WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A West Fargo police officer who suffered a heart attack while on duty Sunday has been transferred to a hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Officer Tim Brown had a heart attack Oct. 31 while booking two females who had felonies for aggravated assault. Brown was transferred by medical flight to the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha Sunday…
FARGO (KVRR) – A statue was vandalized outside St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in south Fargo. A church volunteer says the statue was decapitated sometime between Saturday night and Monday morning. The church is asking nearby residents to check their surveillance video and to contact them if they have more information. Fargo police been notified. …
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Day of the Dead is upon us, and you can celebrate the holiday right here in Fargo. Broadway Square downtown is hosting its first Dia de los Muertos celebration Tuesday. It’s a Mexican holiday to remember and honor loved ones who have died. At the free event, you can learn more about the history…
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – Lake Region State College Athletic Director Danny Mertens who also serves as the head women’s basketball coach at the school has been put on administrative leave. According to a statement issued by the school, Mertens was put on leave with pay this past Friday by school President Dr. Doug Darling. The statement says Mertens was…
BISMARCK, N.D. – A declining number of employees at the State Crime Lab in Bismarck has limited what evidence can be processed for law enforcement agencies. Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says eight of 23 lab employees have left in the last two years, including five in 2021, because they’ve been offered higher salaries elsewhere, including one employee who left for…
Fargo, N.D. (KVRR)- “West Fargo police department officer Tim Brown suffered a heart attack on the morning of October 31st 2021 while booking two females who had felonies for aggravated assault,” said West Fargo PD Chief Dennis Otternes. Officer Tim Brown was responding to a report of two women Shalonda Profit and Brittany Hatcher at Grace Gardens on the 1400…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Bonanzaville had a Trunk or Treat Halloween event to help people be active in their community. In the village were sheriffs, firefighters, local business owners, and more who brought their vehicles for kids to get candy from. Bonanzaville also held a cake walk, had old-time carnival games, and a hayride to their corn maze. With…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Skate City held its annual Family Halloween Skate for all ages. Families were encouraged to dress up in costumes as they skated to old and new Halloween songs. The four hour skate session had kids dance in the dark and play games. They also had a coloring table and snacks for those taking a break. If…
FARGO, N.D. — Prosecutors in North Dakota’s first and only death penalty case say defense attorneys are wrong by claiming the judge didn’t go far enough in explaining why he threw out the sentence for Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. He was convicted of killing UND student Dru Sjodin. Judge Ralph Erickson in September ordered a new sentencing phase be conducted, saying…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A man is dead after being hit by a BNSF train in Fargo. Train operators called Fargo Police around 5 Sunday morning to report that they had hit a person on the tracks in the 14 hundred block of Main Avenue. Officers arrived and found a 40-year-old man was dead. Police tell us that out of…
