Ruby slippers. (FBI)MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man charged with the museum heist of a pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the “The Wizard of Oz” pleaded guilty Friday, pulling back the curtain on a whodunit mystery dating back 18 years. Terry Jon Martin, 76, was indicted in May on one count of theft of a major artwork….
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – The center is named after long time professor in the health science department, Dr. Ted Heimarck. Concordia Colleges President Colin Irvine said, “Behind me is a building that exists because he existed and that speaks to the impact he had on people that was so profound and so powerful that they’re willing to give their resources there…
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) House Majority LeaderWASHINGTON (AP/CNN) — Republican Steve Scalise ended his bid to become House speaker late Thursday after hardline holdouts refused to back the party’s nominee, throwing the GOP majority into deeper chaos with the chamber unable to function. Scalise told GOP colleagues at a closed-door evening meeting of his decision and pointedly declined to announce…
CONCORD, N.D. (KVRR/AP/CNN) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has officially filed his candidacy for the 2024 New Hampshire primary. The Republican thanked the people of New Hampshire for picking presidents as the first in the nation primary. Candidates have until October 27 to sign up, and dozens are expected to do so in part because it’s relatively cheap and…
KINDRED, N.D. (KVRR) – Harvest has begun at the only winery in North America that harvests Riverbank grapes and it’s just half an hour from Fargo. Kesselring Vineyards in Kindred uses Vitis Riparia better known as Riverbank grapes. Kesselring Vineyards owner Jason Kesselring said, “Locally people have been making it in different variations forever but it’s never been done commercially….
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR/AP/CNN) — Gov. Doug Burgum delivers his foreign policy address taking aim at President Joe Biden and his administration’s policies. The Republican presidential candidate made his remarks at the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C. Burgum says Biden’s policies give a green light across central America to run for the southern border. He calls…
FARGO (KFGO) – ShareHouse has received reports of a potential scam involving a group posing as representatives of local treatment facilities. ShareHouse says they are offering to fly people, who are looking for treatment, to other states. It warns that this may a scam which is putting people in trafficking, not treatment. ShareHouse operates in Fargo and Grand Forks. It…
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Devils Lake Police say a 13-year-old boy has been referred to juvenile court after he flashed a gun in his waistband and stole the shoes off a 17-year-old boy. Police say after the suspect got the victim’s shoes, he took the ones he was wearing and gave them to the victim. It happened on Saturday…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO/AP) — Bird flu is back at turkey farms in Minnesota, South Dakota and Utah. That is raising concerns that more outbreaks could follow. The outbreak in Minnesota is at a commercial turkey flock of 140,000 birds in Meeker County. The outbreak in South Dakota was confirmed in a south-central county in a flock of around 47,000 turkeys….
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – It will help the city meet the sanitation needs of the community. The questions focus on the city’s need for large ideas and extra garbage pick up. The survey also reflects community member’s overall satisfaction with the Sanitation Division. People living in West Fargo have until 8 pm on October 23rd to fill out the survey…
