WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Two Fargo residents are in custody after a police pursuit early Friday in West Fargo. The city of West Fargo says at approximately 2 a.m., police approached a suspicious vehicle in Rendezvous Park after park hours. “Officers attempted to make a traffic stop after the suspect vehicle initially fled upon seeing law enforcement and a…
ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE – The Air Force says a B-1 Lancer bomber from Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota crashed Thursday, with all four of its crew members ejecting. The 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth said in a statement that the B-1 crashed “at approximately 5:50 p.m. today while attempting to land on the installation. At the time…
PERRY, Iowa (AP) — A 17-year-old opened fire at a small-town Iowa high school before classes resumed on the first day after the winter break, killing a sixth-grader and wounding five others Thursday as students barricaded in offices, ducked into classrooms and fled in panic. The suspect, a student at the school in Perry, died of what investigators believe is…
JAMESTOWN, N.D., (KVRR)- A Jamestown-area couple who lost power in last month’s freezing rainstorm used their generator to make food for repair crews. Tim and Joanne Geinert from Jamestown had lost power for more than seven days. They had a generator. So when they saw power crews working near them, they prepared hot soup, bread, and cheese for the workers….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — With the sale of land finalized between the Department of Veterans Affairs and local landowners, the 5-acre Fargo National Cemetery will grow to 35 acres. U.S. Senator John Hoeven said, “And I also want to express my intent to continue to work to enhance this cemetery as much as we’ve done over the past 20 years…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – The University of North Dakota was awarded a multi-million dollar contract from the U.S. Army to develop an innovative Contamination and Sanitation Inspection system. The contract came from the combat capabilities development command for $7.6 million. This will be a collaborative effort between multiple groups. The project aims to design and build handheld inspection scanners…
THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) — A Thief River Falls man is charged with attempted aggravated robbery after threatening to rob and blow up Hugo’s on December 30. Court documents show 44-year-old Shawn Rud was masked when he walked into the grocery store and gave the clerk a note demanding money or he would detonate a bomb. While the clerk…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR:UPDATE 5 P.M.) — Cass County Electric crews continue to make progress getting the lights back on for hundreds of its members. They are down to 111 members without power. That is down from a high of 4,600 after the Christmas ice storm. Over 800 broken poles have been replaced. Lineworkers are working through the evening and will…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – It’s an exciting time in Moorhead as school is back in session, and it’s in a new building for the high school. This new facility is state of the art, providing students and staff a bright new start to the 2024 year. “I’ll be honest, I’ve said it before. Between the career academy and this building…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Grand Forks Fire Department says a portable jump starter containing a lithium-ion battery caused the fire at Grand Forks Subaru on Wednesday. They say the unit was charging overnight and malfunctioned causing thermal runaway and igniting nearby combustibles. Damage was isolated to an area in the back of the building but most of the dealership…
