FAIRMOUNT, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A woman whose vehicle struck and killed a woman while driving in southeast North Dakota has been charged with felony negligent homicide. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says, on Aug. 26 of last year, Danielle Stein was driving a car on Richland County Road 81 when she hit 45-year-old Mariah Buck who was riding a bicycle….
courtesy, NDSUFARGO (KVRR) – Researchers at North Dakota State University say they’ve found a solution to PFAS substances that are widely used in manufacturing plastics. The so-called ‘forever chemicals’ are used in nonstick cookware, waterproof fabrics, and firefighting foams and don’t break down in the environment or in the body. PFAS exposure has been linked to serious health risks, including…
MALDIVES (KVRR-KFGO) – A bucket list vacation for a Fargo couple has turned into a travel nightmare. Jim and Jodi Spaeth are stranded on an island in Maldives. The couple left Fargo on Feb. 19 for a 36-hour trip to Maldives in southeast Asia. They’re currently stranded with no way out because of the war in Iran. “We feel very fortunate…
FARGO (KVRR) – The average price of a gallon of gas jumped about 11 cents overnight, to a national average of $3.11 according to AAA. Gas prices in the Fargo-Moorhead area are also on the rise. Some outlets were back up to around $2.80 per gallon Tuesday morning. In North Dakota, the average price statewide is around $2.75 per gallon,…
MINOT, N.D. (KVRR) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a driver was stopped for traveling 150 mph in a 70 mph zone on US Highway 83 near mile marker 209, north of Minot. The driver was fined $420.00 for speeding and assessed 15 points on their North Dakota driver’s license. A driver’s license suspension occurs when a driver accumulates…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Cass County State’s Attorney Kim Hegvik is running for a second term. She’s been a prosecutor for 20 years, first joining the state’s attorneys office in Fargo as an assistant in 2006. Hegvik says under her leadership, she’s taken a balanced approach on crime. She says while there’s been a drop in criminal activity recently, she believes…
FARGO (KVRR) – Two former prosecutors involved in a high-profile Fargo murder case in which the victim was never found say homicide cases can be difficult, but not impossible to prove under those circumstances. In 1993, former Cass County States Attorney John Goff filed the original murder charges against Kyle Bell in connection with the disappearance and death of 11-year-old…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A criminal investigation into the use of Snapchat to create and share sexually explicit materials by students at Davies High School in Fargo is over. The North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation conducted the investigation. It included the serving of search warrants at the school and the seizure of phones belonging to students. In September 2025, Attorney…
Sean SyversonMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – The owner of a Moorhead brewery has been invited to President Trump’s State of the Union Address Tuesday. Swing Barrel Brewing Co. owner Sean Syverson will be a guest of U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar. Klobuchar says breweries like Swing Barrel have been hit especially hard by aluminum tariffs that have increased the cost of aluminum…
LAKE POINSETT, S.D. (KVRR-KWAT) – A Sisseton, South Dakota man was arrested for Felony DUI and a parole violation after driving his vehicle into Lake Poinsett, south of Watertown Sunday. Officers with the Hamlin County Sheriff’s Office were called to an area near Stone Bridge on the north end of the lake around 1:30 p.m. They found a 2024 GMC…
