Author: KVRR Staff

GOP donor Anton Lazzaro sentenced to 21 years for sex trafficking minors in Minnesota

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…

Gov. Burgum Visits N.D. National Guard Soldiers in Texas

NEAR THE RIO GRANDE, TEXAS (KVRR/CNN) —  Gov. Doug Burgum, a Republican presidential candidate, is back in Texas to visit North Dakota National Guard soldiers helping secure the U.S.-Mexico border. The governor appearing on CNN from Texas. “I’m down here sharing my gratitude with the two North Dakota National Guard troops that are down here, one aviation and one engineering…

Law Enforcement Kept Busy During 3-Day WE Fest in Detroit Lakes

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRRKDLM) — It was another busy and long weekend for law enforcement dealing with traffic and crowds at WE Fest in Detroit Lakes. Becker County Sheriff’s Office logged more than 600 emergency calls-for-service during WE Fest: that was nearly triple the normal call volume for all of Becker County. They responded to 12 assaults, some involving multiple…

Fargo Officer Andrew Dotas released from Sanford Medical Center

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/AP) — One of two Fargo police officers shot by a man who ambushed them and killed another officer last month has left the hospital. Officer Andrew Dotas walked out of Sanford Medical Center with his wife and child by his side on Saturday afternoon. Dozens of hospital staff, guard members and officers lined a path to the…