PALESTINE, Ill. (KVRR) — Farm Rescue marks a major milestone. The organization has completed its one-thousandth assistance case. Volunteers harvested a winter wheat crop at the farm of Brad Pifer in Palestine, Illinois. The farmstead, including buildings, grain storage and equipment, was destroyed by a tornado this spring. Farm Rescue was founded in 2005 by North Dakota native Bill Gross….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Fireworks sales start Tuesday in North Dakota, one week ahead of the 4th of July. Fireworks can only be sold between June 27th and July 5th for Independence Day. It’s illegal to use fireworks in Fargo. Most fireworks are illegal in Grand Forks as well, except for things like party poppers and snappers. They are legal to…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a new variant for COVID-19 has made it’s way to the Midwest. As they are watching it in states like the Dakotas and Montana. “The thing that we would most be concerned about, is this going to cause an uptick in hospitalizations,” said Brenton Nesemeier, the Dir. of…
ATLANTA (Fox News) — Officials with the CDC are tracking several new COVID-19 variants including one in North Dakota. The new strains are descendants of the Omicron variant. The strain EU11 is among the new variants being tracked. Scientists first began keeping tabs on it earlier this year as it moved rapidly through parts of Europe. It now represented 1.7%…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — It was a fun night at Gigi’s Playhouse filled with music and entertainment. Gigi’s Playhouse is proud to be North Dakota’s first Down Syndrome Achievement Center which happens to be located right here in Fargo. They have impacted over 200 families in our community by offering free educational and therapeutic programs to individuals with Down…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Cass County’s new early voting hours will be from Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7p.m. on the weekdays and 11 a.m. until 5p.m. on Saturday. “After the 2022 election, we basically decided that we needed to try and find, I guess, a better opportunity for voters after hours. Especially working hours as well…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The American Diabetes Association for North Dakota were raising funds Sunday morning to bring awareness to the challenges that people face when they have diabetes. The association said it is important to educate the public on these issues. “Especially with the rising cost of insulin. When kids come to camp, we do our best to provide…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — For the first time in its 46-year history, the all-women annual Air Race Classic will begin its takeoff from the Grand Forks International Airport. The competition across 12 states begins next Tuesday with 42 teams and 100 racers taking off from the Grand Forks airport and ending that Friday in Miami. At 8 a.m., more…
NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) — A Native American tribe in North Dakota bought an idle pipeline from the energy company Enbridge to help deliver oil from wells on its reservation to the broader market. The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation announced the deal Friday but didn’t disclose how much it paid. The tribe said it expects the pipeline, which will…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Tifton, Georgia man pleads guilty in Federal Court in Fargo to conspiracy to transport illegal immigrants. 39-year-old Rodolfo Arzola-Carrillo was sentenced to one-and-a-half years in prison. He was arrested in November after he was found with a group of seven suspected illegal immigrants from Mexico, including 2 kids, in northeast North Dakota. The plan fell…
