FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Due to the extreme cold conditions, the F5 Project Fargo is staying open through the weekend as an emergency warming space. Founder and CEO Adam Martin says the lobby will remain open during the day and overnight throughout the weekend to provide a safe, warm place for people who may not have access to shelter. Martin says…
Teyana Gibson Brown, standing in her doorway, wife of Garrison Gibson, reacts after a federal immigration officer used a battering ram to break down a door before arresting her husband, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)FARGO (KVRR) – A former federal prosecutor from North Dakota says administrative warrants issued by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officials do not give ICE agents…
Bishop Andrew CozzensCROOKSTON, Minn. (KVRR) – Another Catholic bishop in Minnesota is speaking out about the effects of ICE activity across the state. Diocese of Crookston Bishop Andrew Cozzens oversees more than 60 parishes in 14 counties in northwestern Minnesota. Cozzens says law-abiding, undocumented immigrants being swept up by the unprecedented wave of ICE arrests are victims of a broken system….
Clay County Sheriff Mark EmptingMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – The Clay County Commission has unanimously approved a cadet program for the Clay County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Mark Empting presented the idea to the commission on Tuesday, Jan. 20. He says cadets must be 18 or older, and are typically college students in law enforcement or criminal justice programs who could be…
BELCOURT, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Federal charges have been filed against a man accused of stabbing a woman to death at a casino and hotel on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in north central North Dakota. Rigoberto Mendez-Morales is charged with 2nd degree murder within Indian Country. He was previously charged with one count of Felony AA murder in Rolette County….
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley has issued a Cease & Desist Order against Prairie Abortion Fund, a non-profit corporation in Fargo, that Wrigley says is “actively promoting and facilitating the unlawful sale of abortion pills in North Dakota.” Wrigley says Prairie Abortion Fund violated the North Dakota Consumer Fraud Law by promoting and facilitating “the…
ORISKA, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A Barnes County man is facing charges for accepting payment but failing to do work on construction projects. Tyler Vance is charged with felony construction fraud and misdemeanor contracting without a license. According to court documents, in December 2024 Vance agreed to do construction work on a home in Oriska. The homeowner said Vance would provide…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) – The Minnesota Department of Transportation has issued a no travel advisory on state and federal highways in Clay and Wilkin counties in west central Minnesota due to high winds causing blowing snow and zero visibility. The advisory includes Highway 75 between Perley and Breckenridge, Highway 210 from Breckenridge to Fergus Falls and Highway 9 from…
ST. PAUL (KVRR) – Gov. Tim Walz is using social media to publicly appeal to President Trump to “stop this campaign of retribution” involving the deployment of thousands of ICE agents in Minneapolis. Walz’s brief message also appeals to Minnesotans to remain peaceful while protesting. “We cannot fan the flames of chaos,” Walz wrote. Trump has threatened to invoke an…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – One of two teens charged in an attempted murder case in Grand Forks has been sentenced. Mason Allery was charged as an adult and is sentenced to serve 10 years. The sentencing order notes he must complete and obtain a high school diploma before his release. He was convicted on five counts of attempted murder,…
