MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Minnesota’s Senate Majority Leader was in the Moorhead area Thursday to learn more about some of the issues facing northwestern Minnesota. The tour was designed to highlight how state money has been able to help the city of Moorhead, agriculture policy, and emergency medical service funding. Democratic State Senator Erin Murphy, of St. Paul, and Senator Rob…
LAKE PARK, Minn. (KVRR) – The Minnesota State Patrol is investigating a crash involving a semi and a passenger vehicle in Lake Park. Sgt. Jesse Grabow says the semi rear-ended the passenger vehicle on U.S. Highway 10 in Lake Park. The crash happened around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. Grabow says the driver of the passenger vehicle was transported by air to…
STUTSMAN COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol says two children died and 6 other people were injured in a rollover crash Monday shortly before 5 p.m. on I-94 seven miles west of Jamestown. An SUV was traveling eastbound when the driver lost control after being passed by a semi-truck and went off the interstate, rolled, and landed…
UNDATED (KVRR) – Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D) is opposed to a federal judge’s ruling to dismiss the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump. Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the prosecution, siding with Trump lawyers who said the special counsel who filed the charges was illegally appointed. Trump faced dozens of felony counts accusing him of illegally hoarding classified documents…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – The U.S. Border Patrol says agents stopped three separate illegal entries since July 1, two of which involved attempts to smuggle people into the U.S. from Canada. On July 1, agents detected a man walking toward the border near Lake Metigoshe. The Border Patrol obtained a description of a vehicle associated with the man from a…
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…
