ST. PAUL (KVRR) — Gov. Tim Walz is extending an invitation to Canadians to visit Minnesota. He says “We want our Canadian neighbors to know they’re not just welcome here — they’re encouraged to visit and continue our long friendship.” Air and vehicle travel from Canada into the U.S. has dropped dramatically in recent months. Some attribute that to negative…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A semi driver is cited and his passenger is being treated for injuries after rolling the rig onto its side in the ditch along I-29 in Fargo. Highway Patrol says the crash happened around 2 a.m. when 23-year-old Sukhveer Singh from Winnipeg mistook the shoulder for the 13th Avenue South exit and drove off the roadway….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Comic and Minnesota-native Nick Swardson has announced his 2024 Toilet Head Tour and it includes stops in Mahnomen, Winnipeg and Fargo. The tour will kickoff on Friday, September 6 at Shooting Star Casino in Mahnomen. Swardson will next head to Winnipeg on September 7 at Club Regent. He’ll bring his standup act to Fargo Theatre on…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Tuesday night on KVRR Local News: we talk with a music legend. Randy Bachman has revived BTO for another tour and they are coming to Shooting Star Casino in Mahnomen on Friday night. Hear the Winnipeg native’s recollections of playing in Grand Forks and Fargo in the early days of his career, tomorrow night. Categories: Entertainment,…
PEMBINA, N.D. (KVRR) — Winnipeg-based bus manufacturer NFI Group changes course and decides to keep its bus assembly plant in Pembina in operation. Back in May, the company had announced plans to close the Motor Coach Industries plant by June 2025 as part of a larger cost-cutting plan. But the company informed Gov. Doug Burgum this week that due to…
Drayton Dam(March)/HSG Park Joint Venture, LLCPEMBINA CO., N.D. (KVRR) — Work to replace the Drayton Dam in Pembina County is nearing the halfway point as the Corps of Engineers completes its demolition this week. The two year project started last July as part of the larger Fargo Moorhead Flood Protection Project. The $7.7 million Drayton project features a new dam…
NORTH DAKOTA/MINNESOTA (KVRR) — With large areas of highways and interstates closed, some truckers across the country have found themselves trapped in Fargo. The North Dakota Department Transportation closed I-29 from Canada to the South Dakota border because of low visibility and icy roads. I-94 from Bismarck to Fargo remains closed for the same reasons. Both interstates are impassable because…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Shania Twain is coming back to Fargo! The country-pop superstar will take the stage at Fargodome in just under a year on Sunday, November 5. The concert will be a part of her “Queen of Me” world tour which also includes a stop in Winnipeg on November 7. The Grammy winner will donate $1 of every…
Jean-Pierre Petit / FacebookSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KVRR/AP) — A bicyclist from Winnipeg who was raising money for his granddaughter’s kidney transplant has died in a Sioux Falls hospital. Jean-Pierre Petit was on a long-distance ride and hit from behind by a cargo truck last Thursday while riding on the shoulder of Interstate 29. He had passed through Fargo earlier in the…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Former Justice Beryl Levine, the first woman appointed to the North Dakota Supreme Court, has died. She was 86. Levine died Saturday at her home in San Mateo, California, with her family by her side. Former Gov. George Sinner appointed Levine to the Supreme Court in January 1985, shortly after the Democratic governor took office. Levine…
