Author: KVRR Staff

Teen Suffers Artery Rupture Behind The Knee During Football Game In Mayville, ND

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — An Enderlin, North Dakota teen is at Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis after a freak accident during a high school football game in Mayville. 14-year-old Luke Wall is an 8th grader and plays for Enderlin’s varsity team. Late in the second quarter of Friday night’s game, Wall was hit in the knee. He was taken to Fargo…

Western North Dakota wildfire claims second victim

North Dakota National Guard soldiers and airmen worked with the Department of Emergency Services to build a handline and conducted a controlled burn to prevent the further spread of a wildfire near Mandaree, North Dakota, on Oct. 6, 2024. Gov. Doug Burgum declared a statewide fire emergency and activated the North Dakota National Guard. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by…

Wahpeton Man Will Serve 5 Years in Prison For Fatal Hit-and-Run Last October

WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A judge sentences 53-year-old Chad Olson of Wahpeton to serve five years in prison in the hit-and-run death of Bailey Bernstein. Olson changed his pleas to guilty to criminal vehicular homicide and duty in accident involving death before sentencing. District Court Judge Bradley Cruff gave him 10 years on each count to be served at the…

Man Arrested Two Years After Assaulting His Girlfriend at a Perham House Party

PERHAM, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — An Otter Tail County man accused of assaulting his girlfriend two years ago has finally been caught. 29-year-old Jose Pena of Perham was taken into custody Sunday and made his first court appearance Monday. Pena is charged with 3rd-degree assault for the incident that happened on October 8th, 2022. According to court documents, they were at…

Three Teens Charged With Breaking Into The Rusty Nail in Battle Lake And Making Food

Deovion Bell, Marcus Sewell and Jaden HansonBATTLE LAKE, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — Three teens are charged with burglary after illegally entering The Rusty Nail in Battle Lake and making their own food including french fries, onion rings and bacon. It happened early Friday morning. The owner chased Deovion Bell of Alexandria, Marcus Sewell of Underwood and Jaden Hanson of Fergus Falls…

North Dakota regulators inch closer to Summit pipeline decision

Administrative Law Judge Hope Hogan, left, and Public Service Commissioner Sheri Haugen-Hoffart conduct a hearing April 22, 2024, in Mandan on the Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)(Jeff Beach – North Dakota Monitor) A North Dakota state agency on Monday moved closer to making a decision on what developers are calling the world’s largest carbon capture…

Middle School Student Arrested for Threats Towards Cheney Middle School

WEST FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) A female student at Cheney Middle School has been arrested for making two threats towards the school. Principal Amber Rudolph said in a statement to parents that the student confessed to making a threat on social media Friday and again on Sunday. The student was then arrested for terrorizing. Rudoph says the student did not have the…

Dakota Marker Game between NDSU & SDSU will air on National TV

Dakota marker in Brookings, SD on November 4, 2023 (Max Mueller/KVRR)FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) —  The annual Dakota Marker football game between North Dakota State and South Dakota State will be played at either 6:30 p.m. or 7 p.m. Saturday, October 19, at  Fargodome with a national television audience on either ESPNU or ESPN2. The decision will be made by ESPN…