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LIVE: Remembering the Sacrifice With 9/11 Stair Climb

The annual tradition for firefighters throughout the metro on the anniversary of the terror attacks.

September 11, 2023

Emily Welker,

WEST FARGO — Today marks 22 years since the tragedies of 9/11 took place. The terror attacks on the U.S. that used passenger airlines to strike the World Trade Center and the Pentagon claimed the lives of over 3,000 people. That included more than 400 police officers and fire fighters. Each year firefighters all over the U.S., including here in…

Four more plead guilty in Feeding Our Future scam

September 9, 2023

Site Staff,

Documents seized as part of investigation. (FBI)MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR/KFGO) — Four more people plead guilty for their roles in the $250 million Feeding our Future fraud scheme in Minnesota, according to U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger. Prosecutors say two defendants – 54-year-old Qamar Hassan of Brooklyn Park and 62-year-old Sahra Nur of St. Anthony – and their co-conspirators each received $16.5 million…

Federal Courthouse Fargo Us Marshals Service Photo

2 siblings sentenced in N.D. fentanyl probe, 5 fugitives remain

September 9, 2023

Site Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Two siblings were sentenced in federal court this week for their part in a sprawling operation that prosecutors say trafficked fentanyl from China to the U.S. and Canada, some of the last cases stemming from an investigation into the overdose death of an 18-year-old in North Dakota. U.S. Chief District Judge Peter Welte sentenced Marie Um,…

Mother charged with shooting son with BB gun

September 8, 2023

Site Staff,

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Becida woman is charged with malicious punishment of a child and domestic assault after deputies responded to a report that a 9-year-old boy had been shot with a BB gun. Hubbard County deputies spoke with the child and his father. The investigation determined the boy and his brother were wrestling when one of them…

Fargo man arrested after multiple warrants were served at apartment complex

September 8, 2023

Site Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo man is arrested after police and law enforcement served a series of search warrants at an apartment in the 700 block of 23rd St. S early Friday morning. 32-year-old Rex Dweh was arrested for having drugs with intent to deliver on two open warrants. Police say a gun and 134 suspected fentanyl pills were…

Man sentenced to 5 years for running down, killing man after North Dakota street dance

September 8, 2023

Site Staff,

CARRINGTON, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A case that captured national attention last fall came to a close in Foster County Friday when a judge sentenced 41-year-old Shannon Brandt to five years in state prison for hitting and killing 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson with his SUV after a street dance in the small town of McHenry last year. Brandt will get credit for…

Search warrant for drugs leads to two under arrest

September 8, 2023

Site Staff,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KFGO/KVRR) — A search warrant has led to arrests and a seizure of drugs in Moorhead. Police say detectives conducted a search in the 1200 block of Belsly Boulevard Wednesday and found more than 1300 M30 fentanyl pills. They say the street value of the drugs was $13,000. They also took $2,700 in cash. Two children were also…

Woman jailed on drug charges after search of her home

September 8, 2023

Site Staff,

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Fergus Falls woman is arrested on various drug charges after police began investigating suspicious activity at her home in April. 33-year-old Dilfa Munguia was arrested Tuesday and is being held in the Otter Tail County Jail. The complaint says an investigator noticed cars coming and going from her home. Over two days, about 25…

Officer Andrew Dotas discusses impact of July 14th shooting

September 7, 2023

KVRR Staff,

FARGO N.D. (KVRR) – Fargo Police Department has done an interview with Officer Andrew Dotas and it has been released to media by the City of Fargo. Dotas was seriously injured during the deadly July 14 ambush on officers. Officer Jake Wallin died in the shooting. Dotas and Officer Tyler Hawes were in critical condition and spent weeks in the…

The deaths of three people at Minnesota resort were a murder-suicide, prosecutor says

September 7, 2023

KVRR Staff,

BREEZY POINT, Minn. (AP) — The deaths of three people at a northern Minnesota resort were a murder-suicide, authorities said Thursday. Investigators concluded that Michael Charles Toner, 59, of Maple Grove, shot his partner, Melanie Michele Jansen, 54, of Maple Grove, and her daughter, Hannah Nicole Parmenter, 29, of Elk River, before shooting himself in the head, Crow Wing County Attorney Donald…