FARGO (KVRR) – A blanket of dense smoke from wildfires in Canada continues to cover large areas of North Dakota and Minnesota. KVRR Meteorologist Noah Cote says visibility was down to less than one mile in the Fargo-Moorhead area. The smoke, coming from hundreds of miles away, was so thick, it could be smelled inside buildings. Cote says conditions on…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR/KDLM) – An Ogema, Minn. man will serve more than 6 years in prison after being found guilty of shooting and killing a retired Lake Park police chief. Morris Dodd Jr., who was found guilty of 2nd degree manslaughter in the shooting death of Jay Nelson was sentenced to 6-1/2 years in prison. Nelson, the former Lake…
Dean BrescianiFARGO (KVRR) – North Dakota State University has updated its COVID-19 policies for the 2021-2022 school year. An email from President Dean Bresciani says masks will continue to be optional with some exceptions. Bresciani says faculty may require masks to be worn in their classes at their discretion and health care operations on campus, including Student Health Service, will…
FARGO (KVRR) – A discussion over business property tax incentives led to what appears to show a Fargo city commissioner making an obscene gesture during Monday’s city commission meeting. Commissioner Dave Piepkorn raised his right fist with his middle finger extended during a tense discussion with Commissioner Tony Gehrig. The incident was captured on video posted on the Fargo City…
Raymond Gunn appears via interactive television David Samson/The Forum/media poolFARGO (KVRR) – The man charged in a deadly shooting in north Fargo Saturday night made his first court appearance Wednesday. Bond was set at $1 million for 40-year-old Raymond Gunn, who’s accused of killing 41-year-old Eric Woodrow Hayes of Fargo. If convicted, Gunn could be sentenced to life in prison…
WATFORD CITY, N.D. – The operator of an oil well pad where a fire has been burning since last week in McKenzie County has brought in a specialized emergency response crew to get a handle on the blaze. The well pad is located on federal land just south of Lake Sakakawea northeast of Watford City. Its operator, Petro-Hunt, is working…
GLYNDON, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – One person is dead following the collision of a car and a semi-truck at an intersection east of Glyndon shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday. The State Patrol says the car was eastbound on 28th St. North when it ran into the side of the semi which was southbound on Highway 9. The car’s driver, a 41-year…
FARGO (KVRR) – A man was arrested in south Fargo Tuesday night after police say the owner of a vehicle caught him inside his car. Police were sent to the 1300 block of 13 ½ St. S. on a report of a car prowler. The owner found the man inside his vehicle and confronted him. After the suspect took off,…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KCND) – Montana-Dakota Utilities and WBI Energy plan to build a natural gas pipeline extension to bring more natural gas to the Wahpeton-Breckenridge area. MDU Spokesman Mark Hanson says the 60 mile extension will run from Mapleton to Wahpeton and will also bring natural gas to Kindred. Currently, Wahpeton-Breckenridge is served by Great Plains Natural Gas, an MDU…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) – The Minnesota Dept. of Health is investigating a COVID-19 outbreak at a camp for teenagers in Otter Tail County. Communications specialist Erin McHenry says state health officials are aware of “a cluster of cases” at the Castaway Club Young Life Camp on Pelican Lake. McHenry says the investigation is ongoing. Camp manager Greg Johnson says…
