FARGO — There’s really nothing practical about falling in love, but this dog has definitely mastered the mechanics of gaining your affections. Mechanic the mastiff-boxer mix comes to our studio and to 4 Luv of Dog rescue by way of the pound. He’s six years old and neutered, and has truly impeccable manners. As a matter of fact, in his…
Hunter Biden (AP)WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden was indicted Thursday on federal firearms charges, the latest and weightiest step yet in a long-running investigation into the president’s son. Biden is accused of lying about his drug use when he bought a firearm in October 2018, a period when he has acknowledged struggling with addiction to crack cocaine, according to the…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KFGO) – A man who was convicted for attempted murder in Moorhead in 2018 will spend 5.5 years in federal prison for punching a mail carrier in St. Paul the same year. According to the Justice Department, on Oct. 26, 2018, 27-year-old Kevin Blocker had to brake quickly to allow a mail carrier to cross the street….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A woman killed while walking across 13th Avenue South in Fargo on Wednesday has been identified. North Dakota Highway Patrol says 68-year-old Deborah Hopper of Fargo was crossing the road around 6 a.m. when she was hit by a pickup driven by 63-year-old Abun Gofor of Fargo. They say Hopper was in or near the marked…
Ryan DegroatPIERRE, S.D. (KVRR) – A White Earth, Minnesota man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty, but mentally ill to First Degree Kidnapping. Ryan Degroat was arrested in March, 2022 for entering a home in Hecla, South Dakota, where he assaulted one person and then forced that person to drive them both out of town….
FARGO N.D. (KVRR) – East Central Judicial District held it’s 20th anniversary of Adult Drug Court. Adult Drug Court is a court supervised treatment oriented program. The program targets willing high risk and high need participants whose major problems come from substance use disorders. Participants have the opportunity to receive assistance in education and skills assessment, referrals for employment training,…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – A 19-year-old man is accused of holding his girlfriend captive in her dorm room at a university in Minnesota while he raped, beat and waterboarded her for days until she escaped. Keanu Labatte of Granite Falls was arrested Sunday at St. Catherine University, an all-female school in St. Paul. He is charged with five felony…
ANOKA, Minn. – Leading law enforcement organizations have launched a petition drive as they continue pushing Gov. Tim Walz to call a special session to fix what they call an unclear new state law on when school-based officers can use certain restraint holds on students. House Speaker Melissa Hortman, in a letter to city officials in the Anoka-Hennepin School District…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Bond is set at $10,000 for a Fargo man, associated with Trinity Elementary School in West Fargo, after being arrested for having child porn. 25-year-old Joshua Bowman is an After School/Summer Program Coordinator. Court documents state the case started as a cybertip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. In July 2022, Snapchat sent…
GRAND FORKS N.D. (KVRR-KNOX) – One person is dead after the crash of a crop spraying plane in Grand Forks County on Tuesday. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the plane went down in a farm field southeast of Ardoch near the Grand Forks-Walsh County line. The pilot was identified as 33-year-old Tylor Johnson, of Grand Forks. The call for…
