BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Workers at Bobcat’s Bismarck manufacturing facility voted in favor of union representation in a secret ballot election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) yesterday. United Steel Workers District 11 Director Emil Ramirez said the 700 Bobcat employees in Bismarck organized because, with employers urging more and faster production, workers need to have a say…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Actor and musician Johnny Green, a Bismarck man perhaps best-known for appearing on the 1960’s television series “Batman” has died. According to several of Green’s friends and associates who posted memories and condolences on social media, Green died late Tuesday. Following “Batman,” Green toured with his band “Johnny Green and the Greenmen.” He would later make…
Attorney General Drew WrigleyFARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley is addressing national media reports which claim that he shared ideas about a “last-ditch effort” to demand statewide recounts of absentee and mail-in ballots after the 2020 Presidential election with Sen. Kevin Cramer. The claims are published in a new book by former Republican Rep. Denver Riggleman of…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol is speaking out after last weekend’s fatal hit-and-run crash after a street dance in McHenry has become a national political talking point. “I understand why that happened because there was a statement made by the suspect when he called 911, but there is no evidence to support this was politically motivated at…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A man was struck and killed by a train in downtown Fargo Friday morning. Police responded to the train crossing in the 400 block of Broadway at around 12:30 am after BNSF train operators notified authorities that a person was hit on the tracks by the eastbound train. The victim was dead at the scene. Categories: Local…
Air Portugal jet at Hector International Airport.FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – About 270 passengers spent an unexpected night in Fargo after a passenger on board an Air Portugal flight had a medical emergency somewhere over South Dakota. Fargo Airport Authority executive director Shawn Dobberstein said the Airbus landed at 2:45 pm Tuesday. The flight was heading from Lisbon, Portugal to San Francisco….
812 7th St. S.FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Fargo police officers assisted federal agents in the Hawthorne neighborhood early Wednesday on what’s being called a “planned, proactive operation.” The operation involved agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security and officers with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. DEA spokeswoman Emily Murray says agents executed a search warrant at 812 7th Street…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – Grand Forks Police are investigating what they say is an attempted murder. Shortly before 1:00 am Wednesday, police were called to the 800 block of 18th Ave. S. for a report of a domestic disturbance with injury. Officers located a woman with lacerations and a puncture wound. The suspect, 28-year-old Jenna Woinarowicz of Grand Forks,…
FARGO (KVRR) – North Dakota’s attorney general says officers were justified in their use of deadly force against a man police say was having a mental health crisis. Attorney General Drew Wrigley, Cass County Sheriff Jesse Jahner and others announced the findings of an investigation Monday to provide additional information on the fatal shooting of 35-year-old Andrew Martinez. Martinez was…
MCHENRY, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A 21-year-old man died early Sunday morning after he was struck by an SUV in McHenry, North Dakota. The Highway Patrol said it happened just before 3 a.m. during a street dance in the Foster County community. Authorities say Cayler Ellingson of Grace City was walking on a street when he was hit. He was transported…
