WASHINGTON (KVRR) – A Fargo woman has gotten a lot of praise in Washington, DC. A member of Senator John Hoeven’s staff took action while seeing a rabid fox on Capitol Hill on Monday that bit six people including Congressman Ami Bera of California. “At the last second I turned around and hit it with my trusty, rusty backpack here,…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Fargo School Board member Jennifer Benson, who has been disciplined and censured by her fellow board members twice during the second of her two terms, is running for the Fargo City Commission. Benson joins a crowded field of 13 candidates who have filed for the two spots up for election on the commission. The filing deadline for the…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Legislature has rushed through $1 million in emergency funding to bolster the fight against bird flu. The highly contagious disease has cost the state’s turkey farmers more than 1 million birds so far. Senate Agriculture Chairman Torrey Westrom pointed out before the unanimous vote in the Senate and the 129-1 vote in the House…
There are goddesses who walk among us. And believe it or not, you may be one of them. For a single night, the organizers of the “Goddess Gala,” coming next month to the metro, are inviting you to join them. Get yourself gussied up in your most glamorous eveningwear, adorn yourself whichever way you feel most glorious, and summon your…
MINOT, N.D. – A Ward County Jail inmate is charged with felony terrorizing after he was accused of calling in a bomb and assassination threat to prosecutors and judges. Authorities say 38-year-old David Diaz called from the jail Thursday and threatened the Ward County State’s Attorney Office and judges. The courthouse and the administration building were evacuated and temporarily closed….
BISMARCK, N.D. – A former North Dakota oilfield executive whose false claims about his company’s value resulted in more than $886 million in shareholder losses has been sentenced to three years in federal prison and ordered to pay back $406 million. The government had asked for a 20-year sentence for 61-year-old Joseph Kostelecky before his sentencing hearing. Kostelecky, of Dickinson,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo man facing life in prison is found not guilty of a December 2020 murder in connection with the death of his girlfriend. “We the jury duly impaneled and sworn in the above titled action due find the defendant Cody Raymond Plumlee not guilty of the crime of murder as charged in the amended information.”…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Several people are arrested during a high-risk, knock-and-announce search warrant in south Fargo. Red River Valley SWAT Team assisted Fargo Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division just before 8 Thursday night in the 2500 block of 14th Street South. A flash bang device was used and no one was hurt. Police say no further information is available as…
Mark J. Lindquist (left) helps load supplies for Ukrainian refugees in PolandWARSAW, POLAND (KVRR) – An Air Force veteran from Moorhead, Minn. who suspended his congressional campaign to do humanitarian work in Ukraine has a message for Americans back home. Mark J. Lindquist has been helping Ukrainian refugees pouring into Poland to escape the war. Lindquist says the Ukrainians, often…
GWINNER, N.D. (KVRR) – The North Dakota Auditor’s Office says the Gwinner Rural Fire Protection District used public funds to purchase alcohol and groceries for its staff and volunteers. From 2015 until 2020, $28,080 was spent on alcohol, groceries, and golf outings. The audit also found that the fire district had no documentation for 12 expenditures, totaling $26,416. “This is an…
