BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – A man convicted of killing four people in Mandan is dead. The North Dakota Dept. of Corrections say 48 year old Chad Isaak died of “self-harm.” The North Dakota Highway Patrol was called to the state Penitentiary in Bismarck at 5:44 pm Sunday, regarding a “resident who had caused self-harm.” Isaak was taken to Sanford Hospital,…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Former longtime Clay County Sheriff Bill Bergquist has died following a battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Bergquist was 64. A law enforcement career that spanned four decades, Bergquist joined the Moorhead Police Department in 1988 and served as Clay County Sheriff from 2003 to 2019. Sheriff Mark Empting tells us everyone is mourning his passing. He is…
Fargo National CemeteryWASHINGTON (KVRR) – Following outcries from local veteran groups, Sen. John Hoeven says he’s secured an agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs to add heat and electricity to a planned restroom at the Fargo National Cemetery. United Patriotic Bodies says an outhouse, which the VA calls a “vault toilet,” would be impractical because it would have no…
HILLSBORO, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A Hillsboro, North Dakota man has been charged with attempted kidnapping, felonious restraint and menacing after his arrest over the weekend for allegedly pulling a gun on an employee of Subway restaurant in Hillsboro. Sixty-two-year-old Mark Weibye was arrested after a 9-1-1 call to the Traill County Sheriff early Sunday morning. An employee was washing windows…
FARGO (KVRR) – Fargo police are investigating a single-vehicle crash. Police and fire crews responded shortly before 2:00 a.m. to the Nest apartments on the 1700 block of 35th Street South. There they found an SUV rolled over on its side, up against the building with heavy damage. Several wheels were off, and there was debris outside of the truck….
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – The union representing workers at American Crystal Sugar processing plants are asking that the current contract be extended and the company has agreed. That follows the union’s rejection of the company’s four-year contract offer that would’ve meant pay raises of 17-percent over four years. Union president John Riskey says the vote against the new contract was…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The last two former Minneapolis police officers who were convicted of violating George Floyd’s civil rights have been sentenced in federal court. J. Alexander Kueng was sentenced Wednesday to three years and Tou Thao got a 3 1/2-year sentence. They were convicted in February of two counts of violating Floyd’s civil rights. The jury found they…
Microsoft Campus in FargoREDMOND, Wash. (AP) – Microsoft on Tuesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $16.7 billion, or $2.23 per share, a rare disappointment from the tech giant that has consistently beat Wall Street expectations in recent years. It posted revenue of $51.9 billion in the April-June period, up 12% from last year. Analysts had been looking for earnings of…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Several people in a south Fargo home were detained after Red River Valley SWAT conducted a search warrant at a residence near Hawthorne Elementary. Police used a knock-and-announce search warrant to enter the home in the 900-block of 5th St. S. at around 6:00 a.m. Tuesday. A perimeter was set up around the house. After nobody…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – Two SUVS, a car and a box truck were part of a multi-vehicle crash on I-94 east of Moorhead. It happened at around 10 a.m. in the westbound lane near the weigh station. Traffic headed west was backed up for miles for more than 90 minutes. State Patrol, Clay County deputies, Dilworth and Moorhead Fire-Rescue were…
