09/11/24 AirNow.govFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Throughout the past week we have been seeing a lot of smoke around the region once again. It has been coming from wildfires in South Dakota and Montana, blowing east due to the flow of air in the upper atmosphere. The smoke has covered the skies and led to poor air quality that can lead…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — State and local election officials from across the country on Wednesday warned that problems with the nation’s mail delivery system threaten to disenfranchise voters in the upcoming presidential election, telling the head of the U.S. Postal Service that it hasn’t fixed persistent deficiencies. In an alarming letter, the officials said that over the past year, including…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — The all-clear has been given at Alerus Center in Grand Forks following a lockdown. Grand Forks Police say it was caused by a suspicious device dropped off in the parking lot by a white SUV around 1:30 p.m. Grand Forks Regional BOMB Team was activated. It was determined that the device was a concrete pressure…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo teen already in jail on multiple felonies is accused of having sex with a girl before and after her 15th birthday. 19-year-old Carter Hammer is charged with felony gross sexual imposition. According to court records, Hammer had sex with the girl multiple times between late May and his August 13 arrest, but the girl…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Essentia Health will no longer accept Medicare Advantage insurance plans administered by United Healthcare and Humana. Essentia has started to inform patients that, due to excessive prior authorization requirements and denial of care, it will no longer serve as an in-network provider effective January 1. They say UHC and Humana delay and deny approval of care…
James Earl Jones (AP)NEW YORK (AP) — James Earl Jones, who overcame racial prejudice and a severe stutter to become a celebrated icon of stage and screen — eventually lending his deep, commanding voice to CNN, “The Lion King” and Darth Vader — has died. He was 93. His agent, Barry McPherson, confirmed Jones died Monday morning at home. The…
FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – A Moorhead man arrested in Fargo Thursday for a June stabbing has now been charged. According to court records, 35-year-old Joshua Potter was wanted for attempted murder after he stabbed a man in south Fargo. After the stabbing, the victim and his girlfriend told officers a person they didn’t know tried to rob the victim and slit…
Hockey star Brianna Decker, former NHL players Kevin Stevens and Matt Cullen, late Chicago Blackhawks founder Frederic McLaughlin and the 2002 Olympic gold medal-winning paralympic sled hockey team are being inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. USA Hockey revealed the class on Thursday for enshrinement at a ceremony Dec. 4 in Pittsburgh. Cullen is a Moorhead High School…
FARGO (KFGO) – A 39-year-old Fargo man is charged with burglary and theft after multiple items, including vehicles, were stolen from an auto shop in West Fargo. Court records say two people wearing dark clothes and masks broke into a shop on Center Street early Wednesday morning. One of the men was identified as Justin Rodriguez. Police say the entire…
Geettoe Kamara/Leo DartoeFARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Court documents show Geettoe Kamara took around 350 M30 fentanyl pills from the pockets of murder victim Sampson Bleh while he was still alive. Police are still searching for 34-year-old Leo Dartoe of Fargo, who is the suspected shooter. Kamara has been charged as an accomplice in Bleh’s murder late last month. He denied…
