BUXTON, N.D. – The University of North Dakota’s aerospace school has cancelled all flight activities after a student pilot from Chicago died in an airplane crash. The University of North Dakota plane went down about 8:30 p.m. Monday in a field near the Traill County community of Buxton, in northeastern North Dakota. UND identified the victim as 19-year-old John Hauser,…
Mitchell OttingerST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) – Federal prosecutors say a Carver County man has pleaded guilty to charges related to a years-long sextortion scheme. Twenty-five-year-old Mitchell Ottinger, a former substitute teacher and paraprofessional, engaged in a scheme to obtain sexually explicit images and videos of minors and adults by using false online personas. Ottinger threatened to distribute the images and…
DENVER (KVRR) – According to a study led by the University of Colorado Denver, states that used lotteries to entice residents to get COVID-19 vaccines had little or no effect on vaccination rates. “Statistically speaking, our research points to a disappointing outcome” according to Dr. Andrew Friedson, associate professor of economics. “There was no significant association found between a cash-drawing…
FARGO (KVRR) – Two major blood suppliers are reporting a critical blood shortage and urging all eligible donors to make an appointment to donate blood as soon as possible. Vitalant says Type O blood, which is the most transfused blood type, and vital to helping patients in emergencies, has plummeted to under a two-day supply, the lowest level since May…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota’s Democratic Gov. Tim Walz has launched his campaign for a second term in an increasingly divided state, saying he made the tough calls necessary beat back the COVID-19 pandemic and revive the economy. The former high school football coach made the announcement in a YouTube video posted Tuesday that shows him standing on a football…
FARGO (KVRR) – The FBI is investigating an assault in Fargo in which a man is accused of striking and choking an 11-year-old girl during a confrontation in September. According to a memo to Fargo Police Chief David Zibolski, federal investigators are examining the complaint against 73-year-old Larry Baldner. The memo says the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office are…
FARGO (KVRR) – A Fargo couple’s love for hockey took center stage when they got married over the weekend. Katie and John Fugle were married Saturday at the H.A. Thompson & Sons Arena in north Fargo. Some members of the wedding party, including John, wore skates during the ceremony. The couple’s nephew, Kyle Tekautz, performed the ceremony while wearing a…
CASSELTON, N.D. (KVRR) – A man who was detained following a fatal shooting early Monday in Casselton has been released from custody. Cass County Sheriff Jesse Jahner says upon review of the evidence, including video evidence, witness statements, and conferring with the Cass County States Attorney’s Office, the person involved in the shooting was released pending further investigation. A deputy…
DILWORTH, Minn. (KVRR) – Officers responded to “numerous” vehicle break-ins and thefts over the weekend in Dilworth. Police say three vehicles were reported stolen. Items including a shotgun, a safe and money were taken from other vehicles. On Oct. 13, a car was stolen from a Domino’s Pizza delivery driver in Dilworth. Police are urging residents not to leave items…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Clay County Sheriff Mark Empting has released the names of the drivers in an Oct. 14 crash involving a school bus and a pickup north of Moorhead. Four students and the driver of the pickup, 30-year-old Joel Shipley, of Fargo were injured. Sixty-one-year-old Todd Kappes, of Ada was the driver of the school bus. Empting says…
