FARGO (KVRR) – A company hired by the Fargo Park District removed several old trees from Lindenwood Park Monday. The tree removal is part of the Park District’s controversial $1.5 million project to rebuild the park’s main road. Activists have been fighting the plan, which called for eliminating up to 82 trees from the park. A Facebook group called “Defend…
OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. — A man who failed to return to the Otter Tail County Detention Center after attending a funeral has been caught in Richland County. Authorities say Jesse Bommersbach was given a court ordered furlough to attend the funeral on Friday, but didn’t return. He was found Sunday in Richland County and taken into custody. Bommersbach was…
Mark PavelichANOKA, Minn. – A Minnesota medical examiner says last month’s death of “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey player Mark Pavelich was a suicide. The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office in Anoka County says the 63-year-old Pavelich died of asphyxia. His body was found March 3 at the Eagle’s Healing Nest in Sauk Centre, Minn. Pavelich was undergoing treatment as part…
FARGO (KVRR) – More decals representing a hate group were recently found on the NDSU campus. “The stickers represent a hate group and are inconsistent with NDSU’s values of diversity, inclusion and respect” according to an email sent to NDSU employees. “We are providing this email to be transparent with our community and to offer support to individuals who feel…
BISMARCK, N.D. – North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is warning the state is headed to a “tough fire season.” He visited Billings County, where a fire had prompted him to call a statewide wildfire emergency. The governor says that even prior to calling the state of emergency this week, far more acres have already burned this year than all of…
It’s a trend that started growing in earnest when the pandemic hit. Now, houseplant aficionados are propagating their obsession with a new Facebook group that’s really blossoming. The group “FM Area Houseplants” got started about a year ago. These days, page administrators say they’re adding about a hundred new members a week. There, you can get the scoop on where…
Jonathan MontanezFARGO (KVRR) – A Moorhead, Minn. man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for participating in the May, 2020 riots in downtown Fargo. Acting U.S. Attorney Nick Chase says 31-year-old Jonathan Montanez jumped on top of an occupied Fargo Police vehicle and slammed his fists on the police vehicle causing extensive damage. Chase says Montanez also…
Theodore Roosevelt National ParkMEDORA, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – Firefighters are making progress in controlling a large grass fire near Medora as more wildfires have started in other areas in the western part of the state facing high fire danger. According to the North Dakota Forest Service, as of midday Sunday, the Medora blaze was 85% contained. It had burned an estimated…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — With nice weather, one local church is celebrating the Easter holiday with an outdoor service. With social distancing guidelines in mind the Lutheran Church of the Cross welcomed people throughout the community to pull up a lawn chair for a live ‘rock and roll’ Easter worship. To ensure kids were entertained the church provided worship…
Badlands Search & Rescue Service / FacebookBILLINGS CO., N.D. — A grass fire that forced the evacuation of the small tourist town of Medora, North Dakota is now 85% contained. Another fire was reported on USDA Forest Service national grasslands on Saturday that has now started burning into the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, south of Watford City….
