ST. PAUL (KVRR/KFGO) — Doug Wardlow says he’ll run in the August primary for attorney general after losing the Republican endorsement to Jim Schultz at the convention last weekend. Wardlow, who was the party’s nominee in 2018, is general counsel at MyPillow and an ally of its founder, Mike Lindell. Lindell is a leading proponent of false accusations that the…
ST. PAUL (KVRR) — Gov. Tim Walz is headed to western Minnesota on Wednesday to tour storm damage. The storms on Thursday night brought strong winds that damaged buildings, knocked down trees and took out power for thousands of people. A man was killed when the strong winds blew a grain bin over in Blomkest, south of Willmar. Walz will…
FARGO (KVRR) – A man in Fargo was injured after pouring gasoline on a charcoal grill that was believed to be out. The incident happened Monday afternoon in the 600 block of Santa Cruz Drive South in Fargo. Fire department crews got the fire out soon after arriving on scene. The 35-year-old man was taken to the hospital by Sanford…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — EPIC Events is bringing Diamond Rio to West Fargo to perform at The Lights. The Grammy award winning country music group will hit the stage on Saturday, August 27, rain or shine. The band recently celebrated their 30th Anniversary and has sold more than 10 million albums. Tickets will cost between $34 and $49. They…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) — People are opening up their wallets and raising thousands of dollars for a Detroit Lakes family that last week lost their home to a lightning strike. A GoFundMe account started for Mike and Lori Danner’s family surged past the initial goal of $10,000 and is nearing $14,000. The Danner’s home in the Timber Creek neighborhood…
OSLO, Minn. (KVRR) — Governor Tim Walz travels to northwest Minnesota to get a first hand look at how the spring flooding is impacting farmers and the planting season. Walz stopped by Jim Nelson’s farm in Oslo. This time last year, Nelson and his sons were completely done with planting. This year, their fields are flooded. Walz says the delay…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) —Â Fergus Falls Police release the name of the man pulled from the Otter Tail River on Saturday morning. He is 46-year-old Alex Rodriguez of Newburgh, New York. They say he had lived in Fergus Falls for a few months and told friends earlier this spring that he thought of moving back east. Final autopsy results…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Grand Forks Police identify a man pulled from the Red River Saturday evening. They say the body of 32-year-old Jacob Lasley of Red Lake, Minnesota was found caught in a log jam around 6 p.m. Saturday by the pedestrian bridge near the north boat landing. There were no obvious signs of trauma, but investigators are…
PULASKI, AR (KVRR) — The body of a Fargo man who went missing in Arkansas while on his way to New Orleans has been found in a creek. 25-year-old Jordan Simeon had been missing since March 7 when his car broke down on I-40 near Little Rock. A body was found late last month about 200 yards from the interstate…
BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next Tuesday in the appeal of Salamah Pendleton. He was convicted in the May 2020 shooting death of Grand Forks officer Cody Holte along with his own mother, Lola Moore. Pendleton was convicted of firing at officers while they were serving eviction papers at his south Grand Forks apartment….
