WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Red River Valley SWAT Team has planned a training exercise Thursday night near the 7800 block of 52nd Avenue West in West Fargo. It’s expected to last from 5:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.. People in that area will see officers with firearms, but no live rounds will be used during the training exercise. There will…
Scam Facebook PostPOLK CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Authorities in Polk County are investigating numerous complaints about bogus Taylor Swift U.S. Bank Stadium tickets sold on Facebook. The sheriff’s office says the account of Hailey Trautner was hacked and an unknown person is using it to get victims to send money electronically using Zelle or PayPal. After payment, they don’t get…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A man arrested for a stabbing at Exxon along 13th Avenue South in Fargo last August is sentenced to 2 years in prison. 41-year-old Christopher Kane entered Alford pleas on Monday to reckless endangerment and aggravated assault. Two other charges were dropped. Alford pleas are for a defendant to maintain innocence while understanding there is enough…
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR) — A former candidate for North Dakota House in District 24 is sentenced for hitting her then boyfriend in a Valley City bar back in October. Kaitlyn Huss pleaded guilty Tuesday in Barnes County to a charge of disorderly conduct: fighting behavior. She had initially been charged with simple assault. Huss was ordered to serve one…
Fmr. Gov. Mark Dayton (D-MN) & Fmr. Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN)ST. PAUL (KVRR) — Two former Minnesota governors join forces and speak out against South Dakota-based Sanford Health getting control of the University of Minnesota Medical School in the Fairview Health merger. Democrat Mark Dayton and Republican Tim Pawlenty voiced their concerns in front of the Senate Committee on Health…
N.D. Attorney General Drew WrigleyBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Judgments shut down a vast robocall operation involving Rising Eagle Capital Group out of Texas along with JSquared Telecom and Rising Eagle Capital Group– Cayman. North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley says they blasted billions of illegal robocalls to people across the country including millions of calls to people in North Dakota…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Prairie St. John’s has a new CEO: Ty Hegland. He takes over running the mental health hospital after serving for the past five years as President and CEO of Sharehouse, a substance abuse center. He also previously served as an executive at Sanford Health. Hegland succeeds Jeff Herman who served as Prairie St. John’s CEO for…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — You can hear Grammy award winners Train live in concert this summer when the band comes to Moorhead’s Bluestem Amphitheater. The best selling group from San Francisco will perform on Saturday, August 5, rain or shine. They’ll be joined by Better Than Ezra, a group that was named one of the “100 Greatest Alternative Artists of…
CLEARWATER CO., Minn. (KVRR) — One of two unresponsive males who died in Clearwater County over the weekend has been identified as 44-year-old William Keezer of Naytahwaush, Minnesota. Keezer was found partially clothed, unresponsive and laying in the roadway in southern Clearwater County Saturday night. He was pronounce dead at Bagley Sanford Medical Center. A second call came in Sunday…
WALSH CO., N.D. (KVRR) — One person was killed and two people injured in a crash east of Minto, North Dakota Thursday night. The Highway Patrol at around 9:30 says a car driven by 23-year-old Dominic Billmeier of Chatfield, Minnesota, ran off a county road, lost control of the vehicle, and rolled. Two passengers were ejected, neither were wearing seatbelts….
