FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Bobcat has been named as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for 2025. Newsweek officially recognized Bobcat, founded in Gwinner, North Dakota, for seven distinct award categories. Those include a great workplace for parents and families, for Gen Z, mental well-being, and for inclusion and diversity. Throughout the U.S., Bobcat employs more than 5,000 people. The North…
Ty and Katelyn Michels and boys/GoFundMeFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Lisbon, North Dakota couple on vacation in Alaska sustained serious injuries in a head on crash on July 25. Caringbridge and GoFundMe posts for Ty and Katelyn Michels say both are in hospitals in two different states. Ty Michels is in Anchorage, Alaska awaiting surgery on both his ankle and…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — The Bobcat plant in Gwinner, North Dakota will shut down production for a week over the Memorial Day holiday. The company says the scheduled downtime at certain North American factories is designed to align production with anticipated market projections. Doosan Bobcat has its North American headquarters in West Fargo. In November of 2023, Bobcat confirmed…
WEST FARGO, N.D. – A few years ago, Beyond Boundaries Therapy had an issue. They were providing invaluable assistance to those that needed it in the Fargo-Moorhead region, but those in more rural areas proved frustratingly hard to reach due to reasons such as time commitment, inability to get days off work, and other institutional hurdles. Looking for assistance, they…
GWINNER, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Thirty-nine-year-old Denise Luttio-Mahar has been identified as the woman who died in an early Sunday morning fire in Gwinner, North Dakota Mahar called 911 around 4 a.m. to report smoke was inside the house. Fire crews found her and she was taken to Lisbon Hospital where she was pronounced dead. A dog also died in the…
GWINNER, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO)– A woman and a dog are dead after a house fire in Gwinner, North Dakota. Sargent County Sheriff Travis Paeper says the woman called 911 call from the second story of the house, reporting smoke billowing inside around 4 a.m. She was on the line with dispatch, but they lost contact. Fire crews were able to locate…
WEST FARGO (KFGO) – Bobcat is building a new manufacturing plant in Mexico. The West Fargo-headquartered skid steer and compact loader company has confirmed that it is expanding to Monterrey, Mexico. Doosan-Bobcat North America President Mike Ballweber said it will not mean the loss of jobs at the plants in Gwinner or Bismarck. “We don’t anticipate that happening at all,”…
GWINNER, N.D. (KVRR) — A union leader says there could be hundreds laid off at Doosan Bobcat Manufacturing plants in North Dakota and Minnesota. It’s a claim the West Fargo-based company dispute. “We were informed about the approval for them to build and that they plan on building a facility in Mexico and that it could potentially impact 300-500…
GWINNER, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) – A union leader says layoffs are likely at Bobcat Manufacturing plants in North Dakota and Minnesota, a claim the company disputes. The President of Local 560 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers told KFGO News Tuesday night that the company has informed the union that it has received approval to build a manufacturing…
GWINNER, N.D. (KVRR) — A motorcycle driver is injured and arrested for a DUI after rolling his bike early this morning. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says it happened shortly after midnight in Sargent County, one mile east of Gwinner Fifty-three-year-old Cameron Qualley was traveling north on State Highway 32 when he ran a stop sign at the intersection with…
