Author: TJ Nelson

Change to short-term rental ordinance in West Fargo tabled, committee started to research the topic

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — City commissioners in West Fargo vote to table the second reading of a new ordinance to restrict who can operate short-term rental properties. It would make primary residences the only ones eligible to be used as short-term rentals, leaving investment properties out of the equation. Commissioners decided to start a committee to look into the…

Correctional officer becomes inmate, accused of smuggling contraband into Grand Forks County Jail

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) –A Grand Forks County Jail correctional officer is accused of smuggling contraband into the jail. After an interview Monday with Grand Forks County Sheriff’s Office and North Dakota BCI, Juan Lopez was arrested for delivery of an electronic device to an inmate, and booked into the jail as an inmate. After he was arrested, a search of…

Police say accidental discharge of a handgun injured one person in Grand Forks apartment

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) —  One person has non life-threatening injuries after being accidentally shot in a Grand Forks apartment. Police were called to 4265 5th Avenue North just before two a.m. They talked to several witnesses in the apartment at the time and determined that it was an accidental discharge from a handgun. Police seized the weapon. The person…

UPDATE: Vance Boelter arrested sources tell FOX 9

Courtesy FOX 9UPDATE (9:30 PM) Vance Boelter has been arrested alive, sources are confirming with FOX 9. Boelter is the suspect who assassinated Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, and injured Sen. John Hoffman and his wife. Rep. Hortman and her husband Mark were fatally shot in their Brooklyn Park home early Saturday morning. Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were…

Motorcycle crashes claim the lives of two male riders in separate incidents in North Dakota

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Two young men are dead in separate motorcycle crashes on Saturday. A 25-year-old man from Cavalier, North Dakota died when he rolled his motorcycle on southbound I-29, about 3 and a half miles south of Pembina. That crash happened around 4:30 Saturday afternoon. The rider was not wearing a helmet. Earlier in the day, around 11:30,…

A.G. rules Armstrong’s line-item veto will stand, no special session needed

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Attorney General Drew Wrigley rules that Gov. Kelly Armstrong’s line-item veto of a Senate bill will stand. That means no special session will be needed to fix the matter. The problem started when Armstrong vetoed $150,000 for a Native American-focused organization to fund a homelessness liaison position. But the veto also unintentionally crossed out a $35…

St. Michael man sentenced to federal prison for fatal drunk driving crash in 2022

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A St. Michael, North Dakota man is sentenced to over five years in federal prison for involuntary manslaughter. 46-year-old Ryan Guy was sentenced by District Judge Peter Welte in Fargo. In February 2022, Guy was behind the wheel when he rolled his vehicle on Spirit Lake Reservation, killing a passenger. Guy’s blood alcohol content was 0.164,…