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Feeding Our Future scheme leader sentenced to 28 years in prison

August 6, 2025

Alison Voorhees,

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KVRR) –The leader of the Feeding Our Future scheme is sentenced to 28 years in prison. Abdiaziz Farah, 36, also gets three years of supervised release and is ordered to pay nearly $48,000 in restitution. Farah played a leading role in the Feeding Our Future case, the largest Covid-19 fraud scheme in the U.S. According to documents, Farah…

Law Enforcement Agencies Address Early Morning Assault

Law Enforcement Holds News Conference Regarding Downtown Assault, Lack of Communication

The Cass County Sheriff's Office is conducting an internal investigation to determine why responding deputies did not flag the incident as an assault.

August 6, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – More downtown crime news and more police news conferences, as the FPD and the Cass County Sheriff’s Office informed the public on August 6 about a violent assault that took place shortly after this weekend’s shootings. In the early morning hours of August 3rd, the Fargo Police Department were occupied with the crime scene down in…

Traffic enforcement following fatal bike crash in Moorhead

August 6, 2025

Alison Voorhees,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Moorhead Police will conduct targeted traffic enforcement following concerns from the community. Police Chief Chris Helmick says, “As the City of Moorhead awaits the results of the Minnesota State Patrol’s investigation into last week’s tragic accident involving 9-year-old Adam Amin, and as the Engineering Department evaluates safety needs along the 40th Avenue corridor, the Moorhead Police…

Montana woman arrested after pursuit starts in Barnes County

August 6, 2025

Alison Voorhees,

BARNES COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) – A woman is arrested after leading law enforcement on a pursuit in Barnes County. North Dakota Highway Patrol says a call came in after 4:30 Tuesday afternoon for a reckless driver. They attempted to pull over the 30-year-old driver from Ekalaka, Montana on I-94 but she fled, hitting speeds of 125 mph. The pursuit continued…

North Dakota farmers, ag businesses brace for tariff blowback

August 6, 2025

KVRR Staff,

Corn Harvest: A farmer harvests corn near Mapleton, ND at the end of the 2024 growing season. Photo Sabrina Halvorson.BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota News Cooperative) — For farmers across North Dakota, alarm bells are ringing and could get louder following tariffs imposed on Canada and the potential for increased tariffs on China in the coming weeks. On July 31, the…

Australian diplomat visits North Dakota to promote shared interests

August 6, 2025

KVRR Staff,

Chris Elstoft, left, Australia’s diplomat to the Midwest, speaks with Gov. Kelly Armstrong during a visit to Bismarck on Aug. 5, 2025. (Photo provided by the North Dakota Governor’s Office)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota technology could be of interest to producers in Australia, said the country’s Midwest diplomat, who made the first trip here in years to…

Officials predict only 5% of North Dakota Medicaid recipients will be impacted by program changes

August 6, 2025

KVRR Staff,

Sarah Aker, executive director of medical services for the Department of Health and Human Services, speaks during a meeting of the Legislative Task Force on Government Efficiency on July 30, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota is well positioned to deal with changes to the Medicaid program, but the Department of Health and Human Services…

Tokio, North Dakota man gets 33 years for neglect and death of child in 2022 on Spirit Lake Reservation

August 5, 2025

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Tokio, North Dakota man is sentenced to 33 years in prison for the 2022 death of a child on Spirit Lake Reservation. Twenty-nine year old Austin Lester previously pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, two counts of child neglect in Indian country and assault of a child with a dangerous weapon. Co-defendant Krissy Hinsley was also…

Volunteers fill backpacks with school supplies before distribution begins Wednesday

August 5, 2025

Eric Bolin,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — United Way’s School Supply Drive is underway and volunteers are at Fargodome filling backpacks with supplies for students. They are packing the last of the 6,500 backpacks to be given away. The backpacks each cost about $25 to fill and this year Corwin Automotive is matching contributions. The school supply drive has provided around 6,000 backpacks…

City commissioner Dave Piepkorn calls out mayor and police chief for their lack of leadership

August 5, 2025

Juliana Pelaez,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — After Monday afternoon’s press conference, two city commissioners have called for the dismissal of Police Chief Dave Zibolski. He became defensive with reporters when asked about the delay in releasing information on the Sunday shootings and his whereabouts. KFGO’s Joel Heitkamp invited commissioners and the chief on his morning show. City Commissioner Dave Piepkorn took part…