Author: Jim Monk

Student’s guardian reports two guns missing from Grand Forks home

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – Grand Forks Police say they were notified by Schroeder Middle School administrators that a guardian of a student had reported weapons missing from their home. Officers responded and found that two handguns were missing from the home.  The guns were located at another residence at approximately 8:25 am. Police say there’s no evidence that the…

ND Lawmakers consider changing descriptions of state-run facilities

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-Prairie Public) – An interim Legislative committee has approved a proposed state Constitutional amendment to change the descriptions of three state-run facilities. The school for the deaf in Devils Lake would be changed from “the school for the deaf and dumb” to “the school for the deaf and hearing impaired.” The state hospital in Jamestown would change from…

Update: State House candidate charged with assault withdraws from race

VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR)  – A North Dakota District 24 House candidate charged with simple assault has withdrawn from the race. Thirty-three-year-old Kaitlyn Huss was arrested after officers were called to a Valley City bar shortly after 2:30 a.m. Friday. “I was involved in an incident that I deeply regret. I behaved in a manner unbefitting of my position as…

Group tries to block marijuana legalization in North Dakota

FARGO – An addiction counselor who helped defeat a marijuana legalization proposal in North Dakota four years ago has launched an opposition group seeking to do it again this November. The group, Healthy and Productive North Dakota, is forming less than five weeks before Election Day and after some major funders of the 2018 opposition had announced they would sit…

Minnesota attorney general says Fleet Farm sold guns to straw buyers

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is suing Fleet Farm, alleging the retailer negligently sold guns to two straw buyers, including one gun that was used in a shootout in a St. Paul bar that left one person dead and 14 bystanders injured. The lawsuit alleges that Fleet Farm ignored multiple red flags, including sales of multiple…

White Earth man sentenced to 10 Years for assaulting child

WHITE EARTH, Minn. (KVRR) – A White Earth, Minnesota man will spend 10 years in prison for assaulting a child on the White Earth Indian Reservation. U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger says 30-year-old Edward Duane Fairbanks intentionally shoved the child into a table, causing a serious head injury. The child was taken to the hospital where doctors diagnosed a large skull…

Attempted murder charge filed in downtown Fargo shooting

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – An attempted murder charge has now been filed against a Moorhead man in a downtown Fargo shooting Friday night. The Cass County State’s Attorney’s Office has also charged 24-year-old Schuyler Ferguson with felony assault and terrorizing. Ferguson is accused of shooting Mohamed Abdullahi in the chest with a handgun while he and others were playing video games…

Update: Bond set for man charged in deadly drive-by shooting in Fargo

Joshua BrooksFARGO (KVRR) – Bail has been set at $1 million for a man charged in a fatal drive-by shooting that happened two years ago in Fargo. Thirty-year-old Joshua Brooks was arrested Tuesday for failure to pay a fine.  He’s charged with being an accomplice to murder and accomplice to aggravated assault. According to court documents, Santino Marial was shot…