MINNESOTA & NORTH DAKOTA (KVRR) – On this Labor Day, what are some local labor laws and how do they impact us? Minnesota’s minimum wage law is unique because it goes up each year with inflation. Wages rise 2.5 percent from this year in The Land of 10,000 Lakes. This year, someone with a minimum wage job from a large…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A Downtown Fargo skateboard shop was the victim of a burglary. A window at This Skate Shop on the 600 block of 1st Avenue North was smashed. The business says on Instagram it happened at 7:00 Monday morning. Two longboards were taken. The business says only a few people in the area have these models. They…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A 2021 study from WalletHub finds North Dakota is the hardest working state in the nation. The study determined six direct work factors like average workweek hours and the employment rate as well as four indirect factors including commute time and average leisure time spent per day. Using a points system, a score closer to 100…
CRARY, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota Highway Patrol releases the identity of a woman killed Sunday night in a rollover in Ramsey County. She is 29-year-old Bridget Fahey of Lakota, North Dakota. Fahey rolled her SUV on Highway 2, two miles southeast of Crary, and was thrown. She was pronounced dead at the scene. A young girl in the vehicle…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A partnership between North Dakota State University, Emerging Prairie and the Agricultural Research Service will serve to enhance agriculture research by the Grand Farm Initiative. Backed by North Dakota Senator John Hoeven, the Agricultural Research Service wants to strengthen rural economies and diversify farm income. “Nobody does agriculture better than North Dakota. We’re number one in…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Scientists from North Dakota State University, University of North Dakota and several schools across the country are teaming up to develop artificial intelligence technology that could help predict diabetes using what looks like a wristwatch. NDSU Science professors were granted just under $1.5 million from the National Science Foundation for research in areas like sensor development,…
Courtesy: Instagram/@JoshDuhamelFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Cass County Finance Office confirms Actor Josh Duhamel and 2016 Miss World America Audra Mari got a marriage license on Friday. The Minot and Fargo natives have been dating since 2019. It’s the same year Duhamel finalized his divorce from Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie after eight years of marriage. Mari attended Fargo South…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – Those who received student loans from the Bank of North Dakota aren’t eligible for President Biden’s loan forgiveness plan. It eliminates $10,000 for those who got loans issued by the U.S. Department of Education or $20,000 to people getting pell grants. It applies to those who make $125,000 a year or less or couples who make…
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A judge has again blocked a trigger law banning abortion in North Dakota as he weighs a lawsuit from the state’s lone abortion clinic. The clinic argues that the law violates the state constitution. Burleigh County District Judge Bruce Romanick on Thursday granted the motion for a preliminary injunction sought by the Red River Women’s Clinic…
CASSELTON, N.D. (KVRR) — State leaders like Gov. Doug Burgum, Sen. John Hoeven and Sen. Kevin Cramer came to Central Cass High School to celebrate after they and other project leaders break ground of a soybean plant near the school. Both the North Dakota and Minnesota Soybean Processors teams are behind the project which they say will have a positive…
