NEAR THE RIO GRANDE, TEXAS (KVRR) – North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum and North Dakota National Guard adjutant general Maj. Gen. Al Dohrmann met with 125 soldiers from the Bismarck-based 957th Engineer Company serving along the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas. The two saw how their mission is going and thanking them for helping U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The unit…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Fargo officials are looking into big changes in liquor laws. Police Chief David Zibolski started a discussion with the Liquor Control Board and City Commission to implement ID scanners at bars and off sale businesses. “Several of our establishments have gone the way of the scanners to thwart out some of these very well done and…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Golden Drive Homeless Kids partnered with Culver’s to collect and distribute thousands of toys, clothes and toiletries for homeless teens in the community. They wanted to focus on teens because they’re often the forgotten homeless group. They have items to distribute for summer months too, in an effort to keep the teens active and outside. This…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Sanford Health completes an expansion to the Veterans Square Clinic on 40th Street and Veterans Boulevard to become the new home for pediatric specialty care. Thirty new exam rooms and two consult rooms have been added costing $3.6 million. The expansion was made two years after the clinic opened. There will be primary and specialty care…
KENTUCKY (KVRR) – Seventeen Red Cross volunteers from Minnesota and The Dakotas, including three from Fargo-Moorhead, are heading to Kentucky to help with tornado relief. They will run eight shelters in Kentucky. Many of the volunteers are in the Mayfield area which has been hit hard by storms. The Executive Director of the local Red Cross chapter says he was…
BUFFALO, N.D. (KVRR) -A renovated 1916 High School building in Buffalo, North Dakota is now the town’s hotspot for social gatherings. Christmas comes alive on Pearl Street as people from around the area fill into Buffalo’s renovated 1916 High School building to socialize, eat, and shop. “The school just becomes this old-fashioned Christmas. We deck the halls and want people…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Great Plains Food Bank CEO Melissa Sobolik shares stories of being food insecure as a student at Concordia College she says she never told anyone. “I never threw away an empty cereal box or a macaroni and cheese box. When they were empty, would close them back up and put them back in my cupboard so…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – West Fargo Police says a juvenile from Fargo has been arrested for threatening violent acts at Liberty Middle School on Snapchat. The threat came in around 11:30 Thursday morning and was reported to a School Resource Officer via text-a-tip. The child was apprehended an hour later. Police say the juvenile acted alone and didn’t plan…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Silver Winds Flute Quartet performed for people coming in and passing through the Hector international airport. This is part of a new deal with Artworks that will feature three series of noon hour musical performances in December, March and June. All performances will be during the lunch hour around noon, and all the musicians have…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Do you know of someone who loves video or app games and wants to learn how to make them? As part of Computer Science Education Week, Fargo’s Code Ninjas is partnering with Microsoft Make Code to offer Hour of Code and Game Jam sessions for free. No coding experience is needed. Kids can make a variety…
