POLK CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Polk County Sheriff’s Office says clothes left next to a wood stove set off a fire that destroyed a detached storage shed and damaged a nearby vehicle. It was reported just before noon on Saturday at 40333 270th Street Southeast in Section 35 of Gully Township near the City of Gully. Gonvick Fire Department and Oklee…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A man wanted for murder in Shelby County, Tennessee is caught in Fargo. The Metro Street Crimes Unit learned a warrant was out for 31-year-old Kezo Johnson and worked through the night to track him down on Friday. Johnson, who has no permanent address, was arrested at a home in the 1100 block of 22nd Street…
POLK CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A man suffers non-life threatening injuries in a hunting accident this morning in Polk County. According to the sheriff’s office, it was after 10 a.m. when an officer responded to the area of Highway 2 and 380th Avenue SW for a report of a hunter with a gunshot wound. First responders arrived on scene and…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — With some more fresh snow in the FM Metro the roads have become slick. Police in Fargo are asking drivers to slow down and increase the distance between vehicles. They responded to 11 crashes Saturday morning in a four and a half hour period. While the major roads have been plowed, a sheet of ice remains…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Income tax relief is coming for roughly half a million North Dakotans. Gov. Doug Burgum signs legislation to provide an estimated $211 million in income tax relief over the next two years. The legislation will eliminate the state income tax bill for around 300,000 people and provide partial relief to another 200,000 taxpayers. The relief is…
MCALLEN, TX (KVRR) — Republican North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer is talking about his recent visit to the southern border. “I saw a lot of things and much of what I saw sort of I would have to say just verified what I had already heard,” said Cramer. “But, there’s no way to really understand the severity of the problem…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — North Dakota Republican Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer are joining around 40 other Republican senators to challenge President Biden’s expected order requiring large employers to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations. The ranking member of the Senate committee on employment and workforce safety, Sen. Mike Braun of Indiana, is leading the charge. They will use the Congressional Review…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A Detroit Lakes man pleads guilty to robbing a convenience store on the White Earth Indian Reservation. According to court documents, 33-year-old Levi Jerome entered the store last November with a rifle. Jerome pointed it at the store clerk and demanded she open the cash register. He got away with around $2,250 in cash from the register and…
LAKE PARK, Minn. (KVRR) — People in the Lake Park Audubon Public Schools district are voting on a nearly $23 million bond referendum. There are two questions on the ballot: the first would use over $21 million to improve the elementary school. The second question is for $1.3 million to provide more space for Career and Technical Education. It is…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo City Commission agrees to move ahead with the transfer of a liquor license at the soon to be former Africa International Restaurant and Nightclub. But not before an in-depth debate about when the license should be transferred to the new owners, 518 Properties. By a three to two vote, with Commissioners John Strand and Tony…
