FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Gigi’s Playhouse is planning its grand re-opening later this summer one year after a fire destroyed it. One year after a fire severely damaged the building, the playhouse is adding new services for people with special needs and their families across the F-M area who use the space as a second home. “We watched from across…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/AP) — A viral disease called epizootic hemorrhagic disease is responsible for a cut in the number of deer licenses this year in North Dakota. Game and Fish is making around 64,000 licenses available, that is down 8,000. The drought in western North Dakota created perfect breeding areas for biting gnats that transmit the disease. It impacts white-tailed…
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (KVRR) – Candidates share they’re the right person to lead Devils Lake as Mayor Dick Johnson is retiring after 12 years. Retired Devils Lake Fire Chief Jim Moe, City Commissioner Shane Hamre, and former Four Winds High School teacher and administrator Joe Mertens are running to replace him. Topics tackled in a debate moderated by KVRR morning…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – The North Dakota Department of Health is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in investigating a child with hepatitis of unknown cause. The child resides in Grand Forks County. The child is recovering at home after a brief hospitalization. North Dakota is among a growing list of states investigating children with hepatitis where usual…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Twelve Fargo City Commission candidates shared their vision of the city’s future at a candidate forum. Topics included keeping the city safe, improving mental health resources for police officers and tax incentives for businesses. A majority of the candidates are for tax breaks for small businesses. They argue big corporations like FedEx were given them despite…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/AP) — WBI Energy leaders say they won’t pursue plans to build a natural gas pipeline from western North Dakota’s oil patch to the eastern part of the state. The unit of Bismarck-based MDU Resources Group says the project is not viable due to regulatory uncertainty, limited in-state demand and rising construction, labor and land-acquisition costs. North Dakota’s…
CAVALIER CO., N.D. (KVRR) — Work continues in Cavalier County, North Dakota to stabilize erosion on the Bourbanis Dam. Members of the National Guard are continuing to use two Black Hawk helicopters to place one-ton sandbags to help fortify the dam. Emergency managers say erosion stabilized overnight in the area that was sandbagged on Tuesday. They say the remaining Tongue…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Red River Valley Bomb Squad investigates a suspicious package found outside the Islamic Society of Fargo-Moorhead finding it’s just a backpack. Police were called to the mosque on the 600 block of 28th Street South around 12:15 Wednesday afternoon. A 911 caller said a male was showing suspicious behavior, dropped a backpack and left. Fargo…
BISMARCK, N.D. – North Dakota has been prepared for years to outlaw abortions if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns its 1973 ruling legalizing the procedure nationwide. A 2007 state law makes it a felony to perform an abortion unless necessary to prevent the woman’s death or in cases of rape or incest. North Dakota is one of about a dozen…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Everyone at Fargo’s Hector International Airport was beaming with patriotism as the Honor Flight of North Dakota, Minnesota is welcomed back from Washington, DC. The airport was filled with red, white and blue as our local heroes touched back down in Fargo around 7:00 Monday night after a weekend after seeing memorials built by their sacrifice…
