FARGO (KVRR) – Rocker Rick Springfield will perform in Fargo next spring during a benefit to raise funds for aortic disease awareness. “Rock from the Heart” is holding a two-day event that includes a patient education and awareness symposium on May 3, followed by a preshow party and benefit concert on Saturday, May 4 at the Avalon Events Center. The…
Ray HolmbergFARGO (KVRR) – Court documents say federal prosecutors intend to call a forensic computer expert with the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation during the trial of former state Sen. Ray Holmberg. Holmberg is accused of repeatedly traveling to Prague in the Czech Republic between 2011 and 2016 for the purpose of engaging in commercial sex acts with a…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Federal investigators say they found no evidence of a mechanical failure before a North Dakota state senator’s plane crashed in Utah last month, killing him, his wife and their two young children, according to a preliminary report released Thursday by the National Transportation Safety Board. Doug and Amy Larsen and their two sons, 11-year-old Christian and…
Ray HolmbergFARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Records obtained by KFGO News from the North Dakota School Boards Association (NDSBA) show that Ray Holmberg, the former State Senator indicted last week on federal charges of child sex tourism and child pornography, traveled to Europe multiple times as part of a program funded by appropriations from the state legislature. Holmberg is accused of repeatedly…
Ray HolmbergFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Former State Senator Ray Holmberg of Grand Forks has entered a not guilty plea to two federal child porn charges: child sex tourism and receipt of child porn. An initial trial date has been scheduled for December 5, 2023 in U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota in Fargo. Holmberg was released and…
GRANDIN, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Fire damaged a dryer system at the CHS Sunflower plant in Grandin, North Dakota. Grandin-Gardner Assistant Fire Chief Jamie Winterquist says the fire was reported at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday. Fire departments from Hillsboro, Argusville, and Hunter assisted in putting the fire out. Winterquist says a damage estimate and the cause have not been determined. He…
FARGO (KWAT-KVRR) – A federal judge in South Dakota has sentenced a Fargo man to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to abusive sexual contact. Thirty-two-year-old Bryant Elliot DeCoteau was indicted for sexual abuse by a federal grand jury in December of 2022. He pleaded guilty in July. According to court documents, in January of 2018, and continuing through…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Significant changes are being made to the 2024 Red River Valley Fair. The annual event in West Fargo will be held over three separate weekends next year, instead of a single 10-day run. Next year’s fair will take place June 28-30, July 4-7 and July 11-14. Fair officials say the extended schedule will make the fair…
Denali & LukaAPPLE VALLEY, Minn. (KVRR) – The Minnesota Zoo has welcomed two orphaned sea otter pups from Alaska. The pups, named Denali and Nuka, were rescued by the Alaska SeaLife Center. They are now receiving ’round the clock care at the Minnesota Zoo. Denali, the older pup, was rescued on land, more than 5 miles up a river, away…
Shane Pinto (UND)GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KNOX-KVRR) – Former University of North Dakota forward Shane Pinto of the Ottawa Senators has been suspended 41 games by the NHL for “activities relating to sports wagering.” The League’s investigation found no evidence that the 22-year-old New York native made any wagers on NHL games. Pinto played at UND from 2019 to 2021. An…
