MINNEAPOLIS – A former Minnesota State Trooper accused of taking a woman’s cellphone while responding to a crash and texting nude or partly nude photos of her to his phone has reached a plea deal. Thirty-seven-year-old Albert Kuehne, of Dayton, pleaded guilty to nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images, a gross misdemeanor. The state agreed to drop a felony count…
FARGO (KVRR) – Fargo Police are investigating a dog bite report in the area of 12th Avenue South and 14th Street. Police say the victim could not get information from the dog owner before the dog and owner left the area. Police are trying to locate the owner of the dog to verify vaccinations to avoid having the victim go…
FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – The organ donation flag at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo was raised in honor of 14-year-old Jupiter Paulsen. Paulsen was taken off life support on Tuesday, her father Robert said. Jupiter Paulsen was in serious condition at Sanford for several days after being assaulted and stabbed more than 20 times on June 4th in south Fargo. Life…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – A fundraiser has established to save the oldest building in Grand Forks. A log cabin, which served as Grand Forks’ first post office, was built in 1868. Grand Forks County Historical Society Director Leah Byzewski says the 153 year-old cabin is in need of expensive repairs. Several logs have water and insect damage and need…
MINNEAPOLIS – Three young adults have filed a federal lawsuit alleging Minnesota’s minimum age of 21 to carry a gun is unconstitutional. Kristin Worth, Austin Dye and Axel Anderson filed the action on Monday. Three gun groups — the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, Second Amendment Foundation and the Firearms Policy Coalition — joined them on the complaint. They argue that…
MINNEAPOLIS – Two people are dead after a dump truck collided with an ambulance in Itasca County. The crash happened Tuesday morning in Lawrence Township. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, the ambulance was heading south and the dump truck was heading east when they collided at an intersection. Killed were 51-year-old Troy Boettcher of Warba and 17-year-old Joseph Latimer of…
BISMARCK, N.D. – City leaders in Bismarck have killed a proposal to allow chickens within city limits. The Bismarck City Commission denied a request from the city Planning and Zoning Commission to hold a public hearing on a potential ordinance that would have allowed city residents to keep up to four chickens. Commissioner Steve Marquardt said he was concerned about…
FARGO (KVRR) – The Fargo-based maker of SunButter is suing FedEx, claiming the company ruined hundreds of cases of the sunflower spread. In a federal lawsuit, SunButter says it hired FedEx to ship 420 cases of SunButter pouches from Fargo to a school district in Sacramento, Calif. SunButter says all but 60 cases of the product were damaged and that…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Moorhead Police are asking for help in identifying the person who placed several stickers at Minnesota State University Moorhead in March. Decals promoting a white supremacist group were found on campus March 22. Earlier, stickers linked to a hate group were found on the NDSU campus in Fargo. “The items distributed have been identified as hate…
FARGO (KVRR) – A fire that gutted a large portion of a Fargo strip mall last month was intentionally set. The May 11 fire at 3242 20th St. South tore through Bodyworks Physical Therapy and GiGi’s Playhouse. No one was seriously injured. One firefighter had minor injuries. Fargo Fire Marshal Ryan Erickson says Fargo Police are conducting a criminal investigation….
