FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Charges will not be filed against a man who shot and killed another man outside Prairie Heights Church in West Fargo in August. A memo from assistant Cass County State’s Attorney Ryan Younggren details the events surrounding the shooting that killed 25-year-old Austin Strom the morning of Saturday, Aug. 17. The memo says Strom, who was a member of…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Red River Valley SWAT will be conducting a training exercise on Wednesday near the 600 block of Morrison Street in West Fargo. The exercise is expected to last from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. You may see SWAT members and other officers carrying firearms. No live rounds will be used during the training exercise. Those…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The metro is losing another restaurant. Tati’s Mediterranean Saveur at The Lights in West Fargo is closing at the end of the month. Tati’s owners say the decision was not made lightly, but the eatery wasn’t able to attract enough customers. They say everyone’s encouragement has “meant the world” to them and they will carry…
James Arneson (photo: Cass County jail)WEST FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A man who allegedly made threats towards Westside Elementary in West Fargo has been charged. Court documents say 48-year-old James Arneson was biking by the school around 8 Tuesday morning when his speedometer fell off the bike. Arneson asked a staff member outside to pick it up. She would not, and…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A man who set off security concerns at Westside Elementary in West Fargo on Tuesday morning has been arrested for terrorizing. Police say 48-year-old James Arneson of West Fargo was on a bicycle when he made threats to school staff members around 8 a.m. Tuesday. As a precaution, Westside was placed under secure school protocol….
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…
