BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – Gov. Doug Burgum signed an executive order waiving hour restrictions for drivers of commercial vehicles transporting hay, water and livestock. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor says 14% of North Dakota is in exceptional drought, 46% in extreme drought, 38% in severe drought and 2% in moderate drought. The National Weather Service expects drought conditions to persist…
Keith SchroederFARGO (KVRR) – Former Devils Lake Police Chief Keith Schroeder died in a motorcycle crash in the Black Hills. The South Dakota Highway Patrol says Schroeder died July 31 when he crossed the center line and hit an oncoming motorcycle near Keystone. Schroeder’s motorcycle went into the ditch and struck a third motorcycle, which was unoccupied and parked on…
FARGO – Canada is lifting its prohibition on Americans crossing the border to shop, vacation or visit, but the United States is keeping similar restrictions in place for Canadians. The Monday reopening is part of a return to normalcy from COVID-19 travel bans. The border has been closed to nonessential travel since March 2020. The U.S. has said it will…
BISMARCK, N.D. – Around 15 cars of a BNSF coal train derailed south of Bismarck. Bismarck Police, the Burleigh County Sheriff’s Department and Bismarck Fire Department were called out around 3:15 p.m. Sunday for the derailment near Hemlock Street. There were no reports of injuries. BNSF spokeswoman Amy Casas says railroad crews were at the scene Sunday evening and an…
THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – A court appearance was held Friday for an Oklee, Minn. man charged in the July 9th murder of his wife. Forty-four-year old Eric Reinbold appeared before Pennington County District Judge Tamara Yon. Reinbold is charged with two counts of second degree murder. No bail was set. Reinbold was arrested early Wednesday in a wooded…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – A U.S. Air Force Global Hawk drone crashed Friday morning near Grand Forks Air Force Base. A Grand Forks Air Force Base public affairs officer say the drone, which is flown remotely, crashed at around 7:00 a.m. while it was returning to the base. “319th Reconnaissance Wing has personnel on site and we anticipate recovery…
FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – The attorney for a Fargo pawnshop employee who fired shots at the car of a fleeing armed robber says prosecutors made the wrong decision in charging him with reckless endangerment. Craig Richie represents Kyle Ramsey, an employee of Mister Money, which was robbed at gunpoint on June 10. “They’re sincerely wrong on this. This will not be settled…
OGEMA, Minn. – Opponents of Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 oil pipeline that’s being replaced across northern Minnesota are taking a novel legal approach to try to halt construction – they are suing on behalf of wild rice. Wild rice is the lead plaintiff in a complaint filed Wednesday in White Earth Nation Tribal Court. The lawsuit, which names the Minnesota…
FARGO (KVRR) – The Fargo Police Department’s Professional Accountability Unit conducted 65 use of force reviews involving 84 officers from Jan. 1 to June 30. The report says that out of 65 reviews, 60 were found to be within policy, 4 were unfounded, and 1 was found to be outside of policy. Unfounded means a claim of injury was made,…
FARGO (KVRR) – Police say a man who was found unconscious in the parking lot of a south Fargo hotel remains in critical condition. Police were called at around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday to the Motel 6 at 1202 36th St. S. Detectives reviewed surveillance video and conducted several interviews and learned that the man was involved in an altercation with…
