WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — West Fargo is responding after the owner of a garden center says she plans to close after years of disputes with the city. We spoke with SheyWest owner Jodi Kallias yesterday when she told us she feels the city let her down. The city says the commission voted to table her item Tuesday night to…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Classes are underway and enrollment is up but just slightly at Fargo Public Schools. First day enrollment is at 11,402 students in kindergarten through 12th grade. That is an increase of just 24 kids from the first day of school last year. In comparison, West Fargo added nearly 300 students for a first day number last…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — He has appeared in some of your favorite movies from “Boyz n the Hood” to “Barbershop”. But right now, Ice Cube wants you to focus on his history making music as he heads to The Lights in West Fargo on Friday night. KVRR’S TJ Nelson got a chance to talk with the Rock and Roll…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — People in Horace, far southwest Fargo and southern West Fargo are rejoicing after a major road construction project finishes. Crews removed the barricades late Saturday afternoon on the 52nd Avenue South project between 63rd Street and Sheyenne. Work started last fall to urbanize this section of road and included replacing the bridge over the Sheyenne River…
WEST FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – The City of West Fargo has a new finance director. Willy Galindo will take over the role late next month. He will be responsible for the city’s accounting, treasury, utility billing, budgeting, payroll, and investments. Galindo comes from Palmdale, California where he has been the city’s senior financial analyst since 2017, and helped manage a half-billion…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) – Family and Prairie Heights are naming the man who was shot and killed in the church parking lot yesterday morning as 25-year-old Austin Strom. Strom’s aunt, Rochelle Rech, has created a GoFundMe campaign to help her sister, Robin, with the burden of funeral costs. Rech says in a post, “He was only 25 years old…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – West Fargo police on Saturday morning responded to a report of shots fired at Prairie Heights Church at 319 32nd Avenue E. Upon arrival, officers were informed that an altercation had taken place between three individuals. During the encounter, one person sustained a gunshot wound. The gunshot victim was transported to a local hospital where…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Bernie’s Wines and Liquors in West Fargo is the first liquor store to get a forensic ID scanner to help combat underage drinking through a new partnership. West Fargo Police and Fargo Cass Public Health are teaming up to offer the scanners. Chief Pete Nielsen says the fake IDs in our region are increasing in…
File PictureFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Red River Valley Swat is changing course and moving its training on Thursday from downtown Fargo to West Fargo. The Downtown Fargo Street Fair begins Thursday morning and it was believed to be a potential target last year by the man who ambushed police. SWAT initially planned to train around an old gas station on…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Just days after Traditions Restaurant and Bar in West Fargo closed, the city is losing another restaurant. Amy Tran, the daughter of the owners of Peking Restaurant, writing on social media that they are closing on August 24. The first Chinese restaurant in West Fargo will have had a thirty year run. Tran says throughout…
