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Charges announced in large drug operation on Native American reservations in ND

Investigators are calling it "Operation Blue Prairie"

January 7, 2021

Site Staff,

NORTH DAKOTA — Twenty six people are charged in what is being called an unprecedented drug distribution enterprise on Indian country in North Dakota. Operation Blue Prairie is the investigation into a large drug ring taking place on North Dakota’s Spirit Lake, Turtle Mountain and Fort Berthold Indian Reservations since 2015. “It was the objective of this conspiracy to target…

Republicans Reject Mask Mandate in Minnesota Senate Chamber, House Has One

January 7, 2021

TJ Nelson,

State Sen. Mark Johnson/(R) East Grand Forks & State Sen. Ann Rest/(D) New HopeST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Senate Republicans reject a mask mandate for members and staff in the Senate chamber. The 36-31 vote encourages mask-wearing, but does not require them. All 34 Republicans and the chamber’s two independents favored the looser policy, while all 31 Democrats backed the…

Fargo Man Arrested For Taking Vehicles With Keys Left Inside

January 7, 2021

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. — A Fargo man with no permanent address is arrested in a robbery and string of vehicle thefts last month. Police say 24-year-old Lucas Kulberg took unlocked vehicles with keys left inside. They say he committed a robbery while using a vehicle he stole and left it unlocked with the key inside. Kulberg was arrested January 2nd for…

Man Wanted In Polk County Arrested After Fleeing Traffic Stop In Grand Forks

January 7, 2021

TJ Nelson,

Alex HaaseGRAND FORKS, N.D. — A man wanted on a Polk County warrant is arrested in Grand Forks after fleeing police. Alex Haase was being pulled over around 2 yesterday afternoon for an equipment violation when he refused to stop. He pulled over in the 14 hundred block of 10th Avenue South and fled on foot while his passenger got…

Minnesota GOP lawmakers silent on blame for Capitol siege

January 7, 2021

Jim Monk,

MINNEAPOLIS – The four Republicans in Minnesota’s congressional delegation split on whether to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the Electoral College. But they remained silent on whether President Trump and other GOP leaders bear any blame for the violence at the U.S. Capitol. Minnesota Democrats held little back on a day when top Democratic leaders called for Trump’s removal…

Update: Multiple agencies investigating ATM thefts

January 7, 2021

Jim Monk,

FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – Thieves using a pickup and a chain have made off with two ATMs in three North Dakota counties in recent weeks. There was another attempt to pull a cash machine out of the entrance to a bank in Arthur while a cutting torch was used to break into an ATM in Buffalo. Cass County Sheriff Jesse Jahner…

Heitkamp: Remove Trump now

January 7, 2021

Jim Monk,

MANDAN, N.D. (KVRR) – Former North Dakota U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp says President Trump needs to be removed from office. “Absolutely” Heitkamp said in an interview with KVRR News. “This is not a normal time. Anyone who thinks this is a normal time, recalculate your thinking and think about whether that person should be allowed to sit behind the resolute…

LIVE: Insurrection at the Capitol and Trump

What to be prepared for.

January 7, 2021

Emily Welker,

Calls to remove President Trump from office on the grounds he’s unfit to lead are coming now from his own political party. But political scientists here at home say invoking the 25th Amendment might not be seen as worth it, with just 13 days to go to the end of the Trump Administration. Republicans and Democrats in both the House…

Red River Valley Fair to return in July

January 7, 2021

Jim Monk,

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – The Red River Valley Fair Executive Board of Directors has voted to move the Red River Valley Fair to a 10-day fair this summer This year’s fair will be July 9 through July 18 at the fairgrounds in West Fargo. The fair was canceled last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. For the latest information…

Local members of Congress react to insurrection at U.S. Capitol

January 7, 2021

Site Staff,

WASHINGTON — Politicians from both sides of the aisle across Minnesota and North Dakota took to social media to condemn the actions of those who stormed our nation’s Capitol. Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota wrote: “Respectful disagreement is fundamental to our democracy. The violence that we’re seeing, especially toward law enforcement, is unacceptable.” Sen. John Hoeven and Congressman Kelly Armstrong of…