Author: KVRR Staff

White Earth Man Gets Nearly 25 Years for Making Child Porn With 13-Year-Old Victim

MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) — A White Earth, Minnesota Man is sentenced to nearly 25 Years in prison for child porn. According to court documents, 34-year-old Ryan Thompson, also known as “Ryan Townsend”, took pornographic images with a minor in December 2020. The 13-year-old victim used her school-issued laptop to message the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. She told them Thompson began sleeping…

City of West Fargo hires new finance director

WEST FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – The City of West Fargo has a new finance director. Willy Galindo will take over the role late next month. He will be responsible for the city’s accounting, treasury, utility billing, budgeting, payroll, and investments. Galindo comes from Palmdale, California where he has been the city’s senior financial analyst since 2017, and helped manage a half-billion…

Juvenile in Custody in Moorhead After Deadly Stabbing of 17-Year-Old in Browns Valley

BROWNS VALLEY, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A juvenile is in custody in Moorhead for a deadly stabbing in Browns Valley. Traverse County Sheriff Trevor Wright says deputies and Browns Valley Ambulance were called to Valley View Apartments early last Friday morning for a call of an unresponsive person. 17-year-old Andre Kampeska of Browns Valley was taken to the hospital in nearby…

Talk show pioneer Phil Donahue dies at 88

Phil Donahue (AP)(AP) – Phil Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre that made household names of Oprah Winfrey, Montel Williams, Ellen DeGeneres and many others, has died. He was 88. NBC’s “Today” show, citing family members, said Donahue died Sunday after a long illness. Dubbed “the king of daytime talk,” Donahue was the first to…

Fergus Falls Woman Runs Over Boyfriend On The Way to Couples Therapy

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO/FOX) — A Fergus Falls woman was arrested and faces second-degree assault and other charges after investigators say she tried to run over her boyfriend Saturday afternoon while they were on the way to couples therapy. Authorities say the two reportedly had been fighting all day and the victim asked 30-year-old Veronica Gast to take him back to…

Grand Forks Man Arrested for Child Porn

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Grand Forks man is facing child porn charges after investigators allegedly found 10 photos depicting child sex abuse. 59-year-old Danny Lane was linked to a Kik account that was flagged last October for child porn by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. On June 25, Grand Forks Police served a search warrant…

House Oversight investigating Walz over ‘longstanding connections’ to China

WASHINGTON – The House Oversight Committee is investigating Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, and his alleged “longstanding connections” to China and CCP-linked entities, Fox News Digital has learned. Fox News Digital exclusively obtained a letter that House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., penned to FBI Director Christopher Wray, notifying the bureau of the committee’s…