ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) – Officials in South Dakota’s third most populous city, Aberdeen, are warning residents that their drinking water contains an elevated risk of disease. The Aberdeen Water Works Treatment Plant experienced mechanical malfunctions in two filters used to clean water and make it drinkable for residents, resulting in “an increased chance of disease-causing organisms in the drinking water,”…
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%…
ALBERTA, CANADA (KVRR/FOX) — Firefighters in Alberta, Canada are dealing with out-of-control fires as a result of abnormally hot and dry weather. The wildfires have been going on for weeks and more than 10,000 people have been forced to leave their homes. There’s extensive property damage to both homes and businesses in the region. There is also a growing concern…
Courtesy, KWATLAKE NORDEN, S.D. (KVRR-KWAT) – A fire on Wednesday morning heavily damaged a building that houses a fire department in east central South Dakota. The Hamlin County Sheriff’s Office says the fire was at the public safety building in Lake Norden, which included space for Lake Norden’s fire and police departments and ambulance service. Fire departments from Lake Norden,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — It’s day two of road closures in the region due to this latest storm system and they’ll stretch into day three. North Dakota Highway Patrol says roads that are currently closed will remain closed tonight and be reevaluated Thursday morning. NDDOT crews will start clearing between 2 and 3 a.m. Thursday. North Dakota DOT has I-29…
FARGO, N.D (KVRR) — (UPDATE 9:30PM TUESDAY) North Dakota Highway Patrol and North Dakota DOT have now closed Interstate 29 from Grand Forks to the South Dakota border. The interstate is also closed in South Dakota from the border to Watertown. They earlier closed a section of Interstate 94 from Fargo to Bismarck. Highway 2 is closed from Grand Forks…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVVR/KFGO) — A bill raising the speed limit on North Dakota’s interstates from 75 to 80 heads to Gov. Burgum’s desk. The senate passed the bill by a vote of 25-21 on Wednesday. Last month, the house passed it 65-29. The bill includes speed limit exceptions in city limits. Neighboring states South Dakota and Montana both have 80…
South Dakota DOTS.D. DOT: Interstate 29 (both northbound and southbound) will be closed from Watertown (exit 177) to the North Dakota state line at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. Accumulating snow is causing hazardous travel throughout northeastern South Dakota. High snowfall rates will continue to create difficult travel conditions with snow-packed roads and low visibility this evening and…
BRITTON, S.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Havana, North Dakota man has been identified as the person killed in a crash last Tuesday east of Britton, South Dakota. 83-year-old William Krafka was driving a pickup on Highway 10 when he crossed the center line and collided head-on with a car driven by 19-year-old Cade Roerig of St. Eden, South Dakota. Roerig had…
Fmr. Gov. Mark Dayton (D-MN) & Fmr. Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN)ST. PAUL (KVRR) — Two former Minnesota governors join forces and speak out against South Dakota-based Sanford Health getting control of the University of Minnesota Medical School in the Fairview Health merger. Democrat Mark Dayton and Republican Tim Pawlenty voiced their concerns in front of the Senate Committee on Health…
