Courtesy: Christi Boe BroseGRAND FORKS, N.D. — Sparks from a blown tire set the ditch on fire south of Grand Forks. A viewer sent us this video of fires that broke out in three different spots along a three quarter mile stretch of I-29. North Dakota Highway Patrol tells us that around 2 Sunday afternoon, a vehicle pulling a trailer…
FARGO, N.D. — Extreme heat conditions are causing roads to buckle throughout the metro. On the intersection of Main Avenue and 40th Street South, traffic was backed up heading east and was reduced to one lane as the heat has caused the road to buckle just before merging onto I-29 North. City workers were working to mark the area early…
UPDATE: The North Dakota Highway Patrol identified the driver who died as 31-year-old Randy Cole and the passenger who was taken to the hospital as 24-year-old Elena Fladeland. Both have no permanent address and weren’t wearing seat belts. TRAILL CO., N.D. — A man is dead and a woman has unknown injuries after crashing into a semi head-on near…
FARGO, N.D. — Road crews started work on the I-94 and I-29 intersection in Fargo this morning. They are working on the bridge approach slabs and installing expansion joints. Two lanes of traffic and ramp access will remain open, different east and west lanes will be closed at times during the work. Speeds will be reduced to 45 miles per…
1/1 Show Caption Hide Caption FARGO, N.D. — A two-year project to construct on overpass over I-29 at 64th Avenue South in Fargo is underway. Contractors will be on the shoulder of the interstate between Exit 56 and Exit 60 on Tuesday to prepare the area. The driving lane and shoulder for northbound traffic will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The F-M Diversion Project is getting the green light to start work on Interstate 29. “Moorhead and Fargo and in Minnesota and North Dakota, our river doesn’t divide us, it unites us,” Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar said. Federal, state, and local leaders revealed a major $67 million bid to move forward with the I-29 road raise….
SISSETON, S.D. — Authorities release the identity of a man who was hit and killed while changing a tire on Interstate 29 near Sisseton on Tuesday. South Dakota Highway Patrol says 78-year-old Gerald Bartell, of Herman, Minnesota, was pronounced dead at the scene. They say Bartell had pulled over to the shoulder and was kneeling near the pickup when a…
GRAND FORKS, N.D.–A woman is seriously injured after she collided with a semi on Interstate-29 on Sunday. The North Dakota Highway Patrol and Grand Forks Police Department responded to mile marker 137 at approximately 10:50 p.m. Officers say the semi driven by 30-year-old Adam Thorson-Fernsler, of Fargo, was in the right lane heading towards a shuttle site in Grand Forks…
NORTH DAKOTA – Part of Interstate 29 in the northern valley is closed because of flooding. Lanes in both direction from the Manvel to Grafton exits are inaccessible. You’re asked to use Highway 81 north to Grafton and turn east on state Highway 17 to get to I-29. Minnesota Congressman Collin Peterson put pictures of rising waters in his district,…
GRAND FORKS CO., N.D. — Some rural North Dakota homes are being surrounded by flood waters. Drone footage was taken by the North Dakota Department of Transportation of Highway 54. Water can be seen covering the highway between I-29 and the Red River about seven miles north of Manvel. There is no signed detour in place so drivers should use…
