have a flush toilet where he grew up, but visitors to his childhood home in rural North Dakota now do. The bandleader’s childhood family home marks the latest step in the State Historical Society of North Dakota’s nearly completed…

Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias plans tour stop for Grand Forks

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) -- You may have fallen in love with his latest Netflix special. Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias is coming to Grand Forks this fall. The comedian will perform THE 1976 TOUR: A FLUFFY CELEBRATION at Alerus Center on…

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