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It’s a nighttime event coming up you’re sure to want to put on your pas-de-deux list. Dancing with the Doctors is coming up next Tuesday, September 18th, and it couldn’t come in a more timely fashion. Fargo police just announced that the number of overdoses, including one fatality, in the last 6 weeks is equal to the total number they’ve…

Fargo Police K9 Falco helps catch two suspects overnight

FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) – Two people were arrested in Fargo in separate incidents with credit to police K9 Falco. Police say shortly before 1 a.m. Thursday, a man who led authorities in Clay County on a pursuit crossed in Fargo and abandoned his vehicle on 25th Street South, near I-94 and ran on foot. Falco tracked the suspect to where…

Fargo Man Sentenced In Child Pornography Case

Damian Olvera was sentenced on charges of possession of materials containing child pornography and receipt of materials containing child pornography.

Fargo, N.D. – A 26-year-old Fargo man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison on child pornography charges. Damian Olvera was sentenced on charges of possession of materials containing child pornography and receipt of materials containing child pornography. He was also sentenced to 15 years of supervised release and ordered to pay $200 in special assessments to the Crime…

Two Different People Arrested, One Person Released in Connection With Fatal Stabbing at AmericInn

21-year-old Alan Bear was originally arrested for the murder of 23-year-old Jakob Dirks

FARGO, N.D. — Fargo police got a call around 2:30 a.m. Saturday that a man was in the hallway of the I-94 AmericInn hotel with a firearm. But that’s not what they found. “When officers arrived, they found a male victim, later identified as Jakob Dirks, 23 years old, lying in one of the hallways,” said deputy chief Joe Anderson,…

Homicide Suspect Freed, Two Others Charged in Saturday Incident

Investigators say 21-year-old Alan Bear was acting in self -defense when he stabbed 23-year-old Jakob Dirks in the abdomen.

FARGO, ND — A Cooperstown, ND man arrested for murder in the stabbing death of a man at the AmericInn in Fargo early Saturday has been released from jail without charges. Investigators say 21-year-old Alan Bear was acting in self -defense when he stabbed 23-year-old Jakob Dirks in the abdomen. The West Fargo man was found by police in a…

Woman Arrested For Gun Incident At Moorhead Buffalo Wild Wings

Police responded to a call around 7:30 p.m. Sunday about a suicidal woman with a handgun inside the bar, telling people to evacuate the building.

MOORHEAD, MINN. (KFGO) – A Fargo woman was arrested for a gun incident at the Moorhead Buffalo Wild Wings. Police responded to a call around 7:30 p.m. Sunday about a suicidal woman with a handgun inside the bar, telling people to evacuate the building. Some customers and staff did get out but police who arrived learned the woman was still…

BREAKING NEWS: Buffalo Wild Wing Customers are Evacuated in Moorhead After Witnesses Say Woman May Have Had a Gun

Customers we're allowed back in the restaurant about 40 minutes after being evacuated

MOORHEAD, Minn. — A disturbance at Buffalo Wild Wings in Moorhead led to the evacuation of the restaurant. According to witnesses inside the restaurant at the time, the wait staff informed each table that there were concerns about a woman drinking and that she possibly had a gun. The guests were ushered outside while authorities were called. At one point, four…

One Man Killed, Two Arrested after Early Morning Stabbing Incident in Fargo

21-year-old Alan Bear arrested for Class AA Murder after apparent stabbing at AmericInn

FARGO, N.D. — A man was killed and two brothers were arrested following a stabbing at a Fargo hotel. Fargo Police responded to a disturbance at the AmericInn around 2:30 this morning. There, officers found a man laying in the hallway with an apparent stab wound to his torso. The man, identified as 23-year-old Jakob Dirks of West Fargo, later died…

Glyndon Police Investigate Burglary and Sexual Assault

The family was asleep but a parent woke up and confronted the intruder in the kitchen, who fled the home.

GLYNDON, MINN. (KFGO) – Glyndon Police Chief Mike Cline tells KFGO News, a man broke into a mobile home shortly after 1 a.m. Friday and during the burglary, a minor was sexually assaulted. The family was asleep but a parent woke up and confronted the intruder in the kitchen, who fled the home. Cline says a perimeter was set up…

Jamestown Armed Robbery Suspect Arrested

UPDATE: Police say Travis Allcock was arrested in Clay County Friday morning. A time and exact location of where it happened wasn’t given by police. JAMESTOWN, N.D. – Police identify the suspect of the armed robbery of a Jamestown truck stop. Police are looking for 34-year-old Travis Allcock of Valley City. He’s five feet ten inches tall and weighs two hundred pounds….