ST. PAUL (KVRR/KFGO) — A jury has found a Fergus Falls man guilty in the shooting death of a woman in St. Paul. The verdict was read Friday after nearly 8 hours of deliberations over two days. 44-year-old Matthew Ecker was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of 32-year-old Alexandra Pennig at her apartment in December 2022. He originally…
BURNSVILLE, Minn. (FOX 9) — The City of Burnsville has released the identities of the police officers and firefighter-paramedic killed early this morning. The city says the gunman killed police officers Paul Elmstrand and Matthew Ruge and firefighter-paramedic Adam Finseth. A third police officer, Sgt. Adam Medlicott, was injured by gunfire. Sgt. Medlicott is being treated at a hospital and…
Former President Donald Trump attends the closing arguments in the Trump Organization civil fraud trial in New York. NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge ruled Friday against Donald Trump, imposing a $364 million penalty over what the judge ruled was a yearslong scheme to dupe banks and others with financial statements that inflated the former president’s wealth. Judge…
*WARNING: VIDEO IS DISTURBING* SARGENT CO., N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Forman, North Dakota teen is charged after another teen was set on fire in Sargent County last weekend. Sheriff Travis Paeper says 19-year-old Lance Tyler used a torch to light the 15-year-old male victim on fire after he was sprayed with brake cleaner at a party. It happened at a…
FORMAN, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A man has been charged with aggravated assault after a teen was lit on fire in Sargent County last weekend. Sheriff Travis Paeper says it happened at a farm shop Saturday night. Paeper says the 15-year-old victim was at a party when someone sprayed him with brake cleaner and Lance Tyler, of Forman, lit it on…
Christopher WilkieCASS CO., N.D. (KVRR) — Two people were arrested in that pursuit which started in Valley City just after 6 a.m. Police responded to Love’s Travel Stop for people acting suspiciously by entering and exiting the store numerous times. While officers were talking to the suspects, the driver fled in a stolen vehicle. Spike strips were used to stop…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Moorhead man is sentenced to eight years behind bars for holding a woman hostage in Fargo last February. In court on Monday, Hector Flores changed his plea to guilty to a number of charges including felonious restraint, fleeing a peace officer and domestic violence. Flores got 3 years on a criminal mischief charge and was…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Clitherall, Minnesota man reaches a plea deal and avoids a trial, which was supposed to start today, for a crash in June 2022 in Fargo that left one man dead. Shandi Cordner has pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment and sentenced to five years in jail. A charge of aggravated reckless driving was dropped. Cordner crashed…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KFGO) – The driver of a car that crashed into the front of the Calvary Community Church in Grand Forks Monday afternoon is facing a DUI charge, Grand Forks police say Issa Bawzer passed out driving on South Washington Street. Police say a passenger grabbed the wheel and turned onto the frontage road before striking the church…
Terrica Thompson & Christopher ButtsFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Red River Valley SWAT is called on to execute another high-risk search warrant in a fugitive investigation. Two people from Tennessee were arrested in the 1300 block of 5th Avenue North around 8 p.m. 35-year-old Terrica Thompson of Memphis was arrested for an outstanding warrant for Second-Degree Attempted Murder in Memphis. 41-year-old…
