MANTADOR, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Fire damaged a former bank building in Mantador, North Dakota, shortly before 4 p.m. Monday. Fire departments from several communities responded to the fire that appeared to have started in the basement of the brick building on Main Street that was built in the early 20th century. Firefighters had the fire out within about an hour…
RICHLAND COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – The driver of a garbage truck on his route in Richland County had to call 911 Monday, shortly after 8 a.m. to report the truck’s containment area pouring out smoke. Aaron Peterson, drove into a parking lot at the North Dakota DOT facility on 180th Avenue SE. where the truck could be safely isolated until…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Clay County authorities are on the lookout for a maroon SUV after a man reported he was shot at on a highway northeast of Dilworth. Sheriff Mark Empting says Red River Regional Dispatch received a call from a man stating that his vehicle was broken into at 2751 8th Ave. N. in Moorhead. The man said…
HANNAFORD, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – The superintendent and principal at Midkota Public School in Binford, North Dakota, has been arrested and charged with possessing child sexual abuse material. Forty-year-old Ryan Baron was arrested in Hannaford by deputies from the Griggs and Foster County Sheriff’s Offices, and agents with the state Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security. Investigators…
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (FOX 9) – A pilot landed a small aircraft on a Brooklyn Park road and hit a car on Tuesday morning. Authorities say a pilot took off from Crystal Airport and during the flight, the aircraft lost power, and he had to make an emergency landing on County Road 81 near West Broadway. During the descent, the…
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KVRR) – A Jamestown professor who’s running for North Dakota’s Democratic U.S. Senate seat announced on social media that she and her family were involved in a crash over the weekend in South Dakota. Katrina Christiansen says the crash happened Saturday near Plankinton. “My family was in a car crash as another car was attempting to pass a…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR-KNOX) – A jury has found a Grand Forks man guilty of murder and tampering with evidence. Forty-year-old Kindi Jalloh was charged in the May 2022 death of 67-year-old Douglas Elgert. Police classified the death as a homicide one day after Elgert’s body was found in his north Grand Forks residence. Trial began Nov. 13th. The case…
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider the appeal of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin’s conviction for second-degree murder in the death of George Floyd. The justices did not comment in leaving in place state court rulings affirming Chauvin’s conviction and 22 1/2-year sentence. Chauvin’s lawyers argued that their client was denied a fair trial in…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – The driver of a car stolen from a south Moorhead convenience store managed to get away on three tires after stop sticks were used on I-94. Clay County Sheriff Mark Empting says the car was taken from Holiday station on 34th St. at around 10:45 a.m. Wednesday. Empting says a commercial vehicle inspector at the MnDOT…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – The results of a survey of likely voters by the North Dakota News Cooperative on a variety of candidates and issues show that the state’s voters are sharply divided on the state’s new abortion ban. Respondents were asked to weigh in on the new state law that bans abortion after the first six weeks of pregnancy, even…
