CLAY CO., Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A 17-year-old girl was taken to juvenile detention in Moorhead after a pursuit in Clay County Monday night. The car matched the description of one that had earlier fled from Barnesville police. A state trooper tried to stop the car near Downer but the teen took off at a high rate of speed. Several minutes…
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KVRR) — A man from Medford, Oregon is arrested in Jamestown for luring a minor by computer and having sex with the juvenile at a motel. Police say 34-year-old Sean Turner flew from Oregon to Fargo where he rented a U-haul and drove to Jamestown. Police were called to a motel on New Year’s Eve to investigate a…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) — After 48 years on the job, West Fargo Police Lieutenant Greg Warren is retiring on Friday. Warren worked in the Cass County Jail for a short time before joining West Fargo Police in 1975. He worked under four police chiefs and was once a candidate for the job. He spent 19 years on patrol and…
ST. PAUL (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tim Walz is pledging to make the largest investments in public education in Minnesota history as he begins his second term. The former teacher was sworn in Monday during inauguration ceremonies at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul. He says Minnesota has a “historic opportunity” with its $17.6 billion projected budget surplus to become…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — North Dakota Highway Patrol releasing the name of a woman who was hit and killed by a car on I-29 south of Fargo on New Year’s Day. She is 19-year-old Destinee Tuttle of Santee, Nebraska. The patrol says Tuttle was living in the Peever-Sisseton area of northeastern South Dakota. The driver, a 20-year-old Wahpeton man, saw…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — 2022 started off with a bang as a blizzard tracked across eastern parts of North Dakota on January 4th. The storm dropped between 3-5 inches of snow, but blowing and drifting snow led to many road closures in the western valley. Early 2022 remained fairly quiet weather-wise, but as temperatures rose in the early summer, thunderstorms began…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KFGO/KNOX) – Sen. Kevin Cramer said a pair of top secret briefings regarding the proposed Fufeng project in Grand Forks did nothing to change his mind about the corn milling plant. Cramer, and Sen. John Hoeven, have expressed security concerns over the company’s ties to China and its close proximity to the Grand Forks Air Force Base….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — With New Year’s Eve in two days, law enforcement will be patrolling to crack down on the number of impaired drivers. According to the North Dakota State Patrol, there have been more than 900 DUI related arrests in 2022. Extra law enforcement officers will be on duty to catch intoxicated drivers. If you plan to drink,…
NORTH DAKOTA (KFGO) – Throughout 2022, Drug Enforcement Administration investigators nationwide reported seizing more than 379 million potentially deadly doses of fentanyl in both pill and powder form, enough to kill every American. In some states, seized-dose totals tripled the amount reported in 2021. DEA spokeswoman Emily Murray said 36,000 lethal doses of fentanyl were seized by federal agents in…
Shannon BrandtNORTH DAKOTA – (KFGO) – Tentative dates have been agreed upon for the trial of Shannon Brandt, who is accused of murdering 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson after a street dance in McHenry in September. At a hearing held via Zoom on Thursday morning, Southeast District Judge Bradley Cruff designated two weeks for the trial and scheduled it to start on…
