FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Tango Blast gang member from Mexico is sentenced to 15 years in prison for dealing drugs out of local hotels. 34-year-old Joel Quinonez appeared in U.S. District Court in Fargo for sentencing on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute meth, possession of firearms and reentry of removed alien. Quinonez was deported from…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Grand Forks Regional SWAT Team is called out to search an apartment for a wanted person out of Cass County. They joined Grand Forks Police in the search at 1800 Continental Drive in Grand Forks this evening around 5:30. Police say the SWAT team was called in to assist due to the criminal history of…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – North Dakota’s Republican governor is following the lead of other Republican governors and banning the use of TikTok on state-owned devices. Gov. Doug Burgum today signed an executive order banning the social media app from state-owned devices issued by executive branch agencies, citing growing national security concerns. The order specifically prohibits executive branch agencies and their employees…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A company with ties to China, Fufeng USA, is moving ahead with its proposed wet corn milling plant in Grand Forks. The move comes after the federal agency tasked with reviewing the project determined that the land acquisition was not a “covered transaction” and they do not have jurisdiction. The Committee on Foreign Investment in…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Two men from Fort Totten, North Dakota are sentenced to prison for the sexual abuse of an incapacitated person. 34-year-old Reese Ironshield was given just over 7 years in prison while 32-year-old Kyle Langstaff, Sr. was given nearly 5 years. The men were caught in the act by three kids on the Spirit Lake Reservation on…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A jury convicts a Fargo man of kidnapping and attempted witness tampering in U.S. District Court. 31-year-old Sharmake Abdullahi kidnapped a woman at gunpoint in October 2021 as she was driving in Fargo. Prosecutors say he forced her to drive him to a Gate City Bank location in Moorhead to get money out of an ATM….
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KVRR) — A Valley City woman is arrested in Jamestown and tied to a string of vehicle thefts. Police say 36-year-old Heidi Hendricks was found sitting in a vehicle reported stolen in an alley behind some garages shortly after midnight. They say Hendricks was in possession of keys from four stolen vehicles. It is believed she stole three…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — With China’s Fufeng corn milling plant proposal for Grand Forks still under government review, the city will now be the location of a new $400 million soybean crushing plant. The announcement comes from Epitome Energy and North Dakota Department of Commerce. The plant will be able to process up to 42 million bushels of soybeans…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Former state Senate Democratic minority leader McLain “Mac” Schneider has been confirmed to serve as U.S. Attorney for North Dakota. Schneider was nominated by President Biden back in September and was just confirmed by unanimous consent in the Senate. He has a private practice in Fargo and Grand Forks. Schneider graduated from Fargo South High School,…
ST. PAUL (KVRR) — Tough economy? It doesn’t appear to be the case in Minnesota as the state now projects a surplus of $17.6 billion dollars through 2025. A large chunk of that surplus is due to the legislature’s failure to act on an $8 billion tax cut before the midterm election. Republicans wanted to wait it out until the…
