FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) -Fargo Police say the suspect of a disturbance in the Hawthorne neighborhood last night has been arrested. Officers found and arrested 20-year-old Armon McCaleb this morning for possession of drug paraphernalia and two outstanding warrants. They searched the area around the 1000 block of 9th Avenue South last night after a report of a disturbance, but were…
Donald Merrill Jr. OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Vergas, Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to the burglary of Billy’s Corner Bar and Grill in Vergas. 25-year-old Donald Merrill Jr. admitted to breaking into the bar in late March and stealing a handgun. According to court records, surveillance video shows a man smashing the front window and taking the…
Eric is originally from Dickinson, North Dakota. He graduated from North Dakota State University with a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication and a minor in English Literature. Eric has been working in television in Fargo-Moorhead for over 15 years and is the recipient of a Gold Addy Award. In his spare time, Eric enjoys movies, video games, frisbee golf and…
Josh Kevan, senior consultant for firm RVK Inc., presents a cash management study to lawmakers on the Government Finance Committee on Sept. 17, 2024. A key recommendation of the study was for the state to move its operating money out of the Bank of North Dakota. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)(North Dakota Monitor) A cash management study presented to lawmakers Tuesday recommends…
The Quentin Burdick federal courthouse in Fargo, North Dakota. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)(North Dakota Monitor) The U.S. Department of Justice designated Grand Forks as one of 78 initial partnership communities that will focus on gun violence crime involving intimate partners, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of North Dakota announced Tuesday. The program will team U.S. Attorney’s Offices, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Fargo Police responded to a report of a disturbance in the Hawthorne neighborhood around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. When officers arrived in the 1000 block of 9th Avenue 9th South, the suspect fled on foot. Police searched the neighborhood for several blocks and some roadways were also blocked in an attempt to locate the suspect but were not…
FARGO (KFGO) – Fargo Fire says a charging e-bike battery caused a fire inside an apartment Tuesday afternoon. The fire was reported just after 2 at an apartment at 1781 35th Street South, just east of I-29. The building’s sprinkler system activated and put the fire out. Fire damage was limited, but the unit has smoke and water damage as…
BATTLE LAKE, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – An iconic bar and restaurant in Battle Lake east of Fergus Falls has been lost to fire. Police Chief Eric Dison says the blaze at Stub’s Dining & Gunpowder Bar was reported at about 9:30 Monday night. He says the roof collapsed and there’s significant interior damage. At the height of the blaze, Dison says…
Kodi Pinks, director of Non-Infectious Disease Surveillance and Data Management for the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services, presents data on unintentional overdose deaths to lawmakers on the Health Services Committee on Sept. 16, 2024. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota)(North Dakota Monitor) Unintentional drug overdose deaths in North Dakota have increased since 2019 but fell last year, according to preliminary…
GRAND FORKS (KVRR-KFGO) – A Grand Forks man is facing charges after assaulting both his current wife and ex-wife early Monday. Police responded to a home just before 2 a.m. Monday for a report of a domestic assault. Court documents say when officers arrived, a woman outside told them she’d been hit in the head by her ex-husband. She told…
