GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Grand Forks School Board reviews a complaint about six books in school libraries. The board agreed with a committee recommendation that the books remain, though not all decisions were unanimous. Grand Forks County Commission recently received another complaint about two books. The State’s Attorney referred the complaint to police, and it was determined that no…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Olympic silver medal winner Virgil Hill is getting the North Dakota Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award. Hill is a retired five-time professional boxing champion and member of both the National Boxing Hall of Fame and the International Boxing Hall of Fame. He won his Olympic medal in 1984. Hill was raised in Grand Forks and Williston….
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA (KVRR/KFGO) — An Otsego, Minnesota woman who pleaded guilty last year to financial fraud and identity theft gets seven years in federal prison. Prosecutors say 40-year-old Maegen Fortin engaged in fraudulent conduct at credit unions and businesses in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, Illinois, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota in 2020 and 2021. She used the names,…
STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the shooting of a person by a South Dakota Highway Patrol trooper at a convenience store Wednesday in Sturgis, where a big annual motorcycle rally is underway. Sturgis Police Chief Geody VanDewater issued a brief statement confirming that one person was shot and wounded by a trooper, and said more information would be…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Plains Art Museum has received a record $3 million donation from one of its own board members. Fargo native Brian Hayer has pledged to donate the money. Hayer is a graduate of Fargo South High School and Arizona State University. The contribution will be the largest gift ever presented by a single donor. “This is a…
GoFundMeFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A man who was violently attacked by two men he was giving a ride to from a downtown Fargo bar is now out of the hospital. Tyler Spaeth was beaten, stabbed in the head and had his vehicle, phone and wallet stolen by the suspects on the morning of August 1. Court records say he was…
FARGO (KFGO) – A man who was arrested for being in the U.S. illegally at Sky Dancer Casino earlier this year has been sentenced to just under two years in federal prison. Fidel Torres pleaded guilty to the sole charge of reentry into the U.S. by a removed alien subsequent a felony conviction in a Fargo courtroom Wednesday afternoon. The…
NEPTUNE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A single ticket sold in Florida is good for a $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot, ending weeks of anticipation over who would win the eye-popping top prize. A Publix grocery store in Neptune Beach sold the winning ticket, according to the Florida Lottery. The winning numbers drawn Tuesday night were 13, 19, 20, 32, 33 and…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A formerly well-connected GOP donor convicted of giving teenage girls gifts, alcohol and money in exchange for sex was sentenced Wednesday to 21 years in prison on sex trafficking charges. Anton “Tony” Lazzaro was found guilty in March by a federal jury of seven counts involving “commercial sex acts” with five girls ages 15 and 16 in 2020, when…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — One man is arrested and another is wanted for an early morning robbery last week in Fargo. Police say 37-year-old Cody Littleghost was arrested August 2nd. They are still looking for 31-year-old Julian Pickett of Moorhead. Littleghost is charged with robbery, theft, and criminal mischief. Police say the victim in the case met the men at…
