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Chicago to bring its 2025 tour to Fargo

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Chicago has announced a lengthy list of 2025 summer tour dates across North America and one of those stops is in Fargo. The Grammy Award-winning band will perform at Scheels Arena on Saturday, June 14 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets, starting at $35.00, go on sale Friday, February 7, at 10:00…

Bertoletti wins men’s title at annual Nathan’s hot dog eating contest, Sudo wins 10th women’s title

NEW YORK (AP) — Patrick Bertoletti of Chicago gobbled down 58 hot dogs to win his first men’s title Thursday at the annual Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, taking advantage of the absence of the event’s biggest star. Bertoletti won in a tight, 10-minute race where the leader bounced back and forth. The 39-year-old Bertoletti defeated 13 competitors…

Former US Sen. Heidi Heitkamp was inside University of Chicago building when pro-Palestine protestors broke in and demanded she leave

CHICAGO, Ill. (KFGO/KVRR) – Former US Senator Heidi Heitkamp was in her office at the University of Chicago when pro-Palestine protesters forced their way into the building Friday evening. Heitkamp, the director of the University’s Institute of Politics, was one of the few staff members in the building when three demonstrators broke in. She was live on national TV when they…

A smuggling arrest is made, 2 years after family froze to death on the Canadian border

(AP) — A man accused of recruiting the driver in a human smuggling operation has been arrested, more than two years after a family of four from India froze to death trying to enter the U.S. from Canada, authorities said. Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, 28, was arrested Wednesday in Chicago on a warrant issued in September, charging him with transportation of an…

3 People Arrested For Aggravated Robbery at Travel Mart in Moorhead

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Three people are in custody for an attempted aggravated robbery at Travel Mart in north Moorhead. Police arrested 28-year-old Emmanuel Reynoza, who has no permanent address, for assault and aggravated robbery; 25-year-old Kyla Belgarde of Fargo for aiding and abetting; and 33-year-old Isaac Granados of Chicago for possession of drugs. Around 3:30 Thursday afternoon, the victim…

Jussie Smollett convicted of staging attack, lying to police

CHICAGO (AP) – A jury has convicted Jussie Smollett on five of six charges he staged a racist, anti-gay attack on himself and lied to Chicago police about it. The jury returned the verdict Thursday afternoon against the former actor from the TV show “Empire” after a weeklong trial. Jurors acquitted him on one charge. Two brothers testified that Smollett…

Social Distancing: Great Lengths For A Vaccine

Plus, hope in the form of potato chips

  COVID numbers are down a lot here in our region. North Dakota ranked 49th in new cases per capita in the U.S. this weekend. We were first for quite a while late last year. And things are starting to loosen up a little bit. Case in point, here at the station we’re starting to see things we haven’t seen…

Concordia College Professor Displays Photography at Hector Intl Airport

The art will be up at Hector International Airport for three months.

FARGO, N.D-  An English Professor at Concordia College displays the exhibit “Trains, Plains, and No Automobiles” at Hector International Airport as part of the ArtWORKS program. A skilled photographer and passionate traveler, Scott Olsen has used all modes of transportation to embark on his long distance journeys except one. “Train ride,” Olsen said. It was a long time dream that…