FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Cass County Vector Control is informing the public about its mosquito management operations. Program director Ben Prather’s in-depth presentation at Fargo City Hall on Thursday is one of multiple public meetings being held in Fargo, West Fargo and Moorhead. The public hearings come following an incident last summer where thousands of monarch butterflies died after aerial…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — More rolling blackouts are possible Tuesday night until 10 o’clock and Wednesday morning in Moorhead. Tina Kooren is one of approximately 9,800 people in Moorhead impacted by Tuesday’s rolling blackouts. She runs a home daycare and when the power went out at 10 a.m., she had eight kids to look after. “My main concern was just the…
CLEARWATER CO., Minn. — A fire on Valentine’s Day destroys a house on Stockyard Road, about 14 miles south of Bagley, Minnesota. Crews responding just before midnight last night to the house owned by Allan and Sue Dahl, who were not home. They arrived to the find the house fully engulfed in flames. It is considered a total loss. Two…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Gov. Tim Walz said he would relax several restrictions in place due to the coronavirus as cases continue to drop, including raising the maximum occupancy in bars, restaurants private events and celebrations. Starting Saturday, top capacity at bars and restaurants and indoor entertainment venues will rise to 250 people, with up to 50 people allowed at…
MOORHEAD, Minn. – A local non-profit focused on solving transportation issues for those in need reports a theft from its Moorhead location. A tow dolly was taken sometime over the past week from Fix It Forward Auto Care. It’s an American tow dolly brand that’s all black with white spoked rims. The company has notified police and put out info…
BERTHA, Minn. (KVRR) – After one person was killed and four were injured in Tuesday’s shooting at Allina Health Clinic in Buffalo, Minnesota; one student-run business at a school not too far away is trying to make a difference. Next Gen Bears out of a Bertha-Hewitt High School is making lake and home style signs for the Buffalo community. “You…
FARGO, N.D. — The need for food assistance in North Dakota and western Minnesota is greater than ever before. Great Plains Food Bank provided five million more meals in 2020 than it did in 2019 to those in need. Hunger is now impacting one in six people throughout our region. As the need increases, costs for the food bank also…
Sub- zero temperatures in our region will freeze your pants off, making it the perfect time to kick start a local tradition that’s a perfect at-home socially distancing activity. Frozen pairs of pants are popping up in front yards across the Minneapolis. The snow covered lawns have been transformed into pieces of art, as the frozen jeans can be…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – After Mayor Johnathan Judd resigned after accepting a 7th Judicial District judgeship, the Moorhead City Council unanimously elected Council Member Shelly Carlson mayor at a council meeting Monday. The city says citizens will vote on a new mayor in November of 2022. The city will appoint someone from Moorhead’s second ward to serve as a council…
MINNESOTA — Minnesota hospitals are criticizing the state’s coronavirus vaccine distribution system as inequitable, leaving some clinics and hospitals without doses for older, vulnerable patients. The Minnesota Hospital Association, in a letter to state health officials, says some clinics haven’t received vaccine doses in days. In January, the state opened up vaccinations to people 65 and older leaving some patients…
