FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) –A selection committee is recommending Grand Forks Fire Chief Gary Lorenz for Fargo fire chief. The city launched a national search for a new chief in anticipation of Chief Steven Dirksen’s retirement on May 16. Three candidates were designated as finalists: Lorenz, Tim Binfet, and Craig Nelson. Binfet and Nelson are both division chiefs with the Fargo…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent has been charged by federal complaint with production of child pornography. Court documents say 51-year-old Timothy Gregg of Eagan, attempted, coerced and enticed a minor to take part in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing child porn. The father of the minor victim discovered multiple images and videos…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — With 34 confirmed cases, North Dakota has the highest rate of measles in the U.S. According to data from the North Dakota Public Health Association, the state’s rate of infection is 4.27 cases per 100,000 people. New Mexico and Texas follow. North Dakota’s first cases were reported in early April in Williams County. There are also…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo man is arrested on nearly a dozen outstanding warrants. The Red River Valley SWAT Team assisted Fargo Police and the Metro Street Crimes Unit with a high-risk, knock-and-announce search warrant at an apartment building within the 800 block of 17th Street South around 3 this afternoon. Antoren Bell, 35, was in the apartment and…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A West Fargo woman has been sentenced after entering an Alford plea for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from her Fargo employer. Mary Peterson admitted there would be enough evidence to convict her of embezzling nearly $830,000 from Lunde Auto, if the case went to trial. Court records say Peterson took the money over a…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Another defendant in a brutal downtown Fargo beating last year has been sentenced for his role in the assault. Terrell Smith will spend 30 days in jail and be on probation for two years after entering an Alford plea to accomplice to aggravated assault last month. The plea means Smith agrees there would be enough evidence…
UPDATE: North Dakota Highway Patrol identifies the victim as Gene Schepp, 71. DUNN COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) — A man from Cass County died in a motorcycle crash in the western part of North Dakota over the weekend. North Dakota Highway Patrol says the crash happened Saturday around 1:15 PM north of Killdeer. The 71-year-old driver from Gardner lost control…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — You may have fallen in love with his latest Netflix special. Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias is coming to Grand Forks this fall. The comedian will perform THE 1976 TOUR: A FLUFFY CELEBRATION at Alerus Center on October 23. He is one of the most watched comedians on YouTube with over 2 billion views and over 34…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KVRR) — Xcel Energy is moving forward with plans to deliver $25 million back to North Dakota and South Dakota customers on their bills. This is the first time customers will see savings from the federal tax credit on nuclear energy generation, which the company advocated for in recent law. Starting this month, the average residential customer in…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — Two new cases of measles have been confirmed by the Minnesota Department of Health. The cases are unrelated and are Minnesota’s third and fourth confirmed measles cases of the year. The first case is a Washington County adult whose vaccination status is unverified and was exposed while traveling. The second case is an unvaccinated child…
