MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A two-day, cross-city “Battle of the Badges” blood donation challenge has been launched. The battle run by the American Red Cross invites members of the community to donate blood and choose which department they want to support. Today, they were set up at the Moorhead Public Library. Fargo Police have won the title in recent years….
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A family is displaced from their home in Moorhead after an afternoon fire. Moorhead Fire Department responded around 3:45 p.m. to 311 14th Street North in Moorhead. When they got there, they saw heavy smoke and flames coming from a second-floor window. Firefighters quickly put out the fire contained to an upstairs bedroom. No one was…
DOUGLAS CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A fire spreads from a porch into a house and causes severe damage in Lake Mary Township near Alexandria, just south of I-94. Douglas County Sheriff’s Office was alerted about the fire around 5:45 this morning. They say several people had evacuated the house by the time they arrived. It is believed the cause of…
DOUGLAS CO., Minn. (KVRR) — An Osakis, Minnesota couple returned home Friday afternoon to find their house was fully engulfed in flames. Douglas County Sheriff’s Office got a report of a house on fire around 2 p.m. along Calvary Road Northeast. Two fire departments responded and put out the blaze but the home is considered a complete loss. The cause…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — It was an abrupt morning for tenants located at the 3315 Broadway North Apartment building as a structure fire from within the building had residents evacuated. “Crews stretched lines and got a quick attack on the fire. The fire was contained pretty much in the one room. Some fire did come up on the outside of…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Here is a unique way to increase blood donations: give donors a free 12-ounce beer Drekker Brewing Company partnering with the American Red Cross for a community blood drive. March is Red Cross Month. They provide about 40% of the nation’s blood and blood cell component supply to save lives. In the United States every two…
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. (KVRR) — East Grand Forks Fire Department says an unattended space heater caused a fire in a trailer house. Crews were called out just after 1 p.m. They arrived to light smoke coming from the home and the smoke alarms going off. No one was hurt. American Red Cross is helping those displaced by the fire….
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — One person and multiple pets were rescued from a burning apartment building in Grand Forks on Friday night. Crews were called out to a second floor apartment at 2816 17th Street South for visible smoke and flames. They were told several people were trapped inside the building but only found one person and multiple pets…
FARGO (KVRR) – The American Red Cross is teaming up again with Gate City Bank for the “Quilts for Veterans” project. From Sept. 11 until Nov. 11, quiltmakers and donors can bring new quilts and blankets to any Gate City Bank location for drop-off. The Red Cross and partners will distribute the quilts to VA hospitals, homes and stand-down events…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Heat across the country is having a negative effect on the nation’s emergency blood supply. It impacted around 100 blood drives in July in nearly every state where the Red Cross collects blood. That resulted in a shortfall of 19,000 blood donations last month. In fact, the Red Cross national blood supply has fallen by more…
