FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Red River Valley Fair is shaking up the entertainment lineup this year by bringing in a well known comic. Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias will take the grandstand stage on Sunday, June 30. Iglesias has recently become the second-highest-grossing touring comedian. He has over 1.1 billion views on YouTube. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 A.M. at…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo City Commission turns down an appeal by The Windbreak over a liquor license violation. That means the establishment will have to pay a $500 penalty. Police say a 23-year-old woman crashed her car into a pole and was charged with DUI after leaving the bar last July. Staff and a manager are accused of over-serving…
Mohamad BarakatBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley announces the investigation into the Fargo police officer involved shooting last July is now closed. Wrigley also says a copy of the report and videos associated with the investigation are available from North Dakota BCI and Fargo Police Department. KVRR Local News has submitted a request for copies of…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Republican father-daughter legislators Shannon Roers Jones and Jim Roers of Fargo announce that they are not running for re-election. They issued a joint statement saying they made the decision to focus on Roers Construction and Development, a company Jim started in the 1970s, and to spend more time with family. The Roers represent District 46, which…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Republican Rep. Kelly Armstrong is getting a primary challenger for his U.S. House seat: former state lawmaker Rick Becker. Becker last ran as an independent for U.S. Senate in 2022 and got just 18 percent of the vote against Republican Sen. John Hoeven and Democrat Katrina Christiansen. She is running again this year against Sen. Kevin…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A former Shanley assistant baseball coach is sentenced to ten days in the Cass County Jail followed by two years of probation. Nicholas Tweiten, 37, pleaded guilty last month to terrorizing and domestic violence after a July 2023 incident at home. He apologized to his wife in court, saying it was “without a doubt the lowest…
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,…
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…
The school issued the following on social media: NO SCHOOL on Monday, January 22!! School at WDC will be canceled tomorrow, Monday, January 22 for all grades, including Little Kids Club and Kids Krew. The school was made aware of a threat that we are currently investigating. We are working hand in hand with area law enforcement to resolve the…
DOUGLAS CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A heat lamp knocked over by the gusty wind starts a straw pile on fire and it quickly spreads to a house and its deck. The fire near Garfield, Minnesota, near Alexandria, was spotted by the homeowner’s son as he returned home around 1:15 this morning. Everyone was able to get out of the house…
