Crime

Reward offered for information on Audubon house fire

AUDUBON, Minn. (KVRR) – The Audubon Fire Department is asking for your help for information on a house they say was purposely set on fire with people inside. It happened around eleven Tuesday night at 320 Eagle Street. Someone inside the home saw someone start it on fire and called 911. When crews arrived, they saw flames coming out of…

Man douses Fargo home with gas threatening to burn it down

25 year old Tristan Olson was found nearby and arrested

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – People in South Fargo were woken up early Thursday morning when one of their neighbors threatened to burn down a house. First responders were called to a house on 1700 block of 13 ½ street which was initially described as a structure fire but later turned into a domestic dispute. “For a disturbance there was a…

Fargo City Commission advances hate crime ordinance proposals

If passed, the proposed ordinance could make anti-bias hate crimes punishable by up to $1,500 and could include a 30 day jail sentence.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo City Commissioners vote to continue pursuing an ordinance that would make hate crimes Class B misdemeanors. In a three to two vote Fargo city commissioners vote to move forward with a receiving and filing ordinance that would make anti-bias hate crimes punishable by up to $1,500 and could include a 30 day jail sentence. “It’s…

Man killed in shooting near Africa Nightclub identified

Fargo Police identify the victim as 28-year-old Dominque McNair.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Fargo Police identify the victim of a shooting outside the Africa International Restaurant and Nightclub as employee 28-year-old Dominque McNair who had no permanent address. “It’s a black on black crime. I feel like the community needs to come together as a group and do a peace walk because this is going to be just another…

Fargo Human Rights Groups Push For Hate Crimes Ordinance

"There's a federal law. There's no state law and there's no city law that would make a hate crime a criminal offense."

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo activist groups coming out to discuss the proposed hate crime ordinance. “Today was an opportunity to visit with the community about the upcoming ordinance. To provide the context of this ordinance. Why was it developed and the process going forward will be,” North Dakota Human Rights Coalition Organizer Barry Nelson said. Human rights groups come…

FBI describes investigation into Fargo courthouse suicide

"The investigation will entail trying to figure out how he got that weapon or object into the courtroom."

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The FBI investigates a courtroom suicide after a man slit his throat inside the Fargo U.S. District Courthouse. “An individual was in the courtroom and a guilty verdict had come back in one of the charges against him. The jury then left the courtroom and the individual pulled a sharp object and cut himself and died…