Grand Forks, N.D. (KVRR) — An all-original Holiday show is helping kick off the season this weekend and Grand Forks. Performer and Grand Forks Native Misti Koop is directing and staring in The Holiday Show, which she also wrote. The show premiers at the Empire Theater this week. The show is described as like family holiday specials from the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — There is no more Happy Joe’s in the FM Metro. The owners of the last Happy Joe’s in Fargo on South University Drive announcing they are retiring and the restaurant is closed. Mike and Cheryl Post writing on social media that their 45 years in the business were ‘magical’. They also thanked all of their customers…
POLK CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A man suffers non-life threatening injuries in a hunting accident this morning in Polk County. According to the sheriff’s office, it was after 10 a.m. when an officer responded to the area of Highway 2 and 380th Avenue SW for a report of a hunter with a gunshot wound. First responders arrived on scene and…
Mayor Brandon BochenskiBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KCND) – Grand Forks Mayor Brandon Bochenski is asking North Dakota lawmakers to shorten the timeline for constructing a pipeline that would bring Bakken natural gas to the Red River Valley. The legislature is considering a proposal to spend $150 million from the latest federal COVID-19 money for the pipeline, to be built along the U.S….
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – The University of North Dakota celebrates East Asian culture with its first Feel of Korea cultural event. It’s co hosted by the UND Korean Culture Exchange Club and the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea from Chicago. People enjoyed the Golden Globe winning Korean film “Minari,” snacks, music and traditional clothing and games. UND…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – Grand Forks Public Health is offering Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines for children ages five to 11 starting Thursday. You can get your child a shot at the Grand Cities Mall from 3:00 to 7:00 PM. Vaccinations for people 12 and older and boosters are also given at the same location. “We are very excited to be…
NASHVILLE, TN — A woman visiting Nashville from Manvel, North Dakota has died after being struck by a car downtown over the weekend. Police say Kathy Vasichek and her husband, Jason Vasichek, both 52, were struck by a car about 12:45 a.m. Saturday. They say the Vasicheks were reportedly arguing and fell into a lane of traffic when they were…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A Grand Forks man has pleaded guilty to kidnapping a girl by forcing her into his car in July and has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. A charge of felonious restraint against 52-year-old Robert Burr was dropped in the plea agreement. Police say Burr abducted the child in the 900 block of Belmont…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Grand Forks Police are investigating a Snapchat message threatening “acts of violence” at Central High School. Officers were informed of the message at 10:50 p.m. on Friday. Authorities say it appears that the message originated from another Central High School in another state, and that jurisdiction is aware of it. This is an ongoing investigation….
WASHINGTON (KVRR) — Fallen Grand Forks Police OFC. Cody Holte was honored at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Thursday night, along with 701 other law enforcement officers who’ve died in the line of duty. More than 400 of them died within the past two years. Their names now join the more than 22,000 others etched into the National Law…
