ST. PAUL (KVRR/KFGO) — Making Minnesota schools safer is the idea behind the Shield Act. The bill is sponsored by Republican Rep. Elliott Engen of White Bear Township. He says it would provide funding for schools to set up security plans using technology like bullet-proof windows and doors, lockdown systems, and direct communication with law enforcement. Engen wants the grants…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A thirty-year prison sentence is given to the man found guilty of killing 60-year-old Terry Klevgaard in Moorhead in 2023. Robert Icanberry was found guilty of second-degree murder last month. Police found Klevgaard dead of “multiple sharp force injuries” in a Moorhead apartment in the 1800 block of 1st Avenue North on April 17, 2023. He…
THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) — Textron has set a date to shut down its manufacturing operations indefinitely at Arctic Cat in Thief River Falls. It’ll happen on May 22. The company says the around 400 employees who work through their specific completion date will be eligible to receive severance benefits before they are laid-off. They will complete limited production…
Leo DartoeFARGO, N.D. (KVRR)Â — A man arrested in Georgia in November for a Fargo homicide last summer was back in court in Fargo on Wednesday. Judge John Irby determined there is enough evidence in the case of Leo Dartoe to proceed to trial. Dartoe has pleaded not guilty. A trial date has not been set but another hearing is…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — TV and movie star David Cross is bringing his standup comedy tour to Fargo Theatre. You can catch the star of “Arrested Development”, “The Umbrella Academy”, “Men in Black 1 and 2” and “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” on Saturday, May 17. The show is for mature audiences only. Reserved seating is priced between $47…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — On the same day of another airplane mishap: a Southwest flight was forced to abort landing at Chicago’s Midway International Airport after a private plane crossed the runway, a bipartisan group of senators are working to get more air traffic control positions filled. They have introduced legislation to address staffing shortages and improve working conditions. It would…
GRAFTON, N.D. (KVRR) — The former longtime sheriff of Walsh County has died at 73. A Tollefson Funeral Home obituary shows Lauren Wild died on Thursday, February 20, just a week after his February 14 birthday. Wild started with the county sheriff’s office in 1989. He was the target of a recall election in April 2011 after he fired Deputy…
Faith Dixon & Charles DixonFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The trial for a local activist and her husband who are accused of theft is being pushed back to April. It was initially supposed to start this month, but a new lawyer has delayed things. Faith and Charles Dixon pleaded not guilty to the charges Monday during an arraignment in Bismarck-Mandan. Even…
Fargo Police Capt. Chris HelmickMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — The search for Moorhead’s next police chief is over. A conditional offer has been extended to Fargo Police Capt. Chris Helmick. He has served in law enforcement since 2001. Helmick graduated from MSUM and the FBI National Academy. He was one of four finalists announced last week to replace retiring Police Chief…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Sen. Kevin Cramer revealing on social media that he suffered a severe concussion, seizure and slight brain bleed on Sunday. Cramer says he slipped on ice at his Bismarck home while walking down a hill to his dock and fell hard. He says he didn’t remember anything from the fall until after arriving at Sanford Health…
