Author: Jim Monk

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…

Bismarck Bobcat workers vote to unionize

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…

‘Batman’ actor, musician, Johnny Green dies

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…

Wrigley says he did nothing wrong in sharing recount ideas with Cramer

WRIGLEY SAYS TRUMP LEGAL TEAM MADE 'CLOWN SHOW' OUT OF ELECTION PROCESS

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…

Highway Patrol says no evidence that hit-and-run was politically motivated

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…

Medical emergency strands Air Portugal flight with 270 passengers in Fargo

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….

Update: Federal agents execute search warrant at south Fargo home

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…