GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – Police are investigating an early morning Independence Day robbery in Grand Forks. It happened around 4:00 on the 1800 block of 28th Avenue South. Authorities say the victim was going into an apartment complex when a man grabbed her purse from her shoulder and fled on a bike. The suspect is in his early 20s,…
VADNAIS HEIGHTS, Minn. (KVRR) — The bodies of three young children and a woman believed to be their mother have been recovered from a Minnesota lake. Authorities say the deaths are being investigated as a homicide. The chain of events began Friday morning when the father was found dead at a mobile home park in Maplewood, near Minneapolis. Police determined…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A high risk sex offender living at Centre Inc. in North Fargo is on the run. Thirty-six-year-old Ethan Bendickson is five feet 11 inches tall and weighs 190 pounds. He served more than five years in prison for a federal abusive sexual contact charge for having sex with a 15-year-old girl he knew. Bendickson is on…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Hector International Airport passengers should prepare for some delays as the TSA starts to install new security machines Tuesday The TSA is installing a new Computed Tomography system by creating 3D images of items in a carry-on bag. “I think people will enjoy is that you no longer need to remove your electronics. So, your phone,…
North Dakota’s vision zero program is helping to get you home safe this year from the Red River Valley Fair. With bigger acts this year taking the stage than ever before, including Jason Derulo and Tim McGraw, excitement is heating up. Fair officials are expecting the party to be huge. And if you plan to party with alcohol, you’ll need…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Andre Leshaun Darnell Strickland, 26, from Moorhead, was arrested on Wednesday, June 22. Strickland was wanted by the Fargo Police Department for his involvement in a shots fired incident in South Fargo June 19. He was arrested without incident in an apartment in Moorhead for Reckless Engenderment with a Weapon. Fargo Police Chief David Zibolski said,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — One of the two people involved in the death of a five-year-old girl on the Spirit Lake Reservation has been sentenced to life in prison. Chief Judge Peter Welte handed down the sentence to Erich Longie, Jr. of Tokio, North Dakota in federal court. Longie, Jr. plead guilty multiple felony charges involving First-Degree Felony Murder, Child…
MINNESOTA (KVRR) — Mark Ruffalo, Jackson Browne, Jane Fonda and more join Honor the Earth and other Indigenous leaders condemning the charges against more than 800 activists who were arrested one year ago for protesting the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline. “A lot of people support water protectors and a lot of people believe that water should be protected over the…
UPDATE: After meeting in executive session for many hours, the Fargo School Board voted 7-0 to fire Fargo South High School teacher Kevin Kennedy. Board Member Robin Nelson recused herself from the vote. The vote around 8:15 Tuesday evening was to uphold the administration’s recommendation for discharge for cause. Kennedy’s personnel file details accusations of inappropriate comments and contact with…
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. (KVRR) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations wants FBI involvement nearly two weeks after a possible hate crime where a woman attacked an East Grand Forks Mosque during morning prayer. Fifty-seven-year-old Suzette Gay Thompson of Thief River Falls is arrested on an arson charge and could face up to 20 years in prison and a $20,000…
