NORTH DAKOTA — January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month, and organizers in North Dakota are helping inform the public of the severity of the issue. “When you look at human trafficking it’s a criminal act, and it’s also what we call human rights violations,” ND Human Trafficking Taskforce’s Dr. Analena M. Lunde said. Human trafficking affects many people, and the…
NORTH DAKOTA — Twenty six people are charged in what is being called an unprecedented drug distribution enterprise on Indian country in North Dakota. Operation Blue Prairie is the investigation into a large drug ring taking place on North Dakota’s Spirit Lake, Turtle Mountain and Fort Berthold Indian Reservations since 2015. “It was the objective of this conspiracy to target…
FARGO, N.D. — A Fargo man with no permanent address is arrested in a robbery and string of vehicle thefts last month. Police say 24-year-old Lucas Kulberg took unlocked vehicles with keys left inside. They say he committed a robbery while using a vehicle he stole and left it unlocked with the key inside. Kulberg was arrested January 2nd for…
FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – Thieves using a pickup and a chain have made off with two ATMs in three North Dakota counties in recent weeks. There was another attempt to pull a cash machine out of the entrance to a bank in Arthur while a cutting torch was used to break into an ATM in Buffalo. Cass County Sheriff Jesse Jahner…
Calls to remove President Trump from office on the grounds he’s unfit to lead are coming now from his own political party. But political scientists here at home say invoking the 25th Amendment might not be seen as worth it, with just 13 days to go to the end of the Trump Administration. Republicans and Democrats in both the House…
FARGO, N.D. – A statement from the City of Fargo says Fargo Police is monitoring “credible threats and suspicious behavior” related to protestors storming the U.S. Capitol. Mayor Dr. Tim Mahoney and Police Chief David Zibolski have been in contact “to ensure readiness.” The chief has also been communicating with the FBI “in a proactive measure to ensure local law…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo man that took part in a riot last year pleaded guilty is U.S. District Court to Civil Disorder. Thirty-one-year-old Errick Toa, originally from California, was seen on video stomping on the windshield of an occupied police vehicle. The protests took place in May after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. They started off…
FARGO (KVRR) – One of two men serving life sentences for the murders of a North Dakota U.S. Marshal and a deputy marshal wants to be released from prison because of health issues. Sixty-seven-year-old Scott Faul has been in federal custody since 1983. Faul, along with tax protester Gordon Kahl and Kahl’s son, Yorie, were involved in a shootout with…
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) – A man is jailed, accused of intentionally setting a fire outside Essentia Hospital in Fargo. Police and firefighters responded to a call around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday where they found a burning garbage can next to the Emergency Department entrance on the east side of the hospital. The fire was quickly put out however smoke filled the…
MAPLEWOOD, Minn. – A Twin Cities-area man accused of pointing a gun at a fitness club manager after complaining that members were exercising without masks was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. Sixty-four-year-old Michael Florhaug was arrested following the incident Thursday at LA Fitness in Maplewood. Prosecutors say assistant manager Mike Olson, who thought Florhaug was going to shoot…
