Crime

Moorhead Area Public Schools add new School Resource Officer to Career Academy

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Moorhead Area Public Schools is adding another School Resource Officer to improve safety. Officer Beth Jutting will join the district’s SRO team next week and will be based at Moorhead High School Career Academy. “We are grateful for our strong partnership with the Moorhead Police Department and are pleased to welcome Officer Jutting as an added…

SWAT team assists in Moorhead high-risk, no-knock search warrant arrest

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) –A Moorhead man is arrested during a high-risk, no-knock search warrant. The Red River Valley SWAT Team assisted the Moorhead Police Department and the Metro Street Crimes Unit at an apartment building in the 1900 block of 18th Avenue South around 4 p.m. They arrested 43-year-old James Schaan. He was taken into custody without incident. Schaan was…

Police identify woman killed in Grand Forks hostage situation

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) –The woman shot and killed by an officer during a hostage situation in Grand Forks on Friday night has been identified as 47-year-old Alice Nesdahl of Larimore, North Dakota. Grand Forks County Sheriff’s Office says she was shot by Deputy Cameron Bridger. Police were called to an apartment at 1426 10th Avenue North when Nesdahl said…

West Fargo officer arrested for DUI over the weekend

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A West Fargo police officer is arrested for DUI and now an internal investigation is underway. The department says 23-year-old Officer Luke Schany was arrested during the early Sunday morning by the Cass County Sheriff’s Office after responding toa single-vehicle accident. The report says the vehicle had veered off the road and slid into a…

Homeless man sentenced in Grand Forks beating death

Donald Bartlette and Nicholas Wride-ArnoldGRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A man convicted of beating another man to death in Grand Forks has been sentenced to ten years in prison. In August, Donald Bartlette was found guilty of manslaughter in the October 2024 death of Anthony Kiehl. He was given credit for 409 days already served in jail. Court records say Kiehl suffered…

DFL stands by Northland party official charged with vehicular homicide

A photo of Martin’s car taken by State Patrol troopers at her Grand Rapids home on July 4, 2024. Screenshot from court documents.ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — An influential Democratic-Farmer-Labor official in northern Minnesota has roiled the party by declining to resign as chair of Congressional District 8 despite being charged with criminal vehicular homicide. The incident has split…

Jury finds West Fargo man guilty of child sex abuse

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A West Fargo man has been convicted of sexually abusing a young girl. Nicolas Wika was charged with three counts of gross sexual imposition of a victim under 15-years-old. A felony jury trial concluded on Friday, Dec. 5 and Wika was found guilty on all three counts. Wika was arrested in July after detectives executed a search warrant. According…

Officer, suspect struck in Superior, Wisconsin shootout

SUPERIOR, Wis. (KVRR/FOX 9) — In Superior, Wisconsin, a shootout between an officer and a suspect who then crashed into a school. Police responded to a domestic dispute after 2:30 in the morning. Officers stopped a vehicle driving they believed was connection to the incident. The driver got out of the vehicle and fired a semi-automatic rifle at police, hitting…

Woman fails to stop at Pembina Port of Entry, starting pursuit south on I-29

Courtesy: North Dakota Highway PatrolGRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A woman from Canada leads authorities on a pursuit after failing to stop at the Pembina Port of Entry. The U.S. Border Patrol requested assistance after a vehicle continued south on I-29. Troopers deployed tire deflation devices near Grand Forks, resulting in damage to the suspect vehicle’s tires. During the incident,…

Hostage Situation in Grand Forks Leads to Officer-Involved Shooting

The suspect in this case was struck by multiple rounds. She was taken to Altru for treatment. No information on her condition is available at this time.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – The Grand Forks Police Department says an officer was forced to discharge their weapon to resolve a hostage situation that developed at an apartment complex on the evening of December 5. Officials say dispatch received a call from a woman who informed them she was holding a man hostage inside a unit in the 1400…