FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A second bridge between Fargo and Moorhead is now closed due to the rising Red River. Crews spent the morning installing the flood wall to block the 1st Avenue North Bridge. There was a mixture of rain and snowfall during the installation. The 1st Avenue North Bridge closure comes a few days after the 12th Avenue…
GARDNER, N.D. (KVRR) — A North Dakota Highway Patrol vehicle is hit on I-29, while the interstate was still closed. It happened in the noon hour near Gardner, North Dakota, north of Fargo. The trooper was parked with lights flashing while DOT crews worked to remove stranded vehicles. Two vehicles approached going about 75 miles per hour. While one braked…
CASS CO., N.D. (KVRR) — A 67-year-old man from Grandin, North Dakota has died of injuries he suffered when his motorcycle crashed on I-29 last Friday. Glenn Smith was traveling northbound when his motorcycle began to wobble and he laid the bike down, one mile south of Gardner. Smith was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash. He…
GARDNER, N.D. — Patrick Nelson will take the last open city council seat in Gardner, ND. He earned the spot in a way that hasn’t ever been done in Gardner. There were three candidates on the ballot for two open city council seats. It’s not often that a small town like Gardner, with a population of around 120, sees people…
FARGO, N.D. — Several Cass County employees spent the day recounting ballots for three local elections, including the race for Ayr mayor, Gardner City Council, and West Fargo School Board. A tight race isn’t the norm for local elections in the small city of Gardner; a town of nearly a hundred people just 25 miles north of Fargo. “There’s basically…
FARGO, N.D. — A recount for a tie in the council race in tiny Gardner, North Dakota is set for Monday at the Cass County Annex. As KVRR first reported Tuesday, Carey Hanson and Patrick Nelson each got 8 votes in the election but Nelson was declared the winner on the vote.nd.gov website. That is an error according to Cass…
GARDNER, N.D. — Fire destroys a house and shed near Gardner, North Dakota, about 30 minutes north of Fargo. The call came in around 3 o’clock Tuesday afternoon and crews from Gardner, Hunter and Fargo responded. Three people live in the house and were home when the fire started. They were able to get out safely. The cause of the…
RED RIVER VALLEY — Seeing this year’s flooding at the ground level only provides a snapshot compared to the portrait you’ll see at 1,600 feet in the air. “There are many roads that are washed out that are very dangerous and a lot of bridges that are under threat because of water that’s passing through,” Civil Air Patrol Chief Pilot…
CASS COUNTY, N.D. — Cass County delivers an additional 15,000 sandbags to areas that didn’t even have water a mile away from them a few days ago. Take a look here at County Road 20 and 17, where the road is only open to local traffic. County engineers say changing conditions have caused overland flooding north of West Fargo, Harwood,…
