Author: Alison Voorhees

Food Network to feature Moorhead’s Rustica on Friday

The episode is set to run this Friday at 8 p.m.

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Another local restaurant will be in the TV spotlight this weekend. Rustica Eatery & Tavern posted to Facebook that it will be featured on Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” this Friday at 8 p.m. The Moorhead restaurant is one of many in the metro that have recently made it on the hit show. The show’s…

Task Force nabs felony fugitive in Moorhead

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Authorities have arrested a fugitive wanted on several outstanding warrants in Moorhead. The Clay County Sheriff’s Office says on Monday, the High Plains Fugitive Task Force spotted 41-year-old Burton Bonham.  When law enforcement tried to approach, Bonham ran to a home in the 2500 block of 6th Ave. North. A perimeter was set up and after a…

Final suspect arrested in West Fargo shooting that injured juvenile

The shooting happened Monday, March 22 in a West Fargo neighborhood

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — West Fargo police say the final suspect has been arrested in connection to a shooting that happened on March 22. A juvenile has been taken into custody. Police also say that the dark colored vehicle they were looking for has been found. The shooting happened at 9th Street West and Parkway Drive when two others…

New Moorhead pub now open for business

Murphy's Pub opened quietly a few weeks ago after the pandemic forced a later start date

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — The pandemic has been tough on businesses over the past year, especially bars and restaurants. One of the employee’s of a new Moorhead pub says opening now under the restrictions is just the new normal. Bartender and server Baylee Engquist says, “It’s been months and months in the making but it really paid off.” You may…

Man dies after crashing into barrier on I-29 in Fargo

The highway patrol says it appears he suffered a medical condition.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A 45-year-old man is dead after crashing his vehicle into a concrete barrier. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the driver was going south on I-29 when he suffered a medical condition near Main Avenue around 3:00 p.m. He was taken to Sanford where he was pronounced dead. The crash is under investigation. Categories: Local News,…

Second fire at former Mid America Steel building ruled intentional

Fargo Police Department releases surveillance pictures from the Sunday night fire

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Fire Marshal Ryan Erickson says the second fire at the former Mid America Steel building was also intentionally set. Fargo police have released these surveillance pictures from the scene Sunday night, in hopes of identifying the people or the vehicle. You can text your tip and keyword FARGOPD to 847411 or call their Investigations Unit….

Luna Fargo turns bathroom controversy into money for nonprofit

Luna Fargo is selling "Fargo is not Portland" shirts for $25 to donate to a nonprofit organization

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo restaurant is turning what they call their “15 minutes of fame” into money for a nonprofit organization. Earlier this week, we told you about Luna Fargo, on South University Drive, firing back online at a customer’s complaints over their bathroom signs. The signs read, “Whichever.” The customer says the signs are offensive and he…

Two high risk sex offenders move in Moorhead

Omar Yaseen, 30 and Richard Folden, 63

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Police in Moorhead say 30-year-old Omar Yaseen has a new address. The high risk sex offender is living in the 16 hundred block of 4th Avenue North. Police say Yaseen had sexual contact with an unknown teen female.   Also in Moorhead, 63-year-old Richard Folden has moved to a new address. The high risk sex offender…

Fargo restaurant fires back after bathroom sign complaint

Luna Fargo on Facebook: "We consider gender neutral bathrooms to be a very small way we can let our community know that we take inclusivity very seriously."

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo restaurant fires back after a customer complains over its bathroom signs. Luna Fargo on University Drive shared to Facebook a message from a customer who says they work for a fortune 500 tech company and brought a date to the restaurant. The customer says the door sign “Whichever” is offensive and their date chose…

Former Mid America Steel building fire was intentionally set

The downtown Fargo fire started Monday evening and burned for hours

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Fire Department says a downtown fire that burned for hours was intentionally set. It broke out Monday night around 7:00 at the former Mid America Steel building. Fire Marshal Ryan Erickson says the department is working with the Fargo Police Department on the investigation and are looking for the person or persons responsible. Firefighters say…