MOORHEAD, MINN. — The Moorhead Police Department says the mother of a 20-month-old child that died nearly two weeks ago has been arrested for second degree murder. The Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the child as 20-month-old Jose Lazarus Zamora, of Moorhead, and that their preliminary autopsy ruled the child’s death as a homicide. The child’s mother, 32-year-old Valerie…
Isiah SimmsBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A Bismarck man charged with multiple counts of gross sexual imposition of a victim under 15 is changing his plea to guilty. Police officers found Isiah Simms with a 10-year-old girl walking around the North Dakota State Capitol grounds on August 23rd, 2024. The girl’s family called police after she reported through Snapchat that she was…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) – A Grand Forks man is hospitalized with serious injuries after a fiery crash involving a motorcycle and pickup in Grand Forks Thursday evening. Grand Forks Police say multiple callers reported the crash around 6 p.m. at the intersection of 32nd Avenue S. and 31st Street. Witnesses say the eastbound motorcycle hit the westbound pickup as…
Sen. Erin Murphy/(D) Senate Majority LeaderST. PAUL (KVRR/FOX9) — Gov. Tim Walz has still not called for a special session to finish up budget work in Minnesota. That’s because working groups are still trying to iron out differences on a number of budget bills including education and taxes. Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy says they have ironed out many of…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – Lawmakers may be called back to Bismarck to correct a veto mistake in a housing incentive bill. Gov. Kelly Armstrong’s office says a line-item veto that was designed to take $150,000 dollars from affordable housing legislation instead eliminated $35 million. The $150,000 was intended for tribal communities but Armstrong says the state needs to find longer…
Sandhill cranes migrate across North Dakota. (Photo provided by ND Game and Fish Department)JAMESTOWN, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A North Dakota wildlife group is worried federal funding cuts could affect a renowned wildlife research center at Jamestown and is urging people to contact Congress. The Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center is part of the U.S. Geological Survey, which is…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Justice Department moved Wednesday to cancel settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville that called for an overhaul of their police departments following the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor that became the catalyst for nationwide protests and riots. The Trump administration also announced it was retracting the findings of Justice Department investigations into six other police…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Cass Public Health is inviting people to get “Fit and Strong” in their free exercise and behavior workshop. The twelve week class invites people fifty-five and older to twice a week, 90 minute sessions for exercise and discussions. The workshop is geared toward improving lower extremity strength and developing and maintaining an active lifestyle. Participants…
FILE – Actor George Wendt posing for a portrait in New York, Oct. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen, file)The man who delivered one of the most classic lines in sitcom history has died. Hey what’s happening, Norm?” “It’s a dog eat dog world Sammy and I’m wearing milkbone underwear.” That of course is from “Cheers”. The man who played Norm,…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A man has been sentenced to four years in prison for sexually coercing a minor in Otter Tail County. Prosecutors say 22-year-old Jose Ramires of Freeport, Minnesota was temporarily living with a family in Otter Tail County last May. That is when he coerced their 13-year-old daughter into acts of a sexual nature. The victim…
