BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) – U.S. Sen. John Hoeven is endorsing Republican Julie Fedorchak in the race for North Dakota’s U.S. House seat. Hoeven says he’s worked with Fedorchak in a variety of capacities. “She always demonstrated strong leadership, a willingness to work with everyone, and a real ability to solve problems,” Hoeven says. Fedorchak served as Hoeven’s state director from…
FARGO (KFGO/KVRR) – Despite some new measures already in place, Fargo City Commissioner Dave Piepkorn says enhanced security measures are needed at City Hall. Piepkorn says, at a previous commission meeting, some people were not comfortable sitting next to him near the podium and that raised a “red flag” for him. “We’ve done some things,” Piepkorn says. “To give you…
BEMIDJI, Minn. (KVRR/FOX9) — Prosecutors have dismissed charges against a man suspected in a reported gang rape in Bemidji last fall after DNA tests came back without a match. Oscar Luna of Texas was charged with criminal sexual conduct after an 11-year-old girl reported being attacked. She was brought to the hospital after the assault and found to have injuries…
FARGO (KFGO/KVRR) – A third candidate has announced for East Central District Judge. Scott Diamond is now a Judicial Referee in the district, which covers Cass, Traill and Steele Counties. Diamond has practiced law for more than 22 years and has served as an alternate municipal court judge in Fargo and West Fargo. Judicial Referee Daniel Gast is also running…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota lawmakers are expecting a legal challenge to a proposed congressional age limit, and estimate $1 million to defend the measure up to the U.S. Supreme Court, in what some observers see as a likely test case. A top legislative panel on Wednesday unanimously approved a $1 million cost estimate for the state to defend…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Fargo man is charged after a hit-and-run last Tuesday in Moorhead. 55-year-old Derek McClarren is charged with criminal vehicular operation, hit and run, open bottle and 4th degree DWI. Police say McClarren hit a person in the 2400 block of 28th Avenue South who was trying to help a woman get her car out of…
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) – Court documents obtained by KFGO give more details on a SWAT raid in Fargo over the weekend. Just before midnight Friday, Fargo Police responded to a call for a rape victim at a local hospital. That victim identified 39-year-old Travis Holt as her attacker. Court documents say the victim and Holt lived in the same apartment…
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (KFGO/KZZY) – Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office says a Watford City man is facing three counts of felony animal cruelty after at least two dogs were found dead in a camper in northeastern North Dakota on Friday. Authorities received a report about a dog locked in a camper in rural Crary, just east of Devils Lake, and began…
FARGO (KFGO/KVRR) – Court records are providing more details about a deadly stabbing outside a Fargo bar early last Thursday morning. Investigators say a bartender at SouthTown PourHouse told them that just before the stabbing that killed 22-year-old Ethan Larson of Newfolden, Minnesota, he heard Larson and Michael Diedrich agree to go fight outside. The bartender told the men “not…
FARGO (KVRR/KFGO/AP) – President Joe Biden has won the Democratic-NPL Presidential Primary. Biden received 840 total votes, accounting for more than 92% of all ballots. Marianne Williamson finished a distant second, receiving 32 votes, roughly 3% of the vote. 15 pledged delegates will be allotted to President Biden at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Former President Donald Trump won…
