SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Minnesota-based Medtronic has agreed to pay $400,000 to South Dakota to resolve allegations that it paid kickbacks to a neurosurgeon. The settlement resolves allegations that Medtronic paid for more than 100 social events at a restaurant owned by Dr. Wilson Asfora. Medtronic allegedly sponsored the events over a nine-year period to persuade Asfora to use Medtronic…
FARGO (KVRR) – Police in Fargo, West Fargo, Moorhead and the Cass County Sheriff’s Office are asking business owners to take precautions following a string of dozens of commercial burglaries in the area since September. Owners and managers are encouraged to regularly set alarms, maintain surveillance equipment and to keep buildings secure when businesses are closed. Cass County Sheriff ‘s…
GoFundMeMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Seven members of a Moorhead family who died in a home over the weekend were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning. Police say the preliminary causes of death are based on laboratory blood tests, although the investigation remains open. The victims were identified as 37-year-old Belin Hernandez, 34-year-old Marleny Pinto, 16-year-old Breylin Hernandez, 7-year-old Mike Hernandez, 5-year-old…
CASSELTON, N.D. – Project developers say a deal has been finalized for construction of a soybean processing plant in Casselton that has been in the works for two years. Louisiana-based CGB Enterprises, Inc. and Minnesota Soybean Processors announced Wednesday formed a joint venture, North Dakota Soybean Processors LLC, that will own and operate the plant. The plant is scheduled to…
ROCHERT, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – One person is dead after a house fire Northeast of Detroit Lakes. The blaze was reported shortly after 2 a.m. Wednesday. The Becker County Sheriff’s Office says the home had already collapsed by the time deputies arrived at the home on Hubble Pond Road. The victim’s body was recovered after the fire was out. Frazee, Wolf Lake,…
FARGO (KVRR) – A man who’s been tied to numerous armed robberies in the Fargo area has signed a plea agreement with federal prosecutors. The agreement says Hunter Havisto acknowledges robbing Tropical Smoothie on June 6, the Walmart and Casey’s General Store on 13th Ave. S. on June 8, the M&H gas station on Main Ave. on June 9 and…
WATERTOWN, S.D. (KVRR/KWAT) – A Watertown woman who shot her husband in the face during an alcohol-fueled argument has been sentenced to three years in the South Dakota Penitentiary. Sixty five year-old Sherri Tormanen pleaded guilty to Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. In exchange for the plea, prosecutors dropped a charge of 1st Degree Attempted Murder. Watertown police were…
Update: Police say Serenity Kulish has been located and is safe. MANDAN, N.D. (KVRR) – Police in Mandan are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 15-year-old Serenity Kulish. Kulish is 5’8”, approximately 155 lbs, with brown hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing black jeans, black Adidas sweatshirt and Vans shoes. Anyone with information about Kulish is…
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Oral arguments are set for next month in the latest round in Gov. Kristi Noem’s legal fight to shoot off fireworks at Mount Rushmore. A three-judge panel from the 8th U.S. Court of Appeals in St. Louis will hear arguments on Jan 12. Both sides will get 15 minutes to speak. Noem filed a federal lawsuit…
Judge Regina ChuMINNEAPOLIS – Jurors in the trial of former Brooklyn Center, Minn. police officer Kim Potter asked the judge what they should do if they cannot agree on verdicts. Judge Regina Chu instructed the jury Tuesday afternoon to keep deliberating. The jury is in its second day of deliberations. Potter is charged with two counts of manslaughter in the death…
