FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo teen is sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for conspiracy to tamper with a witness. 19-year-old Daniel Cisse was sentenced by Chief District Judge Peter Welte. He pleaded guilty last September for his role in assaulting a federal witness in the Cass County jail on January 14th, 2023. Cisse and others were trying…
THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) — A Thief River Falls woman is accused of setting her apartment on fire early Tuesday after a night out drinking. 33-year-old Misty Myhrer is charged with arson in the 1st degree. Her boyfriend called police and told them his girlfriend “lit the place on fire” and that the fire was out and she was…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Fargo woman has been charged with theft after being accused of stealing over eighty thousand dollars from her employer. According to court documents, Kelly Tweiten transferred money into her personal banking account, and wrote fraudulent checks to herself from Dietrich Homes. That’s where she worked as a financial manager. The owner of the business noticed…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Margaret Chutich, the first openly gay justice on the state’s highest court, announced her retirement Tuesday. Chutich was appointed by former Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton to the Minnesota Court of Appeals in 2012 and to the Minnesota Supreme Court in 2016, then elected in 2018. Her resignation gives Democratic Gov. Tim Walz two…
POLK COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Winger, Minnesota teen is charged with attempted murder and assault after a bar fight stabbing in McIntosh, about a half hour north of Mahnomen. Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested 19-year-old Jayden Ray early Sunday morning in connection to the incident. They were called to Little Bobby’s Bar and Grill just after midnight and found…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Police in West Fargo catch a burglary suspect in the act. They had to track down 29-year-old Christopher Wilkie of West Fargo after he ran into the salvage yard at West Fargo Self Service Auto Parts around 7 this morning. A K-9 and drone were used to search the salvage yard and Wilkie was eventually…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A man who threatened a shooting at Heritage Middle School in Horace changes his plea to guilty to terrorizing. 35-year-old James Donnelly was sentenced earlier this month to five years in prison. Local authorities were tipped off by the FBI about Donnelly, who has no permanent address. He was arrested at a Fargo hotel two days…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — The Northeast Central Judicial District has a new judge. Gov. Doug Burgum has appointed Grand Forks attorney Theodore “Ted” Sandberg to the bench. Sandberg has practiced law for over 25 years and is currently senior partner at his firm of Olson, Juntunen, Sandberg, Boettner & Cobb Ltd. concentrating on criminal defense and general litigation. He earned…
CLOQUET, Minn. (KVRR/FOX21) — The names of those involved in a deadly shooting at Super 8 in Cloquet, Minnesota on Monday night have been released by authorities. Cloquet Police identify the shooter as 32-year-old Nicholas Lenius of Ramsey, Minnesota. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police say Lenius fatally 22-year-old hotel clerk Shelby Trettel of Cloquet and a man…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR) — The Wahpeton man accused in a fatal hit-and-run in October has entered not guilty pleas in court. 53-year-old Chad Olson on Monday pleaded not guilty to criminal vehicular homicide and duty in accident involving death. Olson is accused of being behind the wheel when 20-year-old Bailey Bernstein was hit while walking with her mom in Wahpeton….
