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Trooper hurt while providing traffic control for tow truck in Fargo

November 20, 2024

KVRR Staff,

FARGO (KFGO) – A North Dakota Highway Patrol trooper was hurt Wednesday morning while running traffic control for a tow truck on Interstate 29 in Fargo. The crash happened in the southbound lanes just north of 52nd Avenue S. Sgt. Kristjan Helgoe says the trooper’s vehicle had its amber lights on when an SUV rear-ended it, causing significant damage to…

Nailed It! Fundraiser Brings Fun, Awareness to Junkyard Brewing

$1 from every pint sold during the event went to Rebuilding Together F-M.

November 14, 2024

Gabriel Ostler,

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Board games and other activities of that nature are fairly common fixtures at breweries these days. What you’re not often going to find, though, are hammering or plumbing contests. But when the creative minds behind Junkyard West Fargo and Rebuilding Together partnered up – that’s exactly what came to fruition. “I think that the plumbing…

GoFundMe started for man electrocuted while working near Argusville

November 11, 2024

KVRR Staff,

Chris Stark (contributed)FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A GoFundMe has been created for a Fargo man who was electrocuted while working near Argusville last Tuesday, Nov. 5. Chris Stark was electrocuted after grabbing a live power line. Stark is an equipment operator, and grabbed the wire after an excavator dug it up. Stark’s company had been told the line was not active…

Crews at the scene of an apartment fire in north Fargo

November 11, 2024

KVRR Staff,

Fire crews at 509 29th Ave N. FargoFARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Fargo fire crews were called to an apartment fire in the 500 block of 29th Avenue N. around 6:15 a.m. Monday. Battalion Chief Joe Mangin says firefighters could see smoke and fire from a first floor unit when they arrived. He says the occupant of the unit was outside, but…

Fargo Republicans win District 10, 46 state House races

November 6, 2024

KVRR Staff,

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Republicans swept Fargo’s District 10 and 46 state House races. In District 10, Republicans Steve Swiontek and Jared Hendrix defeated Democrat Hamida Dakane in the three person race. Swiontek had 34% of the vote, while Hendrix had 33% and Dakane took 31%. Republicans Jim Kasper and Desiree Morton were elected over Democratic challengers Todd Reisenaur and Will…

Building razed ahead of construction for Kwik Trip store on 25th St. S

November 1, 2024

KVRR Staff,

Demolition crews clear site of planned Kwik Trip location in south Fargo (KFGO News)FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Site work is underway for what will be another Kwik Trip convenience store, what is likely to be one of several in the Fargo metro area. Demolition crews have torn down the former location of Village Family Service Center at 25th St. and 12th…

Fargo firefighters rescue man trapped in garbage truck

November 1, 2024

KVRR Staff,

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Firefighters rescued a person who was trapped inside a garbage truck Friday morning in north Fargo. The Fire Department says crews responded to the 500 block of Oak Street N. just before 6:30 a.m. after the truck driver heard someone in the back of the truck calling for help. Firefighters used a ladder truck and bucket system…

Perham man accused of threatening to kill, dismember woman at Fargo hotel

October 29, 2024

KVRR Staff,

(photo: Cass County jail)FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A Perham, Minnesota man is charged with felony terrorizing after being accused of holding a woman against her will and threatening to kill her at a Fargo hotel. Court records say police responded to the hotel last week where the woman told them Jamie Frazee took her phone, keys, purse, and SUV, and left…

Fargo-based Suite Shots Opening A Location in Oklahoma

October 28, 2024

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo-based Suite Shots is expanding to Jenks, Oklahoma. The golf entertainment destination is becoming a part of the Jenks Riverwalk near Tulsa with plans to open in the spring. The location will include state-of-the-art, climate-controlled golf simulation bays, private event rooms, and a full-service restaurant featuring scratch-made dishes. “We’re excited to bring Suite Shots Golf Entertainment…

Man who caused thousands of dollars worth of damage to internet, cable lines in Fargo sentenced

October 25, 2024

KVRR Staff,

Timothy Windels (Cass Co. jail)FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A man who caused thousands of dollars in damage to internet and cable lines in Fargo in August has been sentenced to 180 days in jail. Timothy Windels pleaded guilty and admitted to using an angle grinder to cut Midco lines at seven locations around Fargo causing significant outages to residential and business customers….