UPDATE: The Morton County State’s Attorney’s Office says a North Dakota trooper who shot and killed a man on I-94 13 miles west of Mandan last month was justified. After reviewing evidence, State’s Attorney Allen Koppy said Trooper Steven Mayer was justified in defending himself and others. The Highway Patrol says Mayer acted within department policy. Forty-five-year-old Craig Knutson of…
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor will be resentenced on Oct. 21 for second-degree manslaughter in the deadly 2017 shooting death of Justine Damond. Noor initally was found guilty of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in Damond’s death and sentenced to over 12 years in prison. But, last month the Minnesota Supreme Court tossed out Noor’s…
MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) – Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms were down in parts of the world on Monday. Facebook said it was “aware that some people are having trouble accessing Facebook app” and it was working on restoring access. The company did not say what might be causing the outage, which began around 10:45 a.m. Central Time. Facebook…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Downtown Fargo was the site of the annual “Walk with Christ for Life”, a march in support of the unborn. The procession started at the Cathedral of St. Mary on Broadway following the noon Holy Mass. People made their way to North Dakota’s sole abortion clinic for a short prayer service and then returned to the…
WASHINGTON (CNN) – President Joe Biden on Thursday night signed Congress’ stopgap funding bill to avert a shutdown and extend government funding through December 3, according to the White House. The bill passed the House and Senate earlier in the day with a bipartisan vote. Government funding had been set to expire at midnight, but Democratic congressional leaders, who control both chambers…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Another high risk sex offender has a new address in Fargo. Police say Steven Gibson is living at 123 15th Street North/Centre. Gibson was convicted in 2016 in Burleigh County for child neglect and solicitation of gross sexual imposition. The victim was known to him. He will have to register for life. Categories: Local News, North…
BLAINE, Minn. (FOX 9) – A man is in custody after he fled police and crashed into squads on Highway 65 in Blaine, Minnesota. According to the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office, at about 6:17 p.m. Tuesday, officials responded to the 7000 block of Ivy Lane NE in Ham Lake on a report of a suspicious male in a vehicle watching…
(AP) – YouTube is wiping vaccine misinformation and conspiracy theories from its popular video-sharing platform. The ban on vaccine misinformation, announced in a blog post on Wednesday, comes as countries around the world continue to offer free immunizations for COVID-19 to a somewhat hesitant public. Public health officials have struggled to push back against a steady current of online misinformation…
FARGO (KVRR) – The Friday, October 15, engagement of ‘An In-Person Conversation with Kathy Najimy plus A Live Screening of Hocus Pocus’ at Fargo Theatre has been canceled due to a scheduling conflict. Full refunds for tickets purchased for this engagement will be issued through points of purchase. Email Tickets300 at info@tickets300.com for additional questions. All credit card purchases through Tickets300…
FARGO, ND (KVRR) – During the third quarter of the Fargo South versus West Fargo High School football game, a fight broke out in the north parking lot at Fargo South. Witnesses say a group of juveniles attacked another juvenile in the parking lot by the stadium and one adult was involved. They say one officer was seen chasing another juvenile,…
