WASHINGTON (AP) — The threat of a federal government shutdown was suddenly easing Saturday after the House quickly approved a temporary funding bill to keep agencies open, once Speaker Kevin McCarthy dropped demands for steep spending cuts and relied on Democratic votes for passage. The rushed package would leave behind aid to Ukraine, a White House priority opposed by a growing number of GOP…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo man is calling on locals to help sponsor Ukrainians trying to leave their war-torn country. Michael Southam says, since 2014, there have been around eight million Ukrainians displaced. Southam says he was inspired by his friend in Pelican Rapids who knew of a family that was evacuating the country in the 2014 invasion….
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Over two dozen governors gathered to participate in a video conference call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Governor Walz calls Zelenskyy’s move to take part in the conference is “politically smart” since the states hold the majority of the power on the issue. “He had two-fold. One he was out there to thank the governors for…
KYIV, UKRAINE (KVRR) — In the next few weeks, Mark J. Lindquist will be launching a podcast series called “Everything Ukraine”, where he’ll interview locals and international leaders about how they have been dealing with the ongoing war. The Moorhead Air Force veteran is also getting ready to host a TEDx Talk at the University of North Carolina later this…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Air Force veteran Mark J. Lindquist has 10 months work of donations ready to head to Ukraine. It includes $3.3 million in medical supplies given by Hero, Sanford Health and Essentia Health and a couple million dollars worth of winter coats. The issue is getting all the supplies to Minneapolis to be shipped to New Jersey…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO) – As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, North Dakota State Refugee Coordinator Holly Triska-Dally says the number of Ukrainian refugees who have fled the war and looking to resettle in the state and those willing to sponsor them is increasing on a monthly basis. She says the refugees have known connections, families, and friends who are U.S….
NEW YORK (KVRR) — “Operation Sleep Out” has moved from frigid Fargo to the bright lights of New York City. Local veteran and activist Mark J. Lindquist is on a mission to raise awareness and funds for supplies for the people of Ukraine in their fight against Russia. After sleeping outside in a tent in the FM metro for the…
Kurt Groszhans (right) with Sen. Kevin CramerBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Life is returning to normal for a southern North Dakota farmer who was jailed in Ukraine for almost a year. Sen. Kevin Cramer said he had lunch in Bismarck with Kurt Groszhans of Ashley and his sisters. Groszhans returned to the state late last month. He was accused in a…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Mark J. Lindquist says he and his team of vets were in Ukraine for about six months and people there still need tourniquets, burn bandages and first aid kits. He met one woman around 80-years-old about 10 miles away from the Russian border where a rocket landed across the street, destroying much of her home. It…
A damaged building at the scene of Russian shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile barrage on the Ukrainian power grid sent the war spilling over into neighboring countries Tuesday, hitting NATO member Poland and cutting electricity to much of Moldova. It was Russia’s biggest barrage yet, and some of…
