MINNESOTA (KVRR) — Former Minnesota State Representative Mary Murphy has passed away. The longtime democrat died Christmas day. She recently suffered a stroke and was about to enter hospice care. Murphy made history as Minnesota’s longest-serving female lawmaker and the second-longest serving lawmaker overall. Senator Amy Klobuchar released a statement and said, “Mary Murphy was an incredible Minnesotan who dedicated…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — An inmate in the Grand Forks County Jail is facing additional charges after allegedly stabbing a corrections officer in the face. Court records say 23-year-old Gavin Johnson was told he was being moved to a different cell, but refused and sat in a laundry basket. When a corrections officer tried to remove Johnson from the…
MINOT, N.D. (KVRR) — Around 3:45 p.m., a North Dakota DOT snowplow was traveling in the northbound left lane of I-29, near Minto, when it was hit by a Ford truck. That driver was a 72-year-old man from Edinburg. A KIA Sorrento followed and drove into the fog of snow. That vehicle, driven by a 56-year-old man from Manitoba, also…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Public Works is urging people downtown to move their vehicles from avenues so they can easily move snow. It’s scheduled to begin the evening of Sunday, December 22 and crews will work into Monday morning. Vehicles located in no-parking areas on Downtown’s east/west avenues will be impounded to ensure crews can complete snow removal efforts….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A North Dakota DOT snowplow gets hit while clearing snow along I-94. Shortly before 1:00 this afternoon, a 23-year-old driver from Little Falls, Minnesota attempted to pass the plow in Fargo. The driver was unable to see due to flying snow and lost control. The car hit the driver’s side of the plow. The driver was…
HANKINSON, N.D. (KVRR) — An update from St. Phillip’s Catholic Church in Hankinson after Monday’s fire. No one is allowed in the church until after the January 16 signoff. There’s an exception for a couple of people who will run fans and dehumidifiers. An initial assessment of the church finds no major structural damage. No work will be able to…
Kelly Armstrong speaks to supporters Nov. 5, 2024, in Bismarck after voters elected him North Dakota governor. He’s accompanied by his wife, Kjersti Armstrong. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Gov. Kelly Armstrong says that North Dakota’s population grew to a record high of 796,568 people as of July 1. The number marks the largest increase since…
Adam Fravel in courtWINONA, Minn. (KVRR/FOX 9) — Adam Fravel is sentenced to life in prison for the death of Madeline Kingsbury in southern Minnesota. Kingsbury is Fravel’s former partner and mother of his two children. Fravel appeared in court to be sentenced after being convicted of first-degree murder, first-degree murder with a past pattern of domestic abuse, second-degree murder…
WADENA, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A 17-year-old girl has life-threatening injuries at Sanford Medical Center after a two-vehicle crash, west of Wadena. The State Patrol says the girl was a passenger in a car driven by a 16-year-old girl. The car collided with an SUV on State Highway 29 shortly before 8 a.m. The girl hospitalized in Fargo is identified as…
HINES, Minn. (KVRR) — Two people are arrested in Beltrami County for felony animal mistreatment. Debra Marshall and Douglas Erickson were taken to the Beltrami County Jail. The sheriff’s office received a report of possible mistreatment and neglect in the 16700 block of Aksarben Lane Northeast near Hines They found large number of cats and dogs that did not have…
