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…
FARGO (KVRR) – Fargo police responded to a report of gunshots in the area surrounding Island Park late Monday afternoon. Officers searched the area in the 300 block of 7th Street South, but couldn’t find evidence of shots fired or anyone who may have been involved. A man who lives in the neighborhood tells KVRR News that multiple shots were…
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 (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…
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…
