FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Police are investigating after a man called Red River Regional Dispatch Monday morning and claimed he threw his daughter from the Main Avenue Bridge into the Red River. First responders were called to the area at 4:19 a.m. Police contacted the child’s mother, who was out of state, and determined the child was with her and safe….
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – The FAA is investigating a report that a green laser was aimed at a small airplane, about eight miles from Hector International Airport in Fargo. The incident happened around 3:00 a.m. Tuesday. The aircraft was flying at 3,500 feet. No one was hurt. Last year, pilots across the country reported more than 13,300 laser strikes. More than…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – A Wadena woman has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for disorderly conduct for causing a disturbance at a New York Mills restaurant in late February. Thirty-eight-year-old Nicole Shoultz was accused of exposing herself to customers and assaulting the owner of the business. Shoultz was arrested in her car after someone reported that a…
FARGO (KVRR) – Coastal Television Broadcasting Group has closed on its purchase of North Dakota television stations KVRR, Fargo, KJRR, Jamestown, KNRR, Pembina, and Minnesota television stations KBRR, Thief River Falls, and KQDS, Duluth. The sellers, Red River Broadcast Co., LLC and KQDS-TV Corp., are owned by Curtis Squire Inc., a Minnesota-based family holding company headed by John Exline, which has…
The Riley Gaines CenterFARGO (KVRR) – Former University of Kentucky swim champion and activist Riley Gaines is coming to Fargo. Gaines will speak at a ticketed event that’s open to the public at North Dakota State University on April 10. Gaines is an outspoken opponent of allowing transgender athletes to compete against females. She competed in an NCAA swimming championship…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – The North Dakota Department of Health says one case of pertussis, also called whooping cough, has been confirmed in a theater group at Davies High School in Fargo. The health department sent an email to parents Wednesday, saying that the disease was confirmed in a student. Symptoms include coughing fits, prolonged coughing, and coughing to the point…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR UPDATE 4:30PM) — Three people are arrested after crashing a stolen pickup into a fence near I-94 in Fargo. 31-year-old Kyle Maez-Schaak and 23-year-old Kiarra Lovejoy of Bismarck along with 18-year-old Landrue Azure of Sheyenne were arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle, stolen firearm, possession of meth, criminal trespass and refusal to halt. Schaak is…
Ryan YounggrenFARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A longtime assistant Cass County State’s Attorney is running for district judge. Ryan Younggren hopes to succeed East-Central District Judge John Irby, who’s retiring after serving 22 years. Younggren has been with the state’s attorneys office for about 15 years and is now a personal crimes team leader. Over his 24-year legal career, he’s been a…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Police say a Newfolden, Minnesota man was the victim of a fatal stabbing early Thursday morning in Fargo. Twenty-eight-year-old Michael Diedrich is being held for murder in the death of 22-year-old Ethan Larson. Police were called to the parking lot of SouthTown PourHouse and Duane’s House of Pizza just before 1 a.m. where they found a…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Midco Sports has laid off a number of employees, including Fargo-based on-air play-by-play announcers Brian Shawn and Jody Norstedt. In a statement from the Sioux Falls internet and cable TV provider, Midco said it plans to enhance streamed content along with university partnership content on its linear channels, Midco Sports and Midco Sports Two. Midco…
