WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — On Tuesday morning, West Fargo Police introduced the newest member to its team, a nine-month goldendoodle named K-9 Labby. Her acts of service are made possible from a generous donation from Labby’s Bar and Grill in partnership with the city’s school district. “This is the second dog in the West Fargo Schools district. Bella had…
FARGO (KFGO) – A Fargo man who has been an assistant baseball coach for Shanley High School for several years has been charged with felony terrorizing after being arrested for domestic violence with a dangerous weapon. Court documents show Nicholas Tweiten, 36, was arrested Saturday night and is accused of pointing a loaded gun at his wife after slapping and…
ST. PAUL (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz had the legal authority to mandate face masks when he declared a public health emergency in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Monday. Walz declared a peacetime emergency in March 2020 and mandated masking in most indoor public spaces in July 2020. The conservative Upper Midwest…
GOODUE CO., Minn. (AP) — The bodies of three people who drowned in a southern Minnesota river are found by search crews after going missing over the Fourth of July weekend. The swimmers were part of a family gathering Monday night at Diamond Island on the Vermillion River, near the confluence with the Mississippi River, southeast of the Twin Cities….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Tuesday night the sky was full of fireworks celebrating the 4th of July. But fire crews from Fargo, West Fargo and Moorhead were out and about battling fires in the metro. Fargo Police says they did have 98 calls yesterday in regards to fireworks, but no arrests or citations were issued. Moorhead said they dealt with…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Human remains are at the center of tangled litigation involving a major regional health care system and the company contracted to dispose of its medical waste. Monarch Waste Technologies sued Sanford Health and the subsidiary responsible for delivering the health care system’s medical waste, Healthcare Environmental Services, saying the latter “brazenly” deposited a human torso hidden in a…
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) — After being unable to come to an agreement to a contract by the state-mandated July 1 deadline, talks between the Fargo School Board and Fargo Education Association (FEA) will go into mediation. The sticking point in the discussions was the elementary teacher workday. The FEA said in a statement that members were frustrated that their pleas…
BAGELY, Minn. (KVRR) — A Bagley, Minnesota man is dead after drowning at Lake Lomond in Bagley. Clearwater County Sheriff’s Office was notified after 8 Sunday night. They say 20-year-old Derek McCann jumped off a swiming raft at the beach and didn’t resurface. A dive team found his body a couple of hours later in about 18 feet of water….
HORACE, N.D. (KVRR) — A wild party in Horace results in 30 minors being cited for underage drinking. A deputy noticed that vehicles were creating a traffic hazard early Saturday morning on 6th Street East in Horace. When the deputy went to the house, several minor who were drinking ran. Cass County Sheriff’s office says the homeowner and a number…
WASHINGTON (AP) – A sharply divided Supreme Court on Friday effectively killed President Joe Biden’s $400 billion plan to cancel or reduce federal student loan debts for millions of Americans. The 6-3 decision, with conservative justices in the majority, said the Biden administration overstepped its authority with the plan, and it leaves borrowers on the hook for repayments that are…
