Author: Alison Voorhees

Mobile mammogram team will travel to rural communities

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Essentia Health is bringing the opportunity to get mammograms to rural communities Starting today, their mobile mammography team will begin making regular visits to Ada, Aurora, Deer River, Deerwood, Hibbing, Pine River and Staples in Minnesota, as well as Valley City in North Dakota. Contact your Essentia Health clinic to find out when the team will…

Midco completes fiber build along Highway 10 in Minnesota

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) — Midco announces the completion of its extensive fiber build along Highway 10 in Minnesota. The company says the project brings high-speed internet access to more than 10,000 homes and businesses to Audubon, Lake Park, Hawley and Detroit Lakes. A $4 million investment will also provide Midco’s fiber network to more than 17-hundred residents and businesses…

Fargo man accused of embezzling more than $2.7 million from employer

Daniel LindgrenFARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Fargo man has been charged for allegedly embezzling over $2.7 million from his employer. Daniel Lindgren, 29, is facing one Class A Felony for embezzlement. Court documents say Fargo Police were called to Shorestone Development for fraud on October 26. The owner told the officer that his chief operating officer had been embezzling money…

Two men arrested on felony drug charges near Moorhead

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Two men are arrested for transporting drugs from the Twin Cities to Moorhead. An investigation started in June and on Sunday, authorities stopped the 35-year-old Tyler Kania, of Moorhead and 34-year-old Laquedrick Lemel As-Sidiq, of St. Louis Park, on felony drug charges. During the stop, meth, cocaine, marijuana, and morphine pills were seized. The street value…

Rockstar Pizza Factory now open for business

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — There’s a new option for take-and-bake style pizzas in town. Rockstar Pizza Factory opened this week at 5050 Timber Parkway in south Fargo, near Cashwise and Suite Shots. They are open seven days a week, from 11:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. It’s a two-for-one kind of place. Rockstar joins Wicked Willie’s Seafood Steampots To-Go for its…

Handgun scare at Grand Forks County Office

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Confusion over a handgun at the Grand Forks County Office brings out several deputies. The sheriff’s office responded the the office’s fourth floor for a man with a handgun. They approached the situation similar to an active shooter. When deputies questioned the man, they found he did not have a handgun but an electrical shock-style…