Fargo City Commission Archives

Fargo City Commissioner Michelle Turnberg considering a run for mayor

January 6, 2026

KVRR Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) — Fargo City Commissioner Michelle Turnberg says she is considering running for mayor. In a post on Facebook, Turnberg says she’s discussing running with family and others. She says a decision whether or not to run will be made soon. Commissioner Denise Kolpack announced her candidacy for mayor Monday. She’s the second person to announce their intentions…

Fargo City Commission Grants More Time To 3 Volunteer Committees On Chopping Block

Fargo City Commission Opts to Keep Three Volunteer Commissions

By a three-to-two vote, the commissioners decided to give the Arts & Culture, Native American, and Human Rights commissions two months to come up with reconfiguration proposals.

January 5, 2026

Gabriel Ostler,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Native American, Arts & Culture, and Human Rights commissions made it through the evening, but they’re not out of the woods just yet. Even just the decision to keep those commissions alive for a little while longer was certainly a contentious one. Commissioner Michelle Turnberg was one person not pleased by her colleagues’ conclusion, as…

Fargo City Commission approves $13 million contract for police department technology

December 23, 2025

KVRR Staff,

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – The Fargo Police Department has received approval from the city commission to extend a contract with Axon Enterprises for their body cameras and an enhanced drone program. The Fargo City Commission initially approved the Axon body cameras five years ago. The contract renewal is for ten more years. Assistant Police Chief Travis Stefanowicz says if they enter…

Johnson announces a third run for Fargo City Commission

December 22, 2025

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Anna Johnson is the first candidate to declare that she is a candidate for Fargo City Commission in 2026. The local artist and business owner says she has a progressive vision for Fargo. Johnson says city staff is overworked and that’s unacceptable. “I think we need to make sure our staffing needs are taken care of…

Fargo agrees to end annexation process of Applied Digital land, Harwood still needs to vote on agreement

November 24, 2025

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The land where Applied Digital is building a $3 billion AI data center will not be annexed by Fargo. City commissioners voting 5-0 tonight to accept an agreement with the City of Harwood to stop the process of annexing around 300 acres of land between the two cities. Construction is well underway on the data center…

Fargo looking into adding additional requirements, fees for event permitting

November 24, 2025

Eric Bolin,

FARGO — City officials met Monday to discuss possible changes to permit applications for events in the city. City leaders considered requiring additional information from event organizers when they file with the city. Organizers would be required to include attendance estimates, fencing plans, whether food or alcohol will be present, and emergency plans for hazards – including making site plans…

City Commission Considers Excluding Public Comment Portion from Broadcasts

Three city commissioners who spoke with KVRR News said they were not warned about Mahoney's decision in advance, and indicated they oppose the decision.

November 12, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Fargo City Commission appears willing to discuss a change-of-course to a policy announced by Mayor Tim Mahoney to discontinue livestreaming public comments during city commission meetings. Mahoney made the announcement that the city would stop including that portion in its live broadcasts of meetings. The public comment section would still exist, it just wouldn’t be…

Fargo delays voting on annexing AI data center land north of Fargo, also rejects pausing Harm Reduction Program

November 10, 2025

TJ Nelson,

Harwood Mayor Blake Hankey address Fargo City Commissioners on Nov. 10, 2025.FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Harwood Mayor Blake Hankey appears at the latest Fargo City Commission meeting to ask the city to “back off” of a land grab for a proposed AI data center. The city has done just that, but just for two weeks. Commissioners voting 4-1 to delay…

Fargo City Commission votes 3-2 to relocate Downtown Engagement Center

October 27, 2025

TJ Nelson,

2001 1st Avenue North, FargoFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo City Commissioners vote 3-2 to relocate the Downtown Engagement Center to 2001 1st Avenue North near Brewhalla. Commissioners Piepkorn and Turnberg voting against the move with Piepkorn stating the taxpayers will be on the hook. The city will pay $350,000 per year for base rent for two years for the over…

Four proposals for new convention center in Fargo move forward

October 13, 2025

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Four out of nine proposals for the new Fargo Convention Center are moving forward after a unanimous vote by city commissioners. They include Mutchler Bartram Architects site at Brewhalla, Enclave site at Scheels Arena, RLE Architecture site at Fargodome and EAPC Architects downtown site for the City Hall and Fargo Public Library parking lot. All four…