BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Cazmere Haskins who claimed his sentence for a deadly stabbing in 2024 was cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment. In December 2024, Haskins changed his plea to guilty for the murder of 24-year-old Anfernee Economy of Grand Forks and was sentenced to 40 years in…
GARDNER, N.D. (KFGO) – A Gardner, North Dakota man is charged after allegedly kidnapping a young girl and sexually assaulting her. Kaleb Chase, 34, is charged with four counts of gross sexual imposition, possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, and two counts of unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. A detective was called just before 5 a.m. on Tuesday, March 31…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Grand Forks man who is accused of exchanging sexually explicit videos with minors. Noah Habeck, 27, is charged with two counts of luring minors by computer and two counts of possession of certain materials prohibited. North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation received three cyber tips…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A West Fargo man convicted in December for sexually abusing a young girl is sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole. 31-year-old Nicolas Wika was found guilty on three counts of gross sexual imposition of a victim under 15-years-old. According to court documents, the investigation started after someone contacted police saying a 7-year-old…
Teyana Gibson Brown, standing in her doorway, wife of Garrison Gibson, reacts after a federal immigration officer used a battering ram to break down a door before arresting her husband, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR/FOX9) — More than 3,700 immigrants were arrested by ICE in Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge. That’s according to agency data obtained by the…
BECKER CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Becker County Sheriff’s Office has released the identities of two people found shot to death in Holmesville Township, northeast of Detroit Lakes on Monday. They are 45-year-old Gene Bartnes and his son, 3-year-old Koltyn Bartnes, both of Detroit Lakes. Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled Koltyn’s death a homicide and Gene’s death a suicide….
GARDNER, N.D. (KVRR) — A Gardner, North Dakota man is arrested after an alleged sexual assault of a juvenile victim. The victim identified the suspect as 34-year-old Kaleb Chase. Cass County deputies responded around 4:45 this morning to the small town about 20 miles north of Fargo. Chase didn’t come out of the home until 7:30 a.m. and he was…
Rep. Walter Hudson listens to testimony at a public safety hearing at the Minnesota State Capitol Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) —When Rep. Elliott Engen, R-White Bear Township, was arrested on suspicion of driving while impaired early Friday, one passenger in his care was Rep. Walter Hudson, who was also impaired and in…
Lee Henry Smith, 43. Courtesy Cass County Jail.WEST FARGO — The West Fargo Police Department says they have arrested a man outside Cheney Middle School Tuesday morning, March 31. According to West Fargo police, at around 8:15 a.m., they attempted to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation at the intersection of Ninth Street East and 13th Avenue East. Police…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A man was shot and injured in an incident in Fargo that is still under police investigation. The FPD says that just after 6:00 A.M. on Sunday, March 29, they responded to the 1500 block of 16 1/2 Street South and located a man suffering from a gunshot wound. That man was taken to a hospital….
