FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Runnings, a retailer based in Marshall, Minnesota, has announced an agreement to purchase Grand Forks-based Home of Economy, a company with eight stores in North Dakota. The acquisition will expand Runnings to 90 locations, serving customers in 12 states from New York to Montana. The deal between Runnings and Home of Economy is scheduled to close in…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A new bookstore is looking to grow the counterculture scene in downtown Fargo. Mind Virus Counter-Culture Books and Media is a locally owned bookstore specializing in alternative literature and art. They’re hoping to provide a space for local artists and writers to sell their zines and grow their audience. Owner Isaac Kobrinsky says that he got…
EDDY CO., N.D. (KVRR) — Nicholas Poitra of Belcourt, North Dakota is sentenced to life with the possibility of parole for shooting and killing a man in a bar last year. Poitra was sentenced Wednesday in Eddy County on a long list of charges including murder and terrorizing. 30-year-old Troyal Thumb was shot and killed inside Rindy’s Sheyenne Bar after…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A man who pleaded guilty to child porn charges and is linked to a former North Dakota state senator was ordered to serve 40 years in prison. Nicholas Morgan-Derosier, 36, was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Fargo. Chief Judge Peter Welte went beyond the 30-year sentence recommended by prosecutors in the case, in part…
HAWLEY, Minn. (KVRR) – Investigators will try to determine the cause of a fire at an abandoned house in rural Hawley. Clay County Sheriff Mark Empting says crews from several departments responded to the blaze early Thursday at 231 270th Street North. Empting says the house was engulfed in flames and the roof of the garage collapsed before firefighters arrived….
State Sen. Nicole Mitchell (D) Woodbury, Minn.ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) – The Minnesota DFL is calling for the resignation of DFL State Sen. Nicole Mitchell of Woodbury, who is facing charges in connection with a residential burglary in Detroit Lakes. “The Minnesota DFL believes that all elected officials should be held accountable, including members of our own party. While Sen….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — With the temperature warming up and the recent rainfall, more mosquitoes are expected in the area. Mosquitoes are returning and are expected in large numbers due to the standing water all over the region. They breed in standing water causing mosquito and pest companies to already be hard at work with full schedules, preparing lawns for…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Police say a man with a gun barricaded himself in an apartment in the 1800 block of 2nd Avenue South in Fargo around 4:20 p.m. They say 36-year-old Bryant Matthews, who has no permanent address, made threats to the occupant of the apartment. Red River Valley SWAT Team was brought in to take Matthews into custody…
MINOT, N.D. (KVRR) — More fallout from the troubles at Epic Companies which has had trouble making payroll, laid off a number of employees and still owes contractors. For the past two years the company has managed Norsk Hostfest in Minot, billed as the largest Scandinavian festival in North America. Norsk Hostfest Board of Directors held a press conference to…
Fmr. Gov. Jesse Ventura (MN-I)/YouTubeMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura is coming to Moorhead to push his THC and CBD products. Ventura will stop by Unwind Minnesota in Moorhead from 2-3 p.m. this Saturday. He’ll be promoting Jesse Ventura Farms which has teamed up with the store with a focus on giving back to the community and…
