GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – The City of Grand Forks declares a snow emergency for Monday Jan. 31 to clear snow on certain streets. It effects areas from the 1700 to 2400 blocks of South 34th Street and the 300 to 13 hundred block of Belmont road from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Vehicles left on those streets will get…
BISMARCK, N.D. – Gov. Doug Burgum has appointed Pat Bertagnolli of Watford City to serve as executive director of Job Service North Dakota. Burgum cited his background in workforce recruitment in both the public and private sectors. Bertagnolli begins his new job on Feb. 21. He will be paid $160,000 annually. Bertagnolli replaces Workforce Safety & Insurance Director Bryan Klipfel,…
Troy MaynardFARGO, N.D. (KFGO) – A homeless man who said he robbed the Downtown Fargo Wells Fargo said he came to Fargo from Omaha by bus specifically to rob a bank. Fifty-seven-year-old Troy Maynard has been charged with robbery and theft. He told police he wanted to rob a bank in a city where no one knows him so he…
DULUTH, Minn. – Members of a drug-trafficking organization have been charged with transporting and distributing fentanyl and heroin in northern Minnesota. Duluth police say that between June and December of 2021, traffickers brought large amounts of drugs from Illinois to midlevel dealers and consumers in Carlton and St. Louis counties. Fourteen people have been arrested and warrants have been issued…
Mark Wilf/Vikings President & Kwesi Adofo-Mensah/Vikings GM EAGAN, Minn. (KVRR) — A new era for the Minnesota Vikings begins as Kwesi Adofo-Mensah is introduced as the team’s new general manager. The 40-year-old coming to Minnesota on a 4-year deal, reportedly worth $12 million. The new GM got a little emotional talking about his family. “Sorry I didn’t think I was…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – A Moorhead convenience store is honored for $1 million in lottery sales in one year for the first time in 2021. Oasis C Store is along 57th Avenue North near the Red River. It joins 22 other retailers in Minnesota that sold more than $1 million in lottery tickets and scratch offs for the first time….
EMERSON, MB (KVRR) — Royal Canadian Mounted Police release the identities of four people found frozen to death near Emerson, Manitoba last week. Members of the Patel family range in age from 3 to 39. Jagdish Baldevbhai Patel, a 39-year-old man, Vaishaliben Jagdishkumar Patel, a 37-year-old woman, Vihangi Jagdishkumar Patel, an 11-year-old girl, and Dharmik Jagdishkumar Patel, a three-year-old boy….
FARGO – Seven people accused of illegally entering the U.S. near the Minnesota-North Dakota border in a human smuggling case that left four dead have been released pending deportation hearings in front of an immigration judge. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officials said Thursday that six of the migrants were placed under supervision and one was released for humanitarian purposes….
Gov. Doug Burgum & Rick TabishFARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Gov. Doug Burgum’s office is defending the governor’s relationship with the president of a company that plans to build a nearly $2 billion bitcoin mining data center near Williston. Rick Tabish has an extensive criminal background in Nevada. Tabish, of Missoula, Montana-based FX Solutions, was convicted of killing casino executive Ted Binion…
WYNDMERE, N.D (KVRR-KFGO) – Fire destroyed a home in Richland County early Thursday. County Emergency Management Director Brett Lambrecht says the fire was reported shortly before 4:00 a.m. at the residence located 5 miles southeast of Wyndmere. Two adults and three children were able to escape without injury. Lambrecht says the home is a total loss. The fire chief says…
