FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Part of the chaos came this afternoon, as Multiple Fargo schools were placed on lockdown following a phone call to Red River Dispatch indicating a weapon outside of school grounds. Fargo North High School, Washington Elementary School, and Ben Franklin Middle School were placed on lockdown status. Dozens of officers from multiple law enforcement agencies, including…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Police have identified a man whose actions led authorities to issue a shelter-in-place advisory Friday morning in Moorhead. Twenty-eight-year-old Malachi Shabaiash of Moorhead was taken to a Fargo hospital for treatment of injuries sustained from a police K-9. Police were telling residents near 11th Ave. S. and 3rd St. to shelter in place at around 6:00…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Work is underway on a renovation project of the North Dakota State University president’s home on campus. NDSU Foundation President and CEO John Glover says the foundation is covering the cost of the $650,000 project. Glover says the money is coming from foundation reserves and no active fundraising for the project has occurred or will occur. He…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – West Fargo Public Schools Superintendent Beth Slette has issued a lengthy statement to parents and staff regarding the school district’s response to a shooting incident Monday in the parking lot of Heritage Middle School in Horace. The shooting involved two construction workers employed by a subcontractor. No students or school employees were harmed, or connected…
FILE – Chongly “Scott” Thao, a U.S. citizen, sits for a photo at his home Jan. 19, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn., the day after federal agents broke open his door and detained him without a warrant. (AP Photo/Jack Brook, file)ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota county is investigating the arrest of a Hmong American man by federal officers…
HORACE, N.D. (KVRR) — All three public schools in Horace were placed under lockdown after a shooting took place in the parking lot of Heritage Middle School. Garmonyou Wiles, a 40-year-old from Fargo, was arrested for felony reckless endangerment, felony aggravated assault, and felony terrorizing. Additional charges are possible. “At approximately 9:46 a.m., Monday, April 13, dispatch notified law enforcement…
Ashkan ThibodeauxGREENWAY, Minn. (KVRR-KQDS) – A five-year-old boy from the Iron Range is in intensive care after rescuing his younger brother from an icy creek on Easter Sunday. Family and friends are celebrating the courage and love of Ashkan Thibodeaux, but also asking for help with a GoFundMe effort. While exploring near a creek with his little brother, Wyatt, he…
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KVRR-KFGO) – A federal circuit court judge from Fargo plans to take senior status. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals Court Judge Ralph Erickson has announced that he will take senior status when his successor is confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Erickson was appointed to the circuit court by President Trump during his first term. He’s a former…
FARGO (KVRR) – Fargo police have moved away from the area where a small black bear climbed onto an evergreen tree in the yard of a home in the Woodcrest neighborhood. Police cleared the area following the advice of the North Dakota Game and Fish Department. “After consulting with a wildlife biologist from North Dakota Game and Fish, the FPD…
(KFGO)FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Residents of two apartment units are displaced after a fire in south Fargo Tuesday night. Fire Battalion Chief Joe Mangin says crews responded to 3160 33rd Street S. at 9:20 p.m. for reports of alarms sounding in the building. While they were on their way, another caller reported a bedroom fire in a second floor unit. When…
