FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — There are a couple of big training exercises planned for our area on Wednesday. Numerous emergency agencies including Fargo Fire and Police will be training from 8 am to 6 pm at Washington Elementary at 1725 North Broadway in Fargo. Grand Forks County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a large-scale multi agency training session from 11 am…
FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) — A family is displaced after a garage fire spread to their house. Fargo Fire was called to 1613 East Gateway Circle South for a structure fire around 12:45 a.m. Friday. Crews found heavy smoke and flames coming from the garage. The fire had started to spread to the attached house. Firefighters had the fire under control within…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Police are investigating yet another motorcycle crash in the city. They responded just after 7:32 p.m. at the intersection of 42nd Street and 9th Avenue South, just a few blocks north of West Acres Mall. The rider of the motorcycles was taken to a local healthcare facility with non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the vehicle,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo City Commissioners vote to advance the plans for using the 1/4 cent sales tax for public safety by a vote of 4-1, even though dozens of firefighters are not on board. When Commissioner Michelle Turnberg asked the nearly two dozen firefighters in attendance how many were happy with the proposal, no one raised their hand….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The ATF, FBI and Fargo Police and Fire Departments are offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information on the March 21 arson of a Tesla power station in Fargo. The fire was reported in the parking lot of SCHEELS along 45th Street South. Surveillance footage captured an individual igniting a fire on the base…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Fargo’s quarter-cent sales tax increase for police and fire department funding goes into effect Tuesday. The measure was brought forward by Firefighters Local 642 and passed overwhelmingly last November. Revenue from the tax will help fund the police and fire departments for the next 20 years. The union says the money could be used to build…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Firefighters responded to a garage fire in south Fargo early Saturday morning. Crews were called to the 3100 Block of Westgate Drive South and found heavy smoke coming from an unattached garage. The fire had started to spread to the home, but firefighters extinguished those flames before focusing on the garage. Battalion Chief Jason Ness says…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo voters are getting yet another tax measure to vote on in November and it comes after a lively discussion at city hall. Fargo Fire and Fargo Police would benefit from a change to the Home Rule Charter to allow a quarter cent sales tax to be used exclusively for their operations. The sales tax would…
CASS CO., N.D. (KVRR) — A semi driver from Trinity, Florida is charged after his rig jackknifed in the rain on I-94 at the Casselton exit. Highway Patrol says 56-year-old Scott Pettingill was pulling an empty cattle trailer when he hit the ditch around 2 p.m. Around 100 gallons of diesel spilled on the north side of the interstate. Casselton…
FFD/FacebookFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo firefighters aren’t always rushing into burning buildings. They often get calls for rescue missions like this one. Dolce, a rescue puppy, somehow got stuck under the seat in a pickup. Fargo Fire responded early this afternoon and disassembled the seat to free the stuck puppy. They say Dolce was reunited with its owner and was…
