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Tourism has record-breaking year in South Dakota

PIERRE, S.D. - Tourism officials say South Dakota had a record number of visitors in 2021, making it the first state to fully recover to pre-pandemic levels. The state Department of Tourism says visitors spent more than $4.4 billion last…

Be Fast: How To Spot a Stroke

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) - Not everyone knows how to respond when it comes to a stroke. "Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the united states, it is one of the leading causes…

High Risk Sex Offender Has New Address in Fargo

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -- A high risk sex offender has a new Fargo address. Police tell us 41-year-old Jamal Anderson is now living at 734 College Street North. Anderson was convicted in 2001 of Corrupt/Solicitation of a 16-year-old girl in…

Rugby man dies one week after Highway 2 crash

GRAND FORKS COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) - A Rugby man is dead following a crash on Highway 2 on Jan. 12. Seventy-four-year-old John Gustafson was driving an SUV on the icy highway around 9:00 AM three-and-a-half-miles east of Niagara, North Dakota.…

City Commissioner calls for immediate dismissal of Fargo police chief

FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) - Fargo City Commissioner Dave Piepkorn called the situation regarding understaffing of the police force, lack of leadership by Chief Dave Zibolski and other problems within the police department a “disaster.” After another development, Piepkorn said it’s time…

Starbucks drops vaccine mandate after Supreme Court ruling

SEATTLE - Starbucks is no longer requiring its U.S. workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, reversing a policy it announced earlier this month. In a memo sent Tuesday to employees, the Seattle coffee giant said it was responding to last…

Minnesota lawmakers face $7.7B surplus in 2022 session

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Minnesota Legislature will decide how to handle a $7.7 billion surplus when it convenes Monday, Jan. 31. The main job for lawmakers in even-numbered years traditionally is a public works borrowing package known as a…

Teen charged with shooting mother in dispute over meth

COOK, Minn. - Prosecutors in St. Louis County say they have charged a 16-year-old with attempting to kill her mother because she took methamphetamine away from her daughter. The teen is charged in juvenile court with attempted murder. The 40-year-old…

Media groups protest restrictions for ex-officers' trial

ST. PAUL, Minn. - A coalition of media groups says restrictions on access to the federal civil rights trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s death amount to an unconstitutional closing of the courtroom. Citing the…

Actor-comedian Louie Anderson undergoing cancer treatment

LOS ANGELES - A spokesman for Louie Anderson says the actor and comedian is being treated for cancer in a Las Vegas hospital. Anderson's longtime publicist Glenn Schwartz says he was diagnosed with a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and “is…

City Commissioner Preston files to run for Fargo Mayor

FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – Two people are now officially in the race for Fargo mayor. City Commissioner Arlette Preston has joined businesswoman, attorney and state lawmaker Shannon Roers-Jones on the June ballot. Preston says she’s looking ahead. “Building a future for…