FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Federal agents are leading the investigation into an arson fire last week in the parking lot of Scheels All Sports on 45th St. S in Fargo. It appeared that there was an attempt to set a Tesla charging station on fire. A spokeswoman for the agency says the Fargo Field Office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,…
FARGO (KVRR) – An attorney for a former state senator who pleaded guilty to traveling to a foreign country to have commercial sex with minor boys is asking a federal judge to impose a sentence that does not require going to prison. Ray Holmberg of Grand Forks will be sentenced March 26 in U.S. District Court in Fargo. Holmberg’s attorney,…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Moorhead’s acting deputy police chief has been placed on paid administrative leave. Moorhead City Manager Dan Mahli tells KVRR Local News that Captain Deric Swenson, who is also a police department spokesman, was placed on administrative leave after a complaint was filed. The allegations in the complaint have not been released. It’s also not clear whether…
WASHINGTON (KVRR) – The North Dakota State University Bison football team will visit the White House and meet with President Trump on April 9. Sen. John Hoeven says the team is being honored for winning the NCAA Division I FCS National Championship. “We are looking forward to honoring their achievements on April 9 with this visit to the White House,…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – One person was treated for minor injuries following a kitchen fire at a high-rise apartment in Moorhead. Firefighters were called to the fire at 800 2nd Ave. North at around 7:49 a.m. Friday. Crews found that the fire on the 13th floor had been extinguished by the sprinkler system. One resident was transported to a hospital…
Ray HolmbergFARGO (KVRR) – Federal prosecutors say a former North Dakota state senator who pleaded guilty to traveling overseas with the intent of having sex with minors has a history of using his power to exploit vulnerable boys. Ray Holmberg will be sentenced March 26 in Fargo. According to a sentencing memorandum filed by Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer Puhl, the…
CASSELTON, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating a rollover crash on I-94 that seriously injured a 62-year-old West Fargo woman. The crash happened around 4 p.m. Tuesday two miles east of Casselton. The Highway Patrol says the woman was westbound when her SUV went into the median. The woman overcorrected and the SUV went back onto…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A rollover crash in West Fargo Tuesday afternoon led to a major traffic jam along one of the city’s major streets. The crash happened around 4:00 p.m. in the 1800-block of 9th St. E. A witness says traffic was backed up for several blocks while first responders worked to clear the scene. There was no…
Ray HolmbergFARGO (KVRR) – A federal judge says the Bureau of Prisons will have access to hundreds of pages of medical records to determine if the agency has the ability to provide adequate medical care to former state Senator Ray Holmberg. Holmberg pleaded guilty last August to traveling overseas with the intent to have sex with minors. He’s currently in custody…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) – The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says American Crystal Sugar failed to collect fecal samples and exceeded their fecal sample limit at their Moorhead and East Grand Forks locations in 2024. The MPCA says the violations were discovered during a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency investigation. The company was fined $16,000. The violations occurred on five separate…
