FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A co-founder for a group created to raise awareness for stillbirth and infant loss has reached an out of court agreement for embezzlement. Kayla Sorum agreed to restitution of around $76,000 and agrees to make payments of at least $1,000 per month to Haven, formerly known as Hopeful Heart Project. An FBI and Fargo Police investigation…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government announced a $241.5 million settlement with Marathon Oil on Thursday for alleged air quality violations at the company’s oil and gas operations in the Forth Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota. The Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice said the settlement requires Marathon to reduce climate- and health-harming emissions from those facilities and…
Travis FetzerFARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A 38-year-old Fargo man has been charged with child pornography crimes. Court records show that in May and early June, in conversations with 13 different children and adults on social media, Travis Fetzer sent and received dozens of pictures and videos of boys and girls between 6- and 17-years-old. The kids were in various stages of…
Demetria ClaytonGRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – An Alabama woman arrested for DUI is also facing a bribery charge after she allegedly offered to pay a Grand Forks Police officer if he let her go. According to court records, the officer arrested 34-year-old Demetria Clayton of Birmingham, Alabama after a report of a possible drunk driver in downtown Grand Forks. The…
FARGO (KVRR) – North Dakota-based Epic Companies has filed for bankruptcy. The Minot-based business filed for Chapter 11, which involves the reorganization of debts and assets. The reorganization would allow Epic to continue operating under supervision of the court. In court documents, Epic is declaring assets and liabilities of between $10 million and $50 million. The company is listing between 50…
FARGO (KVRR) – Vandals have been slashing tires on vehicles in downtown Fargo. Fargo police say officers responded to a report of vandalism at a parking ramp in the 600 block of 2nd Ave. N. When police arrived, they found that tires were slashed on “multiple vehicles.” Police say no arrests have been made and the incidents remain under investigation….
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – A Moorhead assisted living facility that was sanctioned by the Minnesota Department of Health earlier this year has been fined again. In March, Farmstead Care was fined $1,000 and given a conditional 90-day license after a resident fell multiple times and suffered severe bruising, including two brain bleeds. The facility was given until June 9 to…
CARRINGTON, N.D. (KVRR) – A Canadian Pacific train carrying hazardous material derailed early Friday near Carrington, North Dakota. Foster County Emergency Manager Andrew Kirking says the derailment involved more than 20 rail cars. The type of hazardous materials involved was not immediately identified. Some of the cars caught fire during the incident. Kirking says the crew is safe and there…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A man’s body was found in the Red River in Fargo Thursday shortly before 10 p.m. Police and Fargo and Moorhead firefighters responded after a passerby made a 911 call and reported seeing a person in the river. A police officer found the body near the 1400 block of Elm Street North. The victim’s name is not…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – West Fargo firefighters responded to a fire at a home at 3008 7th Street East at 3:19 a.m. Friday. Fire Chief Dan Fuller says a passerby thought it was a bonfire at first but realized it was a fire burning up against the house and waking up the residents living there. Fuller says there are…
