MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Police say a woman in Moorhead was arrested after attempting to light two people on fire. Twenty-five-year-old Kasondra Perez was arrested Friday. Police say Perez went to a home where she assaulted an acquaintance with a knife and tried to light two people on fire with lighter fluid. Authorities also say Perez sexually assaulted another person…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – An odor investigation at a south Fargo apartment early Monday led to one man being taken into custody after he allegedly threatened firefighters and refused to let them into his apartment. Firefighters responded to the call at the Village Park apartments at 4375 10th Avenue S. just after 5:30 a.m. Battalion Chief Dane Carley said a resident could…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-Prairie Public) – The State Senate has rejected a measure that its sponsor says would limit pronouns used to reference a person’s sex or gender identity to a person’s determined sex at birth. The measure carried a $1500 fine for misusing the pronoun. It failed on a vote of 39-8. West Fargo Republican Sen. David Clemens was the…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The West Fargo Fire Dept. is reminding residents to stay off the Sheyenne River as water levels are expected to rise. Even a relatively small change in water levels can disrupt ice formation with little to no visible signs on the surface. “There is no such thing as safe ice,” said Dan Fuller, West Fargo Fire…
Microsoft Campus in FargoREDMOND, Washington – Microsoft is cutting 10,000 workers, almost 5% of its workforce, joining other tech companies that have scaled back their pandemic-era expansions. The number of layoffs at the Fargo Microsoft campus has not been disclosed. The company said in a regulatory filing Wednesday that the layoffs were a response to “macroeconomic conditions and changing customer…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – An adjunct art professor is suing the private Minnesota university that fired her for including depictions of the Prophet Muhammad in a global art course. Erika López Prater alleges in a lawsuit that Hamline University subjected her to religious discrimination and defamation after a Muslim student objected when she included a 14th-century painting depicting the Prophet…
WADENA, Minn. (KVRR) – A boy was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center following a house fire early Wednesday in Wadena. According to the Wadena Fire Department, crews were called to the house fire shortly before 1:00 a.m. Before firefighters arrived, law enforcement attempted to enter the house and search for the occupant, but were unable because of heavy smoke….
MONTICELLO, Minn. (KVRR) – A Moorhead man has been arrested in connection with a shooting in Monticello, Minnesota. The Wright County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were called to a report of a shooting at a local park and compost site at around 8:30 p.m. Monday. Deputies found the victim, 44-year-old Jade Nickels, near the entrance of the facility. He had…
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A district judge has set bond at $5000 for a Ramsey County Sheriff’s deputy charged in a child pornography case. Twenty-four-year-old Michael Hull appeared in court Tuesday morning via interactive video from jail in Minot. Hull is charged with possession of prohibited materials – a class C felony. Judge Lonnie Olson set several conditions for…
Photo credit: Valerie NelsonWAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR) – Police have identified a man who died following a shooting Monday evening in Wahpeton. Forty-year-old Jeremiah Medenwald of Hankinson was shot in the vicinity of Loy Avenue and 11th St. N. He was taken to a Breckenridge hospital, where he died. The shooting was reported at 7:11 p.m. A shelter-in-place order went out…
