Crime

Scott Diamond appointed to East Central Judicial District judgeship in Fargo

Scott DiamondFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Gov. Kelly Armstrong has appointed Scott Diamond to take the place of Nick Chase as a judge in the East Central Judicial District chambered in Fargo. Diamond is a former prosecutor and current Judicial Referee. He also served five years as a city prosecutor in Fargo from 2008 to 2013 and as an alternate municipal…

Search for Isadora Wengel: Police ask for people in Fargo, Moorhead & West Fargo to check security camera footage

Isadora Wengel, Fargo PoliceFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Police are continuing to ask for help in the search for a missing West Fargo woman. Isadora Wengel, 25, was last seen by her father on December 31 near the 900 block of 3 1/2 Avenue East in West Fargo. She is 5’3″, approximately 175 pounds, with blonde hair and hazel eyes….

Justice Department sees no basis for civil rights probe in Minnesota ICE shooting, official says

Courtesy: FOX 9, ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis 01/07/26WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department does not believe there is currently any basis to open a criminal civil rights investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis, a top department official said Tuesday. The decision to keep the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division out of…

D’Angelo Hunt’s lawyer requests a 6-month delay in his murder and manslaughter trial

D’Angelo HuntFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The attorney for D’Angelo Hunt is requesting a six-month delay for his trial which is set to start on February 10 in U.S. District Court. Mark Meyer says he has not received any of the discovery which he is told is extensive and like nothing the assistant U.S. Attorney has seen before. Meyer is asking…

Assistant U.S. Attorney Thompson and five others resign from U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota

ST. PAUL (KVRR/FOX 9) — The face of Minnesota fraud investigations has resigned. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson is among six prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota who quit in the wake of a reported investigation into the widow of Renee Good, the woman shot and killed by an ICE agent last week. Thompson was the lead…

School threat investigated by Moorhead Police

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) –Moorhead Police Department is working with Moorhead Area Public Schools after a social media post suggested a potential threat to a school. The post was taken seriously, and both the police and school district immediately followed safety protocols. The student involved is not in school and will not return until the investigation is complete. Parents at Horizon…

Anti-ICE Protest at Proposed Data Center on Reports of Vice President’s Arrival

HARWOOD, N.D. —  A dozen or so anti-ICE protestors demonstrated at the site of a planned $3 billion AI data center after multiple reports of ICE enforcement sightings Monday in the metro. That’s after the metro-based activist group said online they were responding to rumors Vice President J.D. Vance had arrived in Fargo and would be touring the data center…

Homicide investigation underway at Sky Dancer Casino and Resort in Belcourt, ND

BELCOURT, N.D. (KVRR) — U.S. Attorney Nick Chase confirms that a homicide investigation is underway at Sky Dancer Casino and Resort in Belcourt, North Dakota. Local law enforcement and FBI are investigating the stabbing death of a woman at the hotel. A suspect is in custody. Rolette County Sheriff’s Office staff says they are not releasing additional information at this…