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Menahga Man On Snowmobile Hit And Killed

MENAHGA, MN -- A Menahga man has died after crashing his snowmobile into a car. Minnesota State Patrol says 46-year-old Jesse Jones was driving in the ditch of Highway 71 around 7 a.m. when he tried to leave and get onto…

NDSU School of Nursing Named 78th Best in the Country

North Dakota State University's School of Nursing is named the 8th best in the plains region and the 78th best in the country by NursingSchoolsAlmanac.com. The website praises NDSU nursing students' impressive first time pass rate of the nursing certification…

Fire Damages Former Citizen's Bank Building in Wahpeton

WAHPETON, N.D. (KFGO) - Fire has heavily damaged a building in downtown Wahpeton. Witnesses say heavy smoke was coming from the building when firefighters from Wahpeton and Breckenridge, Minn. responded around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. The fire was in the…

ND Legislature At Work On 2-Year Budget

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ The North Dakota Legislature is set to establish a starting point for state government's next two-year budget. Members of the North Dakota House and Senate's appropriations committees are meeting Wednesday afternoon. The committees will estimate the…

Democrat Melissa Hortman Elected Minnesota Speaker of the House

ST. PAUL, MN -- The 2019 Minnesota Legislature is in session. The House and its new Democratic majority were called to order around noon, while the Senate, where Republicans hold a two-vote majority, convened soon afterward. Democrat Melissa Hortman of Brooklyn…

MN 1st, ND 3rd in Best States to Raise a Family Rankings

Minnesota and North Dakota get high marks in WalletHub’s best states to raise a family list. The Land of 10,000 Lakes comes in first and The Peace Garden State isn’t far behind in third. The website compared states across 49…

KVRR Gets Special Visitor

FARGO, ND --We had some special visitors this afternoon in the KVRR newsroom. KVRR Local News co-anchor Alison Voorhees brought in her and her husband Matt's adorable new baby boy, Hayden. He is already…

201,000 Gallons of Water Flood Bonanzaville in Vandalism

WEST FARGO, N.D. - Bonanzaville says someone broke onto their property and turned on water spigots on the South Pleasant Church wasting 201,000 gallons of water on New Year's Eve. Cass County Historical Society says the flooded area threatens…

UPDATE: Man Who Died in Car in Grand Forks Identified

UPDATE: Police in Grand Forks have released the name of a man who was found dead in a car in a parking lot near Gateway Drive and Interstate 29. He was 60-year-old Larry Haroldson who had no permanent address. The cause…