GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – Altru Hospital in Grand Forks has taken a big step towards transitioning to their new facility. The main construction on the new hospital has been completed, with contractors finishing up construction as hospital staff prepare to move into the new space. Over the next few months hospital staff will be training to get familiar with…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for eastern North Dakota, and west-central and northwest Minnesota until 9 p.m. Monday. Dry conditions combined with strong wind prompted the warning. Some counties affected include Cass, Grand Forks, Traill, Steele, and Barnes in North Dakota, and Clay, Norman, Becker, Otter Tail, and Wilkin Counties…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Some major improvements are in store for the Greenway in Grand Forks. The city has been awarded a $3.4 million grant to redevelop its recreational features. Grand Forks Greenway is just one of 54 projects in the entire country that have been awarded grants by the National Park Service. A total of $254 million in…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — UND is defying national trends and is seeing an increase in fall enrollment. The university has 15,019 students, around 850 more than last fall. It is the third highest total in the university’s history and marks the first time since 2013 that enrollment has surpassed 15,000 students. It’s worth noting that the number of new…
GRAND FORKS, ND (KVRR) – It is time to crown a winner of the newest edition of the Chris Heise Play of the Week! This week’s winner is Brooklan Bruce of the Grand Forks Central Knights getting up to grab a sweet interception. Congrats to Bruce and the Knights for winning the Chris Heise Play of the Week! Categories: High…
The Quentin Burdick federal courthouse in Fargo, North Dakota. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)(North Dakota Monitor) The U.S. Department of Justice designated Grand Forks as one of 78 initial partnership communities that will focus on gun violence crime involving intimate partners, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of North Dakota announced Tuesday. The program will team U.S. Attorney’s Offices, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,…
GRAND FORKS (KVRR-KFGO) – A Grand Forks man is facing charges after assaulting both his current wife and ex-wife early Monday. Police responded to a home just before 2 a.m. Monday for a report of a domestic assault. Court documents say when officers arrived, a woman outside told them she’d been hit in the head by her ex-husband. She told…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — The world record-breaking, trick-shot stars of basketball are back on the road and coming to Alerus Center in Grand Forks. You can catch all the fast-paced action of the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters as they take on their determined rivals, the Washington Generals, on Saturday, January 4. Players will also go head-to-head in exhilarating new challenges…
FORDVILLE, N.D. (KVRR) — A motorcycle rider from Inkster, North Dakota has serious injuries after a deer hit his bike. It happened Friday night just before 8 o’clock on Highway 32, about five miles southwest of Fordville. Highway Patrol says after the deer ran into the motorcycle, 69-year-old George Midboe was able to maintain control and come to a stop….
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — As summer vacation winds down, the Grand Forks Street Fair is offering you a chance to get out and enjoy the weather this weekend. The fair will feature over 100 vendors, along with music, a 10K run and free yoga classes. Svea Benefield with the Downtown Development Association says that events like these help bring…
