BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A former North Dakota state senator convicted of a child sex crime will be sentenced on March 26. Ray Holmberg, once one of the state’s most powerful lawmakers, pleaded guilty in August to one count of traveling abroad with the intent to have sex with adolescents under age 18. Holmberg’s sentencing hearing will take…
PEMBINA, ND (KVRR) – Officials on both sides of this US – Canada border say it is very secure at present, but they’re keen to take proactive steps to keep it that way. To that end – two new black hawk helicopters acquired by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police took to the skies on January 17th. In a news release,…
CASS COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) — A Cass County Jail Corrections Deputy gets arrested for DUI. The sheriff’s office says an internal investigation has been opened after Oliver Quiah was taken into custody around 2:30 this morning by the North Dakota Highway Patrol Quiah is assigned to the Cass County Jail as a Non-Licensed Corrections Deputy. He will be on paid…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A man involved in a pursuit with Fargo and West Fargo Police is arrested after ditching his vehicle and fleeing on foot. Officers were alerted that 27-year-old Anthony Frazier of Fargo was being chased into West Fargo around 5 a.m. Frazier eventually stopped in the 1500 block of Main Avenue and fled on foot. He…
WEST FARGO, N.D. – Two people are in custody after a traffic stop in West Fargo turned into a wild situation that even involved a foot chase. At approximately 10:34 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, the West Fargo Police Department attempted to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation in the 2600 block of Sheyenne Street. The driver of the vehicle…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — West Fargo Police arrest 55-year-old Shane Koenig after a short pursuit that ended with a PIT maneuver and pepperballs. An officer tried to stop Koenig for a traffic violation just after midnight but he fled. The chase headed north on Sheyenne Street and then west on 26th Avenue West where his vehicle was stopped. Koenig…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Austin Littlewind Jr. of Spirit Lake is sentenced to 16 years in prison for stabbing a man to death in 2023. Littlewind was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Fargo. The 22-year-old man had previously pleaded guilty to 2nd degree murder in Indian country. In November 2023, he stabbed a man to death in Fort Totten…
Thomas HumistonBELTRAMI CO., Minn (KVRR) — A man is arrested in Douglas County, Nevada for sex crimes that happened over the course of two years in Beltrami County, Minnesota and in Alpine County, California. Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office says 24-year-old Thomas Humiston was arrested in Nevada on January 30 for first degree criminal sexual conduct. An investigation revealed that Humiston…
Exterior of the North Dakota State Penitentiary on Feb. 4, 2025. Bills under consideration by state lawmakers aim to address crowding at state prisons and jails. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — When parole and probation officers have to try to collect fees from people on supervised release, “it puts both parties in a difficult situation,” said…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Police Officer Tyler Hawes is back on duty. He was seriously injured in the July 14, 2023 ambush on officers on 25th Street South in Fargo. A well-armed man opened fire on Hawes, Andrew Dotas, Zachary Robinson and Jake Wallin during a routine traffic crash investigation. Wallin was killed. “The return of Officer Hawes is…
