FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo City Commission turns down an appeal by The Windbreak over a liquor license violation. That means the establishment will have to pay a $500 penalty. Police say a 23-year-old woman crashed her car into a pole and was charged with DUI after leaving the bar last July. Staff and a manager are accused of over-serving…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A special meeting of the Fargo City Commission is set for next Tuesday as the Windbreak Saloon appeals its liquor license violation. Late last year, the bar came under the review of the Fargo Liquor Control Board. The Windbreak’s violation was for over-serving. Police say a 23-year-old woman crashed her car into a pole and was…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Fargo Police Department is asking for a new headquarters after only four years in their current space off 25th St. N. Listing issues such as unsecured parking, location affecting response time and site security. “Even if we stayed where we were right now we would be landlocked and hamstrung with what we have,” said Fargo…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – The Fargo City Commission has approved a master facilities plan for the police department, which includes a recommendation to build a new headquarters. The police department moved into the current headquarters in October, 2019 and now leases the facility located at 25th St. & 1st Ave. N. The city has been in the process of purchasing it….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A heavily damaged house in north Fargo has been declared a dangerous building by the City Commission. The Inspections Department was first alerted to the house at 924 7th Street North in May. Getting around the building was “difficult” because of garbage and debris. They spent about three months trying to work with the owners and…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Fargo City Commissioners unanimously approve a December 5th special election seeking a $140 million expansion and renovation of Fargodome. There will be one question on the ballot. City taxpayers will decide whether to approve a quarter-cent bump in the local sales tax and a 3% increase in the city lodging tax to pay for the proposed…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo City Commission votes to approve the mayor’s 2024 preliminary $120 million budget, but the vote was not unanimous. Commissioners say they are hearing a lot of response to the proposals for a two-mill property tax increase and to raise franchise fees for public utilities. In the past, the fees were 2% and that will be…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Another Fargo building is declared dangerous by the city commission. The city inspections director says the detached garage at 421 15th Avenue North was heavily damaged by fire in November of 2019. It has not been repaired and meets most of the city criteria required for a dangerous structure. The owner of the property says there…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo City Commissioners continue to look at options to deal with numerous reports of exhibition driving and loud or illegal mufflers. Assistant City Administrator Brenda Derrig and Police Chief Dave Zibolski presented several options to crack down on the issues. They include changes to roads, signal timing, speed feedback signs and adding more officers to re-establish…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – As Fargo’s Hector International Airport prepares to break ground on a terminal expansion which will more than double its size, the Municipal Airport Authority and members of the Fargo City Commission met Monday to discuss the possible addition of a parking garage. MAA board chair John Cosgriff said the board is considering a four-level structure that would…
