Summit Carbon Solutions plans to build a 2,500-mile network of CO2 pipelines across the Midwest to capture carbon produced by ethanol plants and then sequester it underground in North Dakota. (Courtesy of Summit Carbon Solutions)BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota regulators approved permits Thursday for underground storage of carbon dioxide delivered through a sprawling pipeline proposed for the Midwest, marking…
Seven-year-old Harper Perkins, center, and her sister Brielle, of Princeton, Minn., cool off in a misting fountain at the Minnesota State Fair in Falcon Heights, Minn., on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — Visitors to the Minnesota State Fair sought relief from soaring temperatures under misters Monday while some Midwestern schools dismissed classes early or…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Memorial day is getting closer and Carry The Load has started its national Relay. Carry the Load, a charity providing active ways to honor and celebrate our nation’s heroes, started its Midwest route of its national relay in Fargo. Participants carry the thoughts of the fallen soldiers with them, writing their names on their backs. They…
DES MOINES, Iowa (KVRR/AP) — Drivers in eight Midwestern states will be able to fuel up with a higher blend of ethanol throughout the year under a rule announced by the E-P-A. It takes effect in April 2025 in Minnesota, South Dakota, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio and Wisconsin. Those states grow the bulk of the corn crop and are…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Farmers have already been tilling fields and preparing for their growing season. But, they are dealing with abnormally dry conditions across the Upper Midwest. “From about Highway 281 in North Dakota and eastward into northwest Minnesota. There are a lot of NDAWN stations, that are only ten to thirty percent of average, so far this month….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The 24th Annual Midwest Kidfest at Island Park was a day of fun filled with music, laughter, and bright colors as children play and learn. It’s an event kids in the community look forward to every year. Starting out the Midwest Kidfest is a fan favorite is the teddy bear parade through Island Park to kick…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis released a new report, saying that inflation is going down in the Midwest but families are still feeling financial tension from the high prices over the past two years. The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis recently released data on a report that suggests households are still feeling financial stress despite…
DETROIT (AP) — Canadian Teamsters and CP Rail blame each other for a work stoppage that has halted trains across Canada and interrupted shipments to and from the U.S. More than three thousand CP Rail conductors, engineers, train and yard workers represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference are off the job after negotiators failed to reach a deal by…
OMAHA, Neb. – A new monthly survey of business leaders in nine Midwest and Plains states shows the region’s economy remains healthy, and overall confidence in the economy over the next six months has improved. But about half of supply managers surveyed expect supply chain disruptions to get worse for the first six months of 2022. Firms reported that transportation…
NORTH DAKOTA & MINNESOTA (KVRR) — Air conditions are on high alert as wildfires in parts of the U.S and Canada are pushing smoke through the upper Midwest. With several large fires burning across Montana, Wyoming and Canada, officials from the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality are warning people on how the hazy and smoky conditions may affect them….
