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…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo City Commissioner Arlette Preston is urging city staff to take more action on street racing. She says she is still receiving complaints about the issue nearly a year after a crackdown by law enforcement. The commission voted to have city engineering staff study possible changes like traffic lights or speed bumps. Commissioner Dave Piepkorn calls…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo City Commission approves the next steps to award bids for the construction of Fire Station No. 8. Bids were opened last month and came in $59,000 over the initial estimate, which is within the city’s contingency plans. It will be built along 33rd Street and 66th Avenue South, near the new 64th Avenue South overpass….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A man who planned on serving just one term on the Fargo City Commission but ended up staying for 32 years, has died. Gilbert Bromenschenkel died on Saturday, April 22 according to family posts on social media and Boulger Funeral Home. Bromenschenkel was born in St. Cloud in 1930. He and his wife, Doris, moved to…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Fargo City Commission has directed the city attorney to draft new ordinances for a proposed pedal-powered trolley. Thomas Stromme, co-founder of Fargo Pedal Tours, made a presentation to commissioners and explained some of the details. The pedal bike would have seating for 10 pedaling passengers, four riding passengers, and a pilot. Passengers will be required to…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Fargo City Commission votes 4-1 to oppose a series of state bills filed by Republican legislators targeting LGBTQ+ residents in the state. The only no vote came from Commissioner Dave Piepkorn. Cody Schuler, advocacy manager with the American Civil Liberties Union of North Dakota told commissioners the legislation amounts to a “culture war” that takes away…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Fargo City Commission calls on the mayor to reach a resolution with John Bultman on the status of his North Fargo business. “There’s been a lot of wasted time on my part to chase this and chase that and follow up. Restless nights of thinking, ‘What’s going to happen?’ and all that. After 52 years…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — The Fargo City Commission votes to cancel a proposed pedestrian bridge that would’ve been built next to city hall. Four concepts were presented last year with differing costs. Commissioner Arlette Preston said she doesn’t think it’s worth getting people from one side of the street to the other with the bridge and Commissioner Denise Kolpack said…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – – Fargo City Commission wants more information before it decides whether to support a replacement for the North Broadway bridge connecting Fargo with Clay County. The bridge was closed almost two years ago after it was determined to be unsafe. The options to replace the bridge cost between $10.5 million and $21 million. A cost-benefit analysis…
