BEULAH, N.D. (KVRR) — A signing ceremony is held to celebrate Talon Metals securing a site for its proposed Beulah Minerals Processing Facility. It’s on the former Westmoreland Mining coal mine near Beulah, about an hour northwest of Bismarck. The facility will process high-grade nickel and copper ore from the Tamarack mine in Minnesota and other sources to produce minerals…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo City Commissioners vote to advance the plans for using the 1/4 cent sales tax for public safety by a vote of 4-1, even though dozens of firefighters are not on board. When Commissioner Michelle Turnberg asked the nearly two dozen firefighters in attendance how many were happy with the proposal, no one raised their hand….
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A man with a nationwide warrant for failing to register as a sex offender is arrested in West Fargo after a traffic stop and foot chase. Police tried to stop 34-year-old Jonathan Grabowski around 9:45 this morning for a traffic violation in the 500 block of 17th Street East. As officers approached, Grabowski got out…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — 31-year-old Dominic Lilly of Fargo is sentenced to 20 years in prison for the continued sexual assault of a teen boy. Lilly amended his plea to guilty to five counts of gross sexual imposition back in December. He also plead guilty to transfer of body fluid that may contain HIV, luring minors by computer and contributing…
OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR) — An RV goes up in flames south of Ottertail and Long Lake and is considered a total loss. Otter Tail Dispatch got the call Friday night around 8:30 to the 45 thousand block of Cozy Oak Drive. Deputies along with Ottertail and Henning Fire Departments arrived to put out the fire. They say an…
UPDATE: Fargo Police have identified the deceased man found by a fisherman in Oak Grove Park as 28-year-old Aaron Brook Hadley. Hadley had no permanent address. The police are working with the Cass County Coroner’s Office and Medical Examiner to determine a cause of death, and it remains under investigation. FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — An unresponsive man is found by…
St. Paul / Friday, May 23ST. PAUL (KVRR) –Working groups at the capitol in St. Paul are off this holiday weekend and will return on Tuesday to push through the final budget bills. “Mr. Chairman we will not be meeting over the weekend. Um, we will meet again on Tuesday and we’ll let you know when,” Sen. Ann Rest, a…
Washington, D.C. (KVRR) — Kirsten Baesler’s nomination to serve as U.S. Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education has advanced to the full Senate. Her nomination was advanced after a vote on seven of President Trump’s nominees by a vote of 12-11 by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. A date for the final confirmation vote in the…
Sen. Erin Murphy/(D) Senate Majority LeaderST. PAUL (KVRR/FOX9) — Gov. Tim Walz has still not called for a special session to finish up budget work in Minnesota. That’s because working groups are still trying to iron out differences on a number of budget bills including education and taxes. Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy says they have ironed out many of…
CASS CO., N.D. (KVRR) — The man who died in rural Chaffee, North Dakota after a vehicle fell on top of him has been identified as 68-year-old Andrew Grant of Fargo. First responders were called out to the residence just before 5 p.m. on Tuesday. Grant was pronounced dead at the scene. The initial investigation shows that the devices used…
