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Fargo's Ride to Fight Suicide focuses on mental health

HORACE, N.D. (KVRR)- Leaders of the North Dakota chapter for American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, are raising funds and focusing energy towards suicide prevention and mental health, through there 11th annual Ride to Fight…

Two men hospitalized after crash & fire on I-94

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) - Two men have serious injuries following a crash and fire on I-94 near University Drive Friday afternoon. Around 4:00 a semi was heading east as traffic slowed down because of construction on the interstate in Moorhead.…

Inmate charged with assaulting a Cass County deputy

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) - A Cass County inmate is charged with aggravated assault of a peace officer. The Cass County Sheriff's Office says 27-year-old Jeffrey Cofresi assaulted a deputy at the jail's maximum security housing unit. The deputy was taken…

Celebrating National Chicken Wing Day

  FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) - Friday is the perfect day to wing it. It's National Chicken Wing Day. The Metro has not shortage of restaurants serving up chicken wings. The newest one is Slim Chickens,…

Former Clay County Sheriff Bergquist dies

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Former longtime Clay County Sheriff Bill Bergquist has died following a battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Bergquist was 64. A law enforcement career that spanned four decades, Bergquist joined the…

Fergus Falls man dies in crash

OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) - A Fergus Falls man is dead following a crash in Otter Tail County. It happened at the intersection of Highways 1 and 83 around 4:00 Thursday afternoon. The Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office says…

Mayor Mahoney releases budget plan for 2023

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -- Fargo Mayor Dr. Tim Mahoney releases his preliminary budget plan for 2023. The main initiatives involve a priority to retain Fargo citizens, city growth and expanding the Fargodome. He says…

Gov't: US Bank workers opened fake accounts for sales goals

NEW YORK (AP) -- For more than a decade, US Bank pressured its employees to open fake accounts in their customers’ names in order to meet unrealistic sales goals. That is according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. They allege…

Red River Women's Clinic Has More Time To Move to Moorhead

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/AP) -- The owner and operator of Red River Women's Clinic in Fargo says she now has more than enough time to relocate the clinic to Moorhead. A judge on Wednesday temporarily delayed North Dakota's trigger law abortion…

Legislative Committee Wants Wrigley To Do More About Deleted Emails

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) -- North Dakota legislators are asking questions of Attorney General Drew Wrigley after his predecessor's emails were deleted. The Government Administration committee was initially investigating transparency in the leasing of state government buildings. But it is now…

Hillsboro man charged after Subway restaurant attack

HILLSBORO, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) - A Hillsboro, North Dakota man has been charged with attempted kidnapping, felonious restraint and menacing after his arrest over the weekend for allegedly pulling a gun on an employee of Subway restaurant in Hillsboro. Sixty-two-year-old Mark…

Pet Connection: Lots Of Puppies!

  Puppies! They've got a lot of puppies at The Humane Society of the Lakes in Detroit Lakes. In this week's Pet Connection, we meet three young, energetic pups just chomping at the bit…

SUV rolls near apartment building in south Fargo

FARGO (KVRR) - Fargo police are investigating a single-vehicle crash. Police and fire crews responded shortly before 2:00 a.m. to the Nest apartments on the 1700 block of 35th Street South. There they found an SUV rolled over on its…

Fargo Seeking Public Input on Changing Downtown Ordinances

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -- You can now give your two cents on possibly changing two City of Fargo ordinances for downtown sidewalk entertainment and food. One would suspend the need for sidewalk entertainment permits. The other would limit the use…

Two dead in Hopkins, Minnesota explosion

HOPKINS, Minn. (KVRR) -- Two people were killed when an explosion and fire demolished a suburban Minneapolis home in Hopkins. The bodies of a husband and wife, both in their 80s, were found in the debris. The fire chief says…

Lottery Players Bring In Big Bucks For North Dakota

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) -- Lottery players in North Dakota helped contribute $6.7 million to the state during fiscal year 2022. North Dakotans spent around $29 million on lottery tickets. Attorney General Drew Wrigley says the lottery provided $5.6 million to…