FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo-based Packet Digital has landed a $50 million award to ramp up domestic battery manufacturing capacity. The award will enable the company to expand production lines at its Badland Batteries manufacturing facility in Fargo. That will help meet the demand for high-power battery packs for unmanned systems operated by the Army, Navy, Air Force and Special…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Wahpeton veteran received a new vehicle from Progressive Insurance’s Keys to Progress giveaway. Edwin Little was one of ninety-six veterans across the country who received keys to a new vehicle. Little knew he wanted to serve the country and applied to both the Navy and Air Force. He was called to serve in the…
WASHINGTON (KFGO/KVRR) – A Vietnam veteran who traveled to Washington, D.C. on this spring’s Honor Flight said making the trip has brought him healing and closure for the anger he’s felt after returning home from the war in 1971. Colin “Coby” Barstad enlisted in the military in March of 1967 after learning from the Selective Service draft board in Devils…
NORTH DAKOTA, (KVRR/CNN) – The Air Force and Space Force are offering incentive pay for service members stationed in extremely cold areas, which includes North Dakota. The cold weather assignment incentive pay program is available to airmen and guardians at three locations in Alaska, three in North Dakota, and one in Montana. The North Dakota sites include the Minot and Grand Forks…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — On a chilly morning, another unclaimed veteran is laid to rest at Fargo National Cemetery. Richard Moldenhauer, a U.S. Air Force veteran, died on January 12 at the VA Hospital in Fargo. He had no immediate, close family. The 79-year-old was born in Brainerd, Minnesota and joined the Air Force in 1961. He was buried with…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — The failed Fufeng wet corn milling project near Grand Forks has prompted a proposed change to jurisdiction over foreign transactions. The project was killed earlier this year when Air Force officials cited national security concerns. The plant was planned on land about 12 miles from Grand Forks Air Force Base. The Committee on Foreign Investment in…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Grand Forks City Council votes five to zero to scrap plans to bring the controversial Fufeng project to Grand Forks. Two members were absent. The move ends a lengthy debate over the China-based corn milling plant. It follows a letter last week from an assistant secretary of the Air Force who cited national security concerns…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR)- After twelve years excitement is building around the return of the Northern Thunder Air Show! There will be nine aircrafts on display soaring through the skies and pilots flying them from all over the country, and Canada too. “This is a great opportunity for the local community to come out and see what the Air Force…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Democratic U.S. House candidate out of Moorhead has suspended his campaign to go help defend Ukraine in the coming days. “I mean I think it’s the most consequential global issue I’ve experienced in my lifetime and I’m forty years old. Think about the confluence of world events you’re watching unfold before your very eyes. It’s…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Fargo VFW and American Legion hold a big Veterans Day ceremony with dozens of veterans, active duty soldiers and their families to commemorate those who served. For the first time Veterans day ceremonies were held at the Fargo Air Museum, a place with illustrious military history and artifacts. The Red River Valley Veteran Concert Band…
