GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — An Emerado, North Dakota man is sentenced after pleading guilty to attempted murder and other charges. A judge in Grand Forks gave Alexander Stewart four years behind bars. Stewart was arrested in September 2023 after attacking a woman who he allegedy dragged, choked and threatened to kill. He also pleaded guilty to all charges including…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The former complex that housed The Biltmore on Main and O’Kelly’s is starting to come down. The entire structure at 3800 Main Avenue in Fargo is being demolished. The city approved the permit just last Monday. Both businesses closed on August 31. The Gateway Auto Group purchased the property a couple of months ago for an…
Time is running out for a big winner in the Minnesota Millionaire Raffle. With only two weeks to go before the end of the year, one of the two tickets worth $1 million has still not been claimed. The ticket was purchased at Coborn’s in Delano for the drawing on January 1, 2024. Winners have one year to claim their…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Kelly Armstrong is now the 34th governor of North Dakota, assuming the office today after taking the oath of Friday. He was joined by his wife Kjersti and their kids Anna and Eli along with other family members and outgoing governor and first lady Doug and Kathryn Burgum. Secretary of State Michael Howe administered the oath…
ST. PAUL (KVRR) — Attorney General Keith Ellison of Minnesota files suit against gun manufacturer Glock over its pistol “switch” conversion capability. The civil lawsuit claims Glock was aware since the 1980s that the design of its pistols allowed for easy modification to make the weapon function like a fully automatic firearm. The attorney general says Glock promotes automatic weapons…
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. (KVRR) — People are out of their home in East Grand Forks after a fire in the attic. East Grand Forks Fire Department was sent to the house fire on the 500 block of 3rd Avenue Northeast around 10 a.m. Crews found a small fire in the attic of a back bedroom and quickly put it…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo man is arrested for DUI after causing a chain-reaction crash on I-94 in Fargo during evening rush hour traffic. North Dakota Highway Patrol says 40-year-old Benjamin Hannig merged onto the interstate around 5:30 p.m. and accelerated, failing to see stopped vehicles in front of him. He rear-ended one vehicle sending it crashing into another…
ROTHSAY, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A former Rothsay, Minnesota city clerk is charged with ten counts of theft and accused of stealing over $48,000 from the city. 37-year-old Lisa Zimmerman is accused of taking cash utility payments and not depositing them into city accounts. City leaders told law enforcement that they noticed a drop in utility deposits starting in September 2019,…
MENAHGA, Minn. (KVRR) — Fire breaks out in the paint room at Noffsinger North Manufacturing in Menahga, Minnesota. A worker called dispatch late yesterday afternoon to report that the building was on fire. Everyone got out safely. Fire crews from Menahga, Sebeka and Park Rapids arrived to thick, black smoke coming from a garage door with flames shooting through a…
EAST GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — This is the last “Taco Tuesday” at Red Pepper East in East Grand Forks. The restaurant is closing for good at the end of the day after 30 years. They are only accepting cash today. A social media post says the owner, Vicki Ryan, died in June and the current operators decided to close…
