BEMIDJI, Minn. (KVRR) — New details into an alleged gang rape investigation of an 11-year-old girl in Bemidji last week. While one man was arrested for sexual assault, 22-year-old Oscar Luna of Texas, twelve other people were located and identified. Bemidji Police say none of them could immediately be identified as suspects in the case and eleven were turned over…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR) — A trial for a Wahpeton man charged with sexually abusing a child has been canceled. On Monday, 62-year-old Robert Abell changed his plea to guilty to one count of continuous sexual abuse of a child. His trial was supposed to start next week. An arrest warrant for Abell was issued last November and he made his…
PAGE, N.D. (KVRR) -North Dakota Soybean Council hosts a Food and Farm Tour to tell people about the importance of soybeans. Renowned chefs, healthy cooking experts, social media influencers and dieticians traveled from all over the country to the Food and Farm Tour. Registered Dietician from New York City Chef Abbie Gellman said, “My knowledge of soy as far as…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota lawmaker who had recently received his commercial pilot’s license was flying his own small plane home from a family celebration in Arizona when it crashed in Utah, killing him, his wife and their two young sons, family members said Tuesday. It was the first time state Sen. Doug Larsen of Mandan, and his…
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is surrounded by press and police on the way to the chamber, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. McCarthy’s ability to remain in leadership is now seriously at risk after the House voted to move ahead with an effort by hard-right Republican critics to oust him. Tuesday’s narrow vote was…
Ruby slippers. (FBI)DULUTH, Minn. (WCCO/KFGO) – The Grand Rapids, Minnesota man accused of stealing the iconic “The Wizard of Oz” ruby slippers from the Judy Garland Museum is expected to change his plea to guilty in court next week. According to federal charges, Terry Martin, 76, allegedly stole the slippers worn by Garland from the Grand Rapids museum back in…
North Dakota Republican state Rep. Paul Thomas, at left, offers a remembrance, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, at the state Capitol in Bismarck, N.D., for the late Republican state Sen. Doug Larsen, of Mandan, N.D., who died in a plane crash Sunday near Moab, Utah, with his wife, Amy, and their two young children. Next to Thomas is Republican state Sen….
Steve Boyd, Rep. Michelle FischbachALEXANDRIA, Minn. (KVRR) – A rural Kensington, Minnesota man is running in the Republican primary for the District 7 U.S. House seat held by Rep. Michelle Fischbach. Steve Boyd, who brands himself a “Christian conservative,” says his platform includes “protecting life,” “border security,” “restoring the family” and abolishing the U.S. Dept. of Education. “The federal government…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – West Fargo Police Department celebrates Chief Denis Otterness as he is just days away from retiring. Otterness has been West Fargo police Department’s chief of police since September of 2020. “Chief Otterness is an exceptional leader, he’s been very instrumental to a lot of programs that have come to place within the police department he…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A West Fargo man was combative following a pursuit with police in the city Saturday night. After first striking a light pole, officers saw 35-year-old Brandon Lindsay speeding in Rendezvous Park. Lindsay took off and nearly collided with other vehicles. A PIT maneuver was used to end the pursuit. Lindsay intially refused to get out…
