FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo City Commissioners approve a motion to construct a partial cloverleaf interchange at the I-29 and 64th Avenue South overpass in Fargo. Several people living near the overpass have been opposed to the project saying they were guaranteed it would never have on and off ramps. But several local developers spoke in favor of the project…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A driver has been charged and fined after going more than 100 miles per hour on a closed interstate during Sunday’s snow storm. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says Interstate-29 was closed due to blizzard conditions and low visibility when a trooper stopped a driver going 104 mph in an 80 mph zone. The driver was issued…
GRAFTON, N.D. (KVRR) – The North Dakota Department of Transportation has issued another no travel advisory for northeast North Dakota due to inclement weather. That advisory does include Walsh County. NDDoT and the North Dakota Highway Patrol have jointly closed I-29 from Grand Forks to Canada in both directions thanks to the blowing snow and zero visibility. Authorities say if…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — It’s a project twenty years in the making for a new interchange in South Fargo. City engineers say they are close to having a design chosen. “We need to make a decision. Either we’re going to go forward with the project, or we’re not going to go forward with the project. And if we do go…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – A driver in Grand Forks County is dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after a pursuit in the early evening of January 2. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says that they received reports of an erratic driver just after 5:30 P.M. A trooper was soon able to locate the vehicle in question at mile…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Fargo Police Department is attempting to engage more directly with the people they protect. To that end, they held a community meeting at the Fargo Parks Sports Center the evening of November 19. The city is broken up into 5 beats, and this meeting concerned beat 4, which covers the area south of I-94 and…
GRANDIN, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a blown tire is to blame for a crash that injured 12 people, including 10 children. The patrol says a Ford Transit van was southbound on I-29 about 3 miles north of Grandin around 3:30 p.m. Thursday when the left rear tire blew out. The van went into the ditch…
Metro Flood Diversion Authority (YouTube)CASS CO., N.D. (KVRR) — Continued construction on the F-M diversion will impact your travels in the area and cause some congestion. The driving lane on northbound I-29 at mile marker 75 near Harwood is now closed until the northbound bridge opens to traffic in July. That date depends on the weather. Traffic will be moved…
Gabriel Messmer and Christopher Ringsrud-KnowlesTHOMPSON, N.D. (KVRR) (UPDATE 8:30 PM) Two Fargo men were arrested after an explosive device was found in their vehicle during a traffic stop for tinted windows. It happened on I-29 near Thompson around 8:40 a.m. North Dakota Highway Patrol says Gabriel Messmer was driving and arrested for possessing an explosive device. His passenger, Christopher Ringsrud-Knowles,…
UPDATE: The victim is identified as Judy Rusten. THOMPSON, N.D. – The North Dakota Highway Patrol says an 83-year-old Aneta, North Dakota woman was killed in a wrong-way crash on I-29 about two miles north of Thompson on Monday afternoon. She was driving an SUV that collided head-on with a pickup. The woman was going south in the northbound lanes….
