GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A former North Dakota House Minority Leader is not running again. State Rep. Corey Mock says he will not seek the Democratic-NPL nomination for re-election in District 18. In a statement Mock said, “It’s often quipped that North Dakota is one big town with really long roads. Our legislature has historically modeled this adage as a…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Sanford Health is becoming the official physician provider for UND student-athletes. The partnership is effective July 1. UND Athletics Director Bill Chaves says they are looking forward to working with Sanford Health to improve athletic and personal performance. Sanford Health opened a clinic in east Grand Forks in 2000 and another clinic in 2021. They…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – Starbucks workers in a Grand Forks store have voted to unionize, becoming the first group to do so in the state of North Dakota. The store at Washington and Demers had a 13 to 10 vote to join the Starbucks Workers United. This joins the movement with 0ver 10,000 baristas and 410 other locations in…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A man who got into a gunfight with police in Grand Forks is now facing a long list of charges including four counts of attempted murder. The SWAT team was attempting to execute a high risk search warrant on 30-year-old Jeffrey Simpson Jr.. It happened last Friday afternoon around 2:15 in the 3300 Block of…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – We’re not done with this spring storm just yet. The National Weather Service issued an update Monday morning. They predict 3-6 more inches of snow in Fargo between now and Tuesday evening. Snow amounts are more significant further east. Detroit Lakes could see 4-8 more inches while Bemidji can expect 5-10 more inches. The northern…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A Grand Forks teen appears in Northeast Central District Court on a felony AA murder charge. 17-year-old Cazmere Haskins made his initial appearance after he was moved to adult court. The judge set bond at $500,000. Haskins is charged in the stabbing death of 24-year-old Anfernee Economy of Grand Forks during a fight at an…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – You can help a remarkable young woman fighting for her life. In 2022, Whitney Temple was diagnosed with Ewing Sarcoma, a rare cancer that affected her spine. It has since spread in her body. She was studying to become a doctor in Grand Forks at the time. Whitney was able to graduate from medical…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) – Grand Forks and East Grand Forks Police and Firefighters rescued a man who fell from the Sorlie Bridge onto the ice on the Red River. Shortly after 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, a witness reported that a man had jumped over the railing and beneath the bridge walking on the support beams. Police responded for a welfare…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A local Air Force veteran, speaker and performer has spent most of the last two years near the front lines of war in Ukraine helping bring supplies into the country. This week, you can hear from him first hand about what is happening on the ground there. Mark J. Lindquist arrived back in the Valley from…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Happy Joe’s is coming back to Fargo. Kat Davidson with Monarch Franchise Consulting says a lease is being negotiated. She says in about 10 days she will be able to share who the franchisee is and the exact location. The last Happy Joe’s in Fargo on South University Drive closed in 2021. The owners had retired…
