FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – American Heart Month is all about adopting healthy lifestyles to prevent heart disease. If you come across someone who can’t breathe and is in need of help, would you know what to do? Those with FM Ambulance say everyone should. It’s part of the message behind American Heart Month. “This month is all about educating,” explains…
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…
FARGO, N.D. – Some people in Fargo are voicing their opposition to Dakota Access and Line 3 oil pipelines through exercise. Subzero temperatures didn’t stop these joggers from making their way from Island Park to City Hall and back on Tuesday. The group is running in solidarity with the Standing Rock Youth Council, which is completing a bigger challenge of…
Ronald ThompsonWEST FARGO, N.D. – The West Fargo School Board unanimously accepts the resignation of a business education teacher being investigated by police. Ronald Thompson announced his intent to step down Tuesday after police served him a warrant. The board had to take action on his resignation to make it official. Thompson was a teacher at Sheyenne and West Fargo…
HORACE, N.D. — The two men at the center of a recall election in Horace, North Dakota are both running to keep their seats. David Fenelon and Bryan Schmidt were re-elected in June to the Horace Council. But a five-member citizens committee upset over rising special assessments in the fast-growing town gathered enough signatures for the recall election which will…
BISMARCK, N.D. – On January 8, the North Dakota Department of Health (NDDoH) Public Health Laboratory identified a software malfunction on a piece of laboratory equipment. The software malfunction was limited to one platform and affected a total of 641 positive COVID-19 results of 102,562 resulted on the machine between Nov. 7, 2020 and Jan. 8, 2021. The issue has been…
WEST FARGO, N.D. — A Sheyenne and West Fargo High School teacher has resigned after he was served a warrant from West Fargo Police. Ron Thompson resigned on February 2nd after meeting with the police department. By law, the School Board is required to take action on his release from contract. That will take place at the Board’s regularly scheduled…
By: Amanda Rooker WASHINGTON – The Senate will move forward with a vote on Energy Secretary nominee Jennifer Granholm. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee approved her nomination in a 13-4 vote. Senator John Hoeven, who sits on the committee, pressed Granholm to support North Dakota’s energy industry if confirmed. “We’ve got to keep building our energy resources. And…
FARGO, N.D. — With an unusually mild winter in our region, winterizing your vehicle may not be top of mind. If that’s the case, now is the time to get it ready. “The cold does not get along with vehicles very well,” Matt’s Automotive Service Center General Manager Vernon Newman says. As we head into this stretch of below freezing temperatures,…
By: Amanda Rooker WASHINGTON (KVRR) – Congress took new action on the Keystone XL Pipeline this week. Two new bills aim to revive the project’s construction. During his first day in office, President Joe Biden put a stop to the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline. At the Capitol, several North Dakota lawmakers say a presidential permit is not required and introduced…
