Author: Jim Monk

911 transcript released in burglary case involving Minnesota state senator

State Sen. Nicole Mitchell (D) Woodbury, Minn.DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – A transcript of the 911 call to Becker County emergency dispatch shows that the stepmother of state senator Nicole Mitchell armed herself with a small steak knife after reporting that someone had broken into her home early Monday morning. Detroit Lakes police and county deputies responded to the home….

American Crystal Sugar fined $350,000 for environmental violations

EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. (KVRR) – The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says American Crystal Sugar Company violated several air quality conditions, including releasing more hydrogen sulfide and particulate matter than its permit allows. The violations occurred between 2020 and 2022 at its sugar beet processing facility in East Grand Forks, Minn. The MPCA says American Crystal failed to properly operate…

Update: Arrest made in connection to severe beating in downtown Fargo

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A man has been arrested for aggravated assault and robbery after a Fargo man says he was severely beaten while trying to stop an assault in downtown Fargo. Police say 36-year-old Travice Ledoux was arrested Friday.  He has no permanent address. Sam Pikula suffered multiple broken bones in his face, including both orbital bones, his nose in…

Fargo Brewing Company declares bankruptcy

FARGO (KVRR) – Fargo Brewing Company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in order to re-organize its debts. The company made the announcement Tuesday on social media. “Since FBC began in 2010, the beer industry has experienced many challenges, including a pandemic, supply chain issues and differences in consumer drinking habits,” co-founder and president Jared Hardy said. “From a customer…

Wadena woman who exposed herself at restaurant sentenced

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…

Coastal Television acquires Fox affiliates in North Dakota, Minnesota

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…

Activist swimmer Riley Gaines will speak at NDSU

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…