MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — The man who admitted killing a taxi driver in Moorhead is sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison. 19-year-old Willie Sparkman Jr. pleaded guilty in September in Clay County District Court to the second-degree murder of 24 year old Abdullahi Mohamed Abdullahi. Court documents show Sparkman and Kristy Vo attempted to rob Abdullahi for rent money…
LAMOURE CO., N.D. (KVRR) — Highway Patrol releases the name of a woman killed in a crash in high winds Sunday in LaMoure County. She is 64-year-old Renee Woehl of Kulm. Woehl was a passenger in a pickup pulling an empty enclosed trailer that was flipped by the wind and detached, causing the vehicle to rotate. At the same time…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — If you need a ride to a polling place in Fargo, Moorhead, West Fargo or Dilworth on Tuesday, you can rely on MATBUS. Riders who board the bus and tell the driver they are going to or from a polling location will get a free ride. Rides are also free to and from polling sites when…
Roberts County Sheriff’s Office/FacebookROBERTS CO., S.D. (KVRR) — The nasty wind was likely a culprit in this crash on I-29 in South Dakota. Roberts County Sheriff’s Office posting this photo to Facebook of a camper on its roof. The crash happening Sunday afternoon on northbound I-29 near mile marker 229, blocking one lane. South Dakota Highway Patrol and the sheriff’s…
FARGO, ND. (KVRR/AP) — A record Powerball jackpot grew to an even larger $1.9 billion after no one won the lottery drawing on Saturday night. The next chance for someone to get lucky will be Monday night. Winners of lottery jackpots usually prefer a lump sum of cash, which the Multi-State Lottery Association says would be $929.1 million for Monday’s…
THREE RIVERS PARK DISTRICT, Minn. (KVRR) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz helped kickoff the deer hunting season Saturday at the 20th annual Governor’s Deer Hunting Opener. He was joined by wildlife supervisor Steven Hogg at Three Rivers Park District, which serves the suburban areas of the Twin Cities. “Well it never fails. We were walking back and there’s a buck…
LAMOURE CO., N.D. (KVRR) — The high wind is a factor in a crash that killed a Kulm, North Dakota woman in LaMoure County. Highway Patrol says the crash happened around 9 a.m. Sunday on Highway 281, about 10 miles north of Edgeley. They say a tanker was passing a pickup pulling an empty enclosed trailer when the trailer was…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Another drawing last night without a jackpot winner. That means Powerball increases to $1.5 billion dollars for its next drawing on Saturday night. If a player wins, it will be the second-largest jackpot in Powerball history. There was a relatively big winner in Hinckley, Minnesota in the latest drawing. One ticket sold at a Kwik Trip…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Mayor Brandon Bochenski shared some insight on his family’s fight with addiction at the sixth Recovery Reinvented in Grand Forks. “We got to talk about the positives and the hope because I don’t think there’s ever been a time, in human history probably, there’s been this amount of resources and this amount of people there…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A teenage motorcycle driver is fighting for his life after a crash in south Fargo on Wednesday afternoon. Highway Patrol says 18-year-old Jake Krumm of West Fargo hit an SUV that turned in front of him on 40th Avenue and 66th Street South. Krumm was thrown from the bike and landed on the road. He was…
