BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO) – Late Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem’s emails that were first thought to be lost forever have been released by the Attorney General’s office through an open records request from KFGO News after they were recovered. The 2,700-page document, released Wednesday, contains about 2,000 thousand emails from Stenehjem’s personal phone, but reveals little new information related to his…
FILE – MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell speaks to reporters outside federal court in Washington, June 24, 2021. On Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, a federal judge affirmed a $5 million arbitration award against the MyPillow chief executive in favor of a software engineer who challenged data that Lindell claims proves that China interfered in the U.S. 2020 elections and tipped…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A man accused of helping smuggle people across the U.S.-Canada border into Minnesota, including four members of an Indian family who froze to death in 2022, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to seven counts of human smuggling. Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, 28, who prosecutors say went by the alias “Dirty Harry,” entered his plea during a brief…
POLK CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Two men are arrested after a report of a burglary in progress in Belgium Township in Polk County. After a search around 6 a.m., the sheriff’s office arrested a 29-year-old man from Warren, Minnesota. A second suspect fled the scene but was arrested several hours later. That suspect is a 34-year-old man from Emerado, North…
DILWORTH, Minn. (KFGO) – The Dilworth City Council has voted 4-to-1 to make an offer to Milwaukee Police Lieutenant Justin Carloni to be next police chief. City Administrator Peyton Mastera is hopeful the city can negotiate a favorable employment agreement with Caloni. “Assuming we come to somewhat agreeable terms I would bring it to the commission for their consideration,” Mastera…
LARIMORE, N.D. (KVRR) — Names are released in Saturday’s homicide and officer involved shooting in Larimore, North Dakota. Grand Forks County Sheriff Andy Schneider says 64-year-old Jamey Holweger was shot to death in a home. The suspect, 43-year-old Troy Larson, had shot at Holweger and a woman at the residence early Saturday afternoon. The woman was able to escape to…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A man who got into a gunfight with police in Grand Forks is now facing a long list of charges including four counts of attempted murder. The SWAT team was attempting to execute a high risk search warrant on 30-year-old Jeffrey Simpson Jr.. It happened last Friday afternoon around 2:15 in the 3300 Block of…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A Moorhead woman is sentenced to 60 days in Clay County Jail for a hit and run last April that injured a 12-year-old boy. In January, 60-year-old Jacqueline Swanson changed her plea to guilty to criminal vehicular homicide, a second count was dropped. During her sentencing today, the judge gave Swanson 18 months in prison but…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Police in Moorhead identify the young child who died under suspicious circumstances as 3-year-old Eastyn Deronjic. The boy was taken to Sanford early Monday after he was found not breathing at 1502 Belsly Boulevard South in Moorhead. He was later pronounced dead. Police say the boy and his younger sibling had been staying at the address…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Two DUI arrests were made during the latest sobriety checkpoint in Fargo held early Saturday evening on the I-29 exit ramp onto 52nd Avenue South. One thousand vehicles traveled through the checkpoint. North Dakota Highway Patrol and Cass County Sheriff’s Office screened 13 drivers for impairment which resulted in the DUI arrests. One vehicle stopped prior…
