FARGO (KVRR) – Fargo police responded to a report of gunshots in the area surrounding Island Park late Monday afternoon. Officers searched the area in the 300 block of 7th Street South, but couldn’t find evidence of shots fired or anyone who may have been involved. A man who lives in the neighborhood tells KVRR News that multiple shots were…
Theodora Gaïtas and Sarah HennesyST. PAUL (KVRR) — Gov. Tim Walz announces the appointments of two new justices to the Minnesota Supreme Court. Theodora Gaïtas will replace the Honorable Margaret H. Chutich who announced her retirement in January. Sara Hennesy will be replacing the Honorable G. Barry Anderson who announced his retirement earlier this year. She is currently the chief…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — If you need something to do Tuesday night, Growing Together Community Gardens is hosting a pre-summer potluck. It’ll be held starting at 6 p.m. at Gethsemane Episcopal Cathedral in Fargo. Growing Together is being gifted new gardening tools by Wisconsin Cheese which will also provide artisan, award-winning cheese to enjoy. People are encouraged to bring a…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A former Fargo Public Schools teacher and athletic trainer contracted through Sanford Health has been sentenced to three years in prison for the sexual assault of a 15-year-old boy last summer. Levi Tande changed his plea to guilty during a hearing in January. The judge also gave him 5 years of supervised probation and he must…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – No one likes to deal with the creepy crawlies that can get into our homes and gardens during the summer months. And this year, those bugs have shown up earlier than expected as pest control experts have been getting numerous calls about this issue. “So yeah it’s been a weird spring so far.” said Nick Stokke,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A new NDSU agricultural research lab is in the process of being constructed to bolster the efforts in the field for students. It will be called Bolley Agricultural Laboratory after Henry Bolley, the state seed commissioner from 1909 to 1929 and a pioneering plant pathologist. This lab will house numerous research programs that include plant breeding,…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — U.S. House candidate Rick Becker is back on the campaign trail after pausing activities due to a family emergency. Becker says his son was riding an electric skateboard when he crashed, and sustained a skull fracture and brain bleed. In an update on social media, Becker says his son has been discharged after three days in…
State Sen. Nicole Mitchell (D) Woodbury, Minn.MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A state senator and former broadcast meteorologist was arrested on suspicion of burglary early Monday in the northwestern Minnesota city of Detroit Lakes, police said. Democratic Sen. Nicole Mitchell, 49, of Woodbury, was being held in the Becker County Jail on suspicion of first-degree burglary. Formal charges were still pending Monday…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A man has been arrested for aggravated assault and robbery after a Fargo man says he was severely beaten while trying to stop an assault in downtown Fargo. Police say 36-year-old Travice Ledoux was arrested Friday. He has no permanent address. Sam Pikula suffered multiple broken bones in his face, including both orbital bones, his nose in…
RICHLAND COUNTY, N.D. (KFGO) — There’s cleanup in the works this morning after a fire damaged a large barn on a farm near Great Bend, North Dakota Sunday. The Richland County Sheriff’s Office says the fire was reported shortly after 3 p.m. First responders could see flames up to 20 feet above the barn’s roof. Great Bend Fire firefighters had…
