Author: KVRR Staff

NDSU Softball Drops Doubleheader with SDSU

PHOTO/BEN COHEN FARGO, N.D. (NDSU ATHLETICS)– North Dakota State softball dropped a doubleheader to South Dakota State Saturday afternoon at Tharaldson Park, falling 1-0 and 7-1 in Summit League play. The Bison fell in a pitching duel in game one, as the only run of the game came with two outs in the first, as Lindsey Culver hit a solo…

NDSU Baseball Picks Up 3-2 Road Win at Northern Colorado

PHOTO/ZACHARY LUCY GREELEY, Colo. (NDSU ATHLETICS)– Logan Knight threw a career-high 10 strikeouts to help lift the North Dakota State baseball team to a 3-2 win at Northern Colorado to even the three-game series on Saturday afternoon at Jackson Field. Knight (3-2) tossed a career-high 10 strikeouts in the win over 7.0 innings of work with one walk, one run and…

Israel says Iran has launched a number of drones toward it and closes its airspace

JERUSALEM (AP) — The White House says it will provide unspecified support for Israel’s defense against an ongoing airborne attack from Iran. National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a Saturday statement that “Iran has begun an airborne attack against Israel.” She added: “The United States will stand with the people of Israel and support their defense against these…

Fosston officials say a survey provides misinformation in dispute with Essentia Health

FOSSTON, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — Fosston Mayor Jim Offerdahl says a survey being sent to area residents is meant to “sway public opinion” about its dispute with Essentia Health. The closure of the labor and delivery unit goes to arbitration this summer. Offerdahl says the survey has some legitimate healthcare questions, but a lot of disinformation. “They name me and so…

Fargo man wanted for warrants arrested by Task Force , Metro Area Street Crimes Unit

FARGO (KFGO/KVRR) – The Cass County Drug Task Force made an arrest with assistance from the Metro Area Street Crimes unit Wednesday shortly before 1 p.m. in the 2200 block of 59th Avenue South in Fargo. Robby Welcher, 26, of Fargo had outstanding arrest warrants for Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, fleeing in a motor vehicle,…

Paulsen resigns as executive director of Metro Flood Diversion Authority

Joel PaulsenMOORHEAD (KFGO/KVRR) – The executive director of the Metro Flood Diversion Authority has resigned. Joel Paulsen notified a sub-committee that he would step down on Tuesday. During a meeting Thursday morning, it was clear that over half the Diversion Authority Board was unaware of the circumstances that led to Paulsen’s resignation. Board member and Fargo City Commissioner Dave Piepkorn…

O.J. Simpson dies at 76

LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but later found liable in a separate civil trial, has died. He was 76. The family announced on Simpson’s official X account — formerly Twitter — that Simpson died Wednesday after battling cancer. Simpson’s…

UPDATE: Two Deputies Shot But Have Non-Life-Threatening Injuries, Gunman Dead in Minnetonka, MN

MINNETONKA, Minn. (KVRR/FOX9/CNN: 8pm UPDATE) — Two Hennepin County sheriff’s deputies were shot while serving a warrant and a suspect was killed during an exchange of gunfire in the Minneapolis suburb of Minnetonka. The shootout happened just before 11:20 a.m. One deputy was taken to a hospital with injuries that were “very serious” but not life-threatening according to Sheriff Dawanna…