FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Drekker and Brewhalla partnered with the Red Cross in an effort to get people out to donate blood. The blood drive was held at Drekker Brewing in Fargo, and as part of the deal donors would receive a free 12 ounce beer when they donated. Drekker and Brewhalla Event Coordinator Alex Dean said that they are…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A burning candle started a house on fire at 324 Walnut Street in Grand Forks. Fire crews were called around 6:30 Wednesday evening. They found smoke coming from the house and located the fire on the second floor and quickly put it out. A fire investigation concluded that the fire started accidentally due to the…
The American Red Cross and Gate City Bank are partnering up to help veterans. These two are looking for quiltmakers to help make quilts for veterans in need of them for the upcoming season. Their goal is to help create over 300 quilts to give to those vets in VA hospitals, homes, and at stand down events. These quilts will…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — People are displaced from their home after a fire on the exterior of the house. Grand Forks Fire Department responded to 310 8th Street North around 3 p.m. Wednesday. They arrived and found the fire had been extinguished by people passing by the house. Damage was contained to the exterior wall and there were no…
HILLSBORO, N.D. (KFGO) – Traill County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center received a 911 call reporting a garage on fire on Friday around 10:30 p.m. SE in rural Hillsboro. When the first firefighters arrived at 296 159th Ave., the attached garage was fully engulfed, and flames were seen coming through the house’s roof. The home’s occupants, three adults and three children,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Two more Red Cross volunteers from our region are being deployed to Florida to assist in the recovery from Hurricane Idalia. They are with the Minnesota and Dakotas Region of the Red Cross. One of the volunteers is from West Fargo. The other is from Perham. Other volunteers from the region are also lending a hand….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Vitalant teams up with the Fargo Air Museum in its biannual blood drive. Vitalant parked its bus right outside the museum in north Fargo during Veteran Coffee hours for a better chance at more donors. According to the American Red Cross, someone in the U.S. needs blood every two seconds. Volunteers say they are happy to…
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. (KVRR) — A mobile home in East Grand Forks is a total loss after an early morning fire caused by improperly discarded smoking materials. Crews were called out just after 2 a.m. to 109 Venus Drive Northeast. They arrived to find the home engulfed in flames. Everyone inside got out safely. It took fire crews about…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — American Red Cross Minnesota and Dakotas Region and Gate City Bank are calling on all quilt makers far and wide this holiday season. They’re trying to collect 150 new quilts either handmade or bought, to share with veterans in VA homes, hospitals and homes. They should be made out of preferably new and quality material and…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Three people are out of a home after a shed fire spread to their mobile home in Grand Forks. Fire crews arrived around 11:30 Saturday night to the 5200 block of Circle Drive North. They found a shed in the back of the property fully engulfed in flames and spreading to the home. Crews were…
