Author: TJ Nelson

Bismarck child dead after suspected fentanyl poisoning

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A two-year-old child in Bismarck is dead after suspected fentanyl poisoning. Police were called to the home Sunday night and found Jasten Ribs was unresponsive with a parent trying to revive the child. He was taken to a Bismarck hospital where he died. A preliminary test showed the boy’s urine was positive for fentanyl. His parents,…

Southern Minnesota murder suspect wants charge dismissed

WINONA COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR/FOX 9) — The southern Minnesota man charged with killing Maddi Kingsbury, has filed motions to dismiss the first-degree murder charge against him and to move any future trial out of Winona County. Adam Fravel, 29,  is the father of Maddi’s children. He is believed to have been the last person to see her alive. After law…

“Mr. Wonderful” Kevin O’Leary To Be Featured in Fireside Chat at UND

Memorial Union Ballroom on January 26

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — The man who once compared Moorhead to Cuba as an example of the difference between North Dakota and Minnesota political policies is coming to Grand Forks. Kevin O’Leary of “Shark Tank”, also known as “Mr. Wonderful”, will be at UND on Friday January 26. The businessman and investor will have a fireside chat with UND…

Rock Legend Randy Bachman Has Control of BTO And They’re Headed For Mahnomen

Spent Time In Minnesota and North Dakota In His Youth

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — He holds the Order of Manitoba and the Order of Canada and he’ll soon have a bridge named in his honor in his hometown of Winnipeg. He is rock legend Randy Bachman, a founding member of two world famous bands: The Guess Who and Bachman–Turner Overdrive. It’s BTO he’ll be leading when he stops in Mahnomen…

Another Minnesota Supreme Court Justice announces retirement

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Margaret Chutich, the first openly gay justice on the state’s highest court, announced her retirement Tuesday. Chutich was appointed by former Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton to the Minnesota Court of Appeals in 2012 and to the Minnesota Supreme Court in 2016, then elected in 2018. Her resignation gives Democratic Gov. Tim Walz two…