Author: TJ Nelson

Standoff ends peacefully after 10 hours in Jamestown with arrest, minor child is safe

Courtesy: NewsDakota(UPDATE) 30-year-old Jacob Schmitt of Jamestown was arrested on suspicion of terrorizing. Formal charges are pending. JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KVRR) — A man has been arrested after barricading himself and a two-year-old child in a home in Jamestown for 10 hours. Police say they responded to a domestic violence incident in Western Park Village around 2 a.m. They say the…

Concert Series: Sweet Carolina sounds from Parmalee coming to Shooting Star Casino

MAHNOMEN, Minn. (KVRR) — The Carolina boys are headed North. Parmalee will put on a concert at Shooting Star Casino on Friday, September 26. You can hear all their hits from “Just the Way” to “Carolina.” Tickets range from $38 to $72 and will go on sale on Monday, June 30 online at StarCasino.com. Categories: Entertainment, Local News, Minnesota News…

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,…