Author: Jim Monk

Kevin Garnica
Local News, North Dakota News

Man charged with misdemeanors and felonies for Jamestown standoff

Jim Monk,

JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KVRR-News Dakota) – A man who engaged police in a five-hour standoff in Jamestown last week has been charged. Forty-one-year-old Kevin Garnica is facing three felony charges and three misdemeanors. Charges include terrorizing, felonious restraint, preventing arrest, and three drug-related charges including methamphetamine possession. Police say a woman escaped from an apartment last Thursday. Garnica then barricaded himself…
North Dakota News

Fugitive sought after fleeing Fargo police

Jim Monk,

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A man wanted on an outstanding warrant fled on foot from Fargo police as they attempted to stop him late Wednesday night in the 1600 block of Main Avenue shortly. He headed east on the north side of Main. There was a large police presence and K9 “Toby” was brought in to assist in the search of…

Local News, North Dakota News

Fargo police investigate Monday night gunfire incident

Jim Monk,

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Another incident involving gunfire in Fargo, the fourth such incident in 3 days. Police responded to a call of shots fired in the Jefferson Park area in the 700 block of 23rd Street South shortly after 8:30 p.m. Monday. There, officers recovered shell casings. Police tell KFGO News that no victims or suspects have been identified. No…

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Local News, Minnesota News, North Dakota News

Local broadcaster Doug Hamilton dies

Jim Monk,

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Award-winning local broadcaster Doug Hamilton has passed away after a battle with cancer. He was 72. Hamilton, a longtime Fargo TV news anchor, was part of the Peabody Award Winning News Team at KFGO during the 1997 flood. Hamilton was also active in the Fargo-Moorhead Community Theatre, was the communications director at Minnesota State-University-Moorhead, and joined Prairie…

Pendleton
Local News, North Dakota News

Supreme Court rejects most of Pendleton’s appeal

Jim Monk,

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-KNOX) – The North Dakota Supreme Court has rejected most of the arguments in the appeal of Salamah Pendleton, the Grand Forks man convicted in the shooting deaths of his mother and a Grand Forks police officer in May of 2020. Among the questions raised by Defense Attorney Kiara Krauss-Parr: Whether the court created a structural error denying…
Local News, Minnesota News

Watch: Shooting at Mall of America, Lockdown Lifted & Mall To Reopen Friday

Jim Monk,

Chaos and confusion at @mallofamerica. Making people go outside. #mallofamerica pic.twitter.com/NzMvI7iK6m — Andy Paras (@AndyParas) August 4, 2022 BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (8:30PM Update) — Police confirming that gunshots were fired at Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, but say there are no victims and they are still searching for a suspect. A video posted on social media inside the mall late…

Oglala Lakota Nations
Local News, South Dakota News

Oglala Sioux ban missionary, require ministries to register

Jim Monk,

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The Oglala Sioux Tribe is requiring churches and missionaries to register with the tribe before entering the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. An evangelist was also banned from entering the reservation for distributing a pamphlet that disparaged traditional Lakota spirituality. The tribal ordinance does not apply to local churches and ministries run by tribal…
Local News, Minnesota News

Storms knock out power to 75,000 customers in Minnesota

Jim Monk,

MINNEAPOLIS – Severe storms knocked out power to as many as 75,000 customers across Minnesota where power poles were toppled and winds gusted as high as 81 mph. Xcel Energy says the largest power outages were west of the Twin Cities and by Wednesday morning service had been restored to about half of those who lost power. Winds Tuesday night…

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