Ronald ThompsonFARGO (KVRR) – A former West Fargo teacher was sentenced Friday to serve 18 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release for luring a minor by computer. Fifty-nine-year-old Ronald Thompson was convicted in October. Assistant Cass County States Attorney Ryan Younggren says Thompson must also register as a sex offender. West Fargo police received a tip…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – The Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Minnesota State Patrol have reopened all state and federal highways in west central Minnesota, except Interstate 94 from Moorhead to Fergus Falls. I-94 remains closed due to multiple vehicles blocking the highway. Crashes must be cleared before the road can reopen. Sgt. Jesse Grabow said earlier Friday, dozens of…
EMERSON, Manitoba (KVRR) – Protesters continued to maintain a border blockade at the Emerson Port of Entry, just north of Pembina, N.D. Friday. Winnipeg Alternative Media reported that the number of participants appeared to be down because a winter storm was moving through the area. The protesters were sheltering from the storm in RV’s and campers. The demonstrators are opposed to…
FARGO (KVRR) – A Sheyenne, North Dakota man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for aggravated child sex abuse. Interim U.S. Attorney Nick Chase says 39-year-old Gary Lee “Ty” Longie was charged with Aggravated Sexual Abuse. He pleaded guilty in September, 2021. The FBI began an investigation in December, 2020, when the victim, who was under 12,…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – Police in Grand Forks say a body found in an alley near a night club Thursday afternoon has been identified as 26-year-old Anthony Valdez. Valdez was last seen on Sunday in the downtown area by Level 10 Night Club at 10 3rd St. N. Police say there are no obvious signs of trauma, but say…
BISMARCK, N.D. – One of two Bureau of Indian Affairs officers has been dismissed from a federal wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a man who was fatally shot on the Standing Rock Reservation in 2017. A federal judge has signed an order dismissing Gary Sandland Jr. from the lawsuit filed by the family of George “Ryan” Gipp…
TYNDALL, S.D. (AP) – A South Dakota man has pleaded guilty to a felony drug charge after his mother unknowingly served his marijuana-laced brownies to a group of residents at the Tabor Community Center. Forty-six-year-old Michael Koranda appeared at the Bon Homme County Courthouse Tuesday where he waived his preliminary hearing and entered the plea. As part of a plea…
MAPLE GROVE, Minn. – Great River Energy’s cooperatives have once again approved the sale of the company’s Coal Creek power plant in North Dakota and an accompanying power line, despite opposition from its largest member. The sale of Coal Creek, near Underwood, North Dakota, was initially approved last June with 27 member co-ops voting in favor and Connexus Energy, of…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A district judge in Fargo has decided not to seek the Republican nomination for attorney general. East-Central District Judge Wade Webb had considered the race, but he says after careful family and other considerations, he decided against it. Webb was an Assistant Cass County State’s Attorney for seven years until he was appointed to the bench by then-Gov….
EMERSON, Manitoba (KVRR) – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police says at least 50 vehicles are being used in a blockade that began early Thursday at the Emerson Manitoba Port of Entry, just north of Pembina, North Dakota. RCMP Sgt. Paul Manaigre says the vehicles include semis, pickups, farm equipment, Bobcat skid steers and snowmobiles. Manaigre says the RCMP is planning…
