MINNEAPOLIS – A Twin Cities area man who authorities say is a target in a sweeping investigation into alleged fraud in a student meals program has been arrested on a passport charge. Federal prosecutors say 49-year-old Mohamed Jama Ismail of Savage, Minnesota was charged with making a false statement when he applied for a new passport in March – after…
HAWLEY, Minn. (KVRR) – The driver of a vehicle that crashed into a slough near Hawley was a Detroit Lakes man. Clay County Sheriff Mark Empting says the driver was 27-year-old Tyler McCloskey. Just after 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, Hawley Police received information of something suspicious floating in a slough in the 1800 block of 225th St. N. Empting says investigators…
Molly Yeh (Food Network)EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. (KVRR) – Food Network personality Molly Yeh is opening a restaurant in East Grand Forks. Mayor Steve Gander says Yeh and her husband, Nick Hagen, plan to open an eatery in the former Whitey’s and Sickie’s location. Yeh has appeared on several Food Network shows. She is perhaps best known as the host…
Gigi Sohn FARGO (KVRR) – A political action committee led by former Democratic U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp has started a campaign to block the confirmation of President Biden’s nominee for the Federal Communications Commission. Heitkamp, who founded the One Country Project, says FCC nominee Gigi Sohn is “the wrong pick for rural America.” “Given the significant progress that has been…
Ray HolmbergBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – Gov. Doug Burgum says he supports State Sen. Ray Holmberg’s decision to step down from his leadership role, just days after reports that said Holmberg exchanged scores of text messages with Nicholas Derosier, who is jailed and facing federal child pornography charges. Holmberg resigned Wednesday as head of a powerful panel that oversees the Legislature’s…
CHISHOLM, Minn. – Authorities say a person was fatally shot early Wednesday during an encounter with law enforcement officers in northeastern Minnesota. The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office says the person who died in Chisholm was wanted for a recent felony committed in Morrison County. Authorities say that about 4:30 a.m., sheriff’s deputies, state troopers and officers from Hibbing, Chisholm…
Ray HolmbergFARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – North Dakota state Sen. Ray Holmberg has resigned as head of a panel that oversees the Legislature’s business between sessions. The resignation comes just days after reports surfaced that Holmberg had exchanged scores of text messages with a man jailed on child pornography charges. The chairman of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL called on Holmberg to resign….
BRECEKNRIDGE, Minn. (KVRR) — The state patrol identifies the woman who died in a crash between an SUV and semi Wednesday morning as 72-year-old Judith Johnson of Fergus Falls. They say Johnson spun out in front of the semi on Highway 210 near Breckenridge and was hit. The road was snow and ice-covered at the time. **ORIGINAL STORY BELOW**…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Police in Moorhead are asking for help in locating a missing vulnerable adult. Nineteen-year-old Kaylynn Lockner has been missing since April 14. Police say Lockner is believed to be in the Fargo-Moorhead area. Lockner has blue hair and was last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt. Anyone with information about Lockner is asked to call Red River…
DULUTH, Minn. – A prosecutor in the trial of a Duluth police officer who shot an unarmed man through the closed door of his apartment told jurors the defendant repeatedly fired his weapon even as he heard the victim begging for his life. Prosecutor Aaron Welch told jurors Tuesday during opening statements that Officer Tyler Leibfried had time to think…
