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EDC Softball Finals Set: Roughriders V Packers

West Fargo Will Take On Red River Saturday For the EDC Championship

May 26, 2023

Adam Chalifoux,

WEST FARGO, N.D. — The West Fargo Packers defeat Fargo North and the Red River Roughriders defeat West Fargo Sheyenne to advance to the Eastern Dakota Conference Championship. The Packers and the Roughriders will play Saturday afternoon at 3 PM. Categories: High School, KVRR Sports Extra, Top Sports Headlines Tags: EDC Softball, EDC Softball Tournament, Red River, Red River RoughRiders,…

Moorhead Police identify man pulled from Red River

The man had been reported as a missing person and was last seen on April 23rd

May 22, 2023

TJ Nelson,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A body that was pulled from the Red River in Moorhead on Saturday has been identified. The medical examiner says 53-year-old Harold Anderson of Moorhead died of drowning. There was no evidence of significant injury or trauma. A final autopsy report, including toxicology, is still pending. Anderson had been reported as a missing person and was…

Body recovered from Red River at Moorhead park

May 20, 2023

Hami Arain,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Moorhead Police say they recovered a body from the Red River at Gooseberry Park this afternoon. Crews were dispatched before 3 p.m. and found an adult male’s body near a walking path. They say the man’s body was in the Red River for an extended period of time. The body is being transported to Ramsey County…

Work To Resume On $9.9 Million Whiskey Creek Restoration

May 18, 2023

TJ Nelson,

WILKIN CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Work it set to resume on the majority of the nearly $10 million Whiskey Creek restoration project. The 30 mile long creek drains 157 square miles in Wilkin and Otter Tail counties. The third phase of the project is designed to improve water quality and quantity and wildlife habitat. It’s along a 20-mile-long Red River…

LaMoure man walking east to west across ND for mental health awareness

A man is walking all the way to Montana for self-reflection, one step at a time.

May 3, 2023

Hami Arain,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — 32-year-old David McDonald began his journey right by the Red River in Moorhead and is walking across the entire state, until he reaches Montana. McDonald had a drug overdose nine years ago and said he found God shortly after hearing about Fargo’s New Life Center. At this time last year, his father passed away from a…

Fargo Man Changes Plea For Slitting Another Man’s Throat

Victim was grandson of longtime area TV weatherman

May 2, 2023

KVRR Staff,

George OrtizFARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — George Ortiz of Fargo changes his plea to guilty to murder in the October stabbing death of a Wisconsin man who had recently moved to Fargo. The 39-year-old Ortiz was sentenced to 55 years in prison. He admits killing 32-year-old Phillip Bergquist near the Red River in downtown Fargo by slitting his throat. The cases…

Take An Aerial View as Flood Waters Recede Around FM Metro

April 24, 2023

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Area rivers are starting to fall but there is still plenty of flood water around. It’ll be awhile before the field dries out and they can play ball at Jack Williams Stadium in north Fargo. It’ll also take some time for the water levels to drop enough for Elm Street to reopen near the El Zagal…

Red River Hit 29.74 Crest on Saturday In Fargo-Moorhead

April 23, 2023

TJ Nelson, Hami Arain,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The water is still high in Fargo-Moorhead but the Red River has already crested and is slowly dropping. The river hit 29.74 feet on Saturday, which is just shy of major flood stage, and below earlier forecasts. On the historic crests list, it unofficially just enters the top 20 at 19th place. The record remains the…

Sen. Klobuchar visits Moorhead to talk flood mitigation

April 22, 2023

Hami Arain,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Senator Amy Klobuchar stopped by Moorhead earlier today to meet with Clay County officials on flood mitigation efforts along the Red River. The crest dipped slightly in Moorhead to just under thirty feet as the Senator met with Mayor Shelly Carlson and city officials at Horn Park. According to the National Weather Service, the river will…

Sandbagging operations to start Tuesday in Cass County

April 10, 2023

Breeane Bolin,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — “I think we’ve had some wonderful news happen over the last several days when Easter came the sun came out and everybody was happy. And what happened with that was the melting. Well, that’s great, but guess what’s happening there It will flood again this spring. And with a flood comes my vest and come sandbags.”…

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EDC Softball Finals Set: Roughriders V Packers

West Fargo Will Take On Red River Saturday For the EDC Championship

Moorhead Police identify man pulled from Red River

The man had been reported as a missing person and was last seen on April 23rd

Body recovered from Red River at Moorhead park

Work To Resume On $9.9 Million Whiskey Creek Restoration

LaMoure man walking east to west across ND for mental health awareness

A man is walking all the way to Montana for self-reflection, one step at a time.

Fargo Man Changes Plea For Slitting Another Man’s Throat

Victim was grandson of longtime area TV weatherman

Take An Aerial View as Flood Waters Recede Around FM Metro

Red River Hit 29.74 Crest on Saturday In Fargo-Moorhead

Sen. Klobuchar visits Moorhead to talk flood mitigation

Sandbagging operations to start Tuesday in Cass County

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