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…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Crews were called to a car fire at an apartment building at 2602 18th Street South in Fargo just before noon. As they were on their way, the call was upgraded to a garage on fire. Fargo Fire Battalion Chief Joe Mangin says the fire had spread from the car to connecting garages. That car was…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — An apartment fire displaces residents in three units and causes around $200,000 in damage. It was reported around 2 a.m. at 5050 Amber Valley Parkway South in Fargo. Bystanders reported the fire was on a balcony of one unit. Crews were able to knock down the exterior fire while additional units put out the fire inside…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — An apartment fire Saturday morning in south Fargo has been ruled unintentional. Fire investigators determined the fire started in the ceiling space of a second-floor apartment unit near a bathroom exhaust fan at the apartment building at 2551 Villa Drive South. It then spread through void spaces to the third floor and attic. People were forced…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A small kitchen fire in a south Fargo townhouse causes $20,000 in damage. It was reported around 8:40 this morning at 4724 47th Street South. Fargo Fire crews say a neighbor with a fire extinguisher helped keep it from growing. The cause of the fire appears to be cooking oil that ignited. The townhouse has fire…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A two-vehicle crash sets off a garage fire and a search for one of the drivers who fled the scene. It happened Saturday afternoon at 10th Street and 9th Avenue South. Witnesses say one of the vehicles involved crashed into a garage, starting it on fire. One person and a dog were home at the time….
