Author: TJ Nelson

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Entertainment, Local News, Minnesota News, North Dakota News

Concert Series: Two state-named bands are heading our way with Alabama and Kansas

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FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Alabama has been on the road for over 50 years and now they are coming back to North Dakota. You can catch the country legends along with Exile on Friday, April 17 at Scheels Arena in Fargo. The public on sale for tickets begins at 10 a.m. on Friday at Ticketmaster.com. From “Carry On Wayward Son”…

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Local News, Minnesota News, Politics / Elections

Motions to restrict I.C.E. access to public property in Moorhead are tabled and pushed to a workshop

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MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Moorhead City Council tables a motion to direct city staff to look into ways to restrict I.C.E. access to public property for staging areas. The item to draft such a policy was added this morning to the agenda by council members Nicole Mattson, Emily Moore and Deb White. They offered up a separate motion to look…

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Crime, Local News, Minnesota News

Woman given probation after pleading guilty to aiding an offender in fatal Moorhead shooting

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Abby FredricksonMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A psychiatrist who was charged as an accomplice in her then-boyfriend’s fatal drive-by shooting in Moorhead last April is sentenced to probation. 33-year-old Abby Fredrickson pleaded guilty last October to a single count of aiding an offender in the shooting death of 39-year-old James Hamilton by 35-year-old Jerome Thomas. Fredrickson was given a three-year “stayed…

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Business, Education, Health, North Dakota News

Federal initiative to transform diabetes care for seniors at UND

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Kouhyar Tavakolian, professor of Biomedical Engineering and director of UND’s Bioinnovation Zone, and graduate student Lina Bouakkaz demonstrate an AI device designed to predict and prevent serious diabetes-related complications. Photo by Joe Banish/UND Today.GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — UND has landed a major award to use AI to predict and prevent serious diabetes-related complications before they require emergency care. The…

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Crime, Local News, Minnesota News, Politics / Elections

Polk County, MN sheriff announces that he will retire at end of his second term

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CROOKSTON, Minn. (KVRR) — Polk County Sheriff Jim Tadman has announced that he will not seek another term in office. In a media release, Tadman says he will retire at the end of his current term in January 2027 with over 38 years of service with Polk County Sheriff’s Office. He was first elected sheriff in 2018 and re-elected in…

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Crime, Local News, North Dakota News, South Dakota News

Former West Fargo police chief has high profile role in Guthrie investigation in Arizona

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TUCSON, Ariz. (KVRR) — There is a familiar name and face involved in investigating the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, Arizona, the mother of NBC Today co-anchor Savanna Guthrie. Heith Janke is the FBI Special Agent In Charge of the investigation out of the Phoenix office. Janke is the former police chief in West Fargo. He applied for the…

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Crime, Local News, North Dakota News

Former West Fargo church business manager indicted for embezzling over $600,000

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FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A former business manager for Faith Journey Lutheran Church in West Fargo is accused in federal court of embezzling over $600,000. Carly Tufte has been indicted on five counts of bank fraud and one count of access device fraud. Court documents show the alleged thefts happened between April 2019 and December 2024. Tufte is accused of…

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