MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A formerly well-connected GOP donor convicted of giving teenage girls gifts, alcohol and money in exchange for sex was sentenced Wednesday to 21 years in prison on sex trafficking charges. Anton “Tony” Lazzaro was found guilty in March by a federal jury of seven counts involving “commercial sex acts” with five girls ages 15 and 16 in 2020, when…
NORMAN CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Sarah Green is a mother of a child who she says was abused at school on multiple occasions. This mother urges her community to reach out to lawmakers to make a change. “Seclusion and restraint are fatal. I encourage people to go look at it, look at the bill, and look at the scientific stats…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – New low-income housing is coming to Fargo in the near future, thanks to the Milton Earl Apartments and the Lashkowitz Riverfront Projects. The city is looking to spearhead an initiative to build thesis types of housing and inspire neighboring towns. “We’re also going to invite the rest of the community, Moorhead, Horace, West Fargo,” said Mahoney….
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A new dashboard is being implemented by West Fargo Fire Department for more transparency. It will show the public information on the fire department, their responses to fires, inspections and other matters. Chief Dan Fuller said this type of dashboard is used internally to help with improvement, and now it’s being shared with everyone. “The…
NEAR THE RIO GRANDE, TEXAS (KVRR) — Gov. Doug Burgum is spending a second day checking in on our troops helping secure the border in Texas. He is joined by North Dakota National Guard’s adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Al Dohrmann. Burgum says he is there to thank them for supporting efforts by state and federal officials to secure the border,…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Gov. Doug Burgum has granted a request from the North Dakota Education Standards and Practices Board to declare a teacher crisis. It will allow school districts flexibility to temporarily allow expanded use of student teachers to help address the state’s teacher shortage. North Dakota Unite, the teachers union, has opposed the move. Burgum says of 167…
POLK CO., Minn. (KVRR) — It took crews well over an hour to free a woman trapped in a vehicle that got stuck in a culvert after running off the road near East Grand Forks. Fire crews responded around 7:30 Tuesday morning. They say 38-year-old Tonya Jensen of East Grand Forks was alert and talking as they worked to get…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — One man is arrested and another is wanted for an early morning robbery last week in Fargo. Police say 37-year-old Cody Littleghost was arrested August 2nd. They are still looking for 31-year-old Julian Pickett of Moorhead. Littleghost is charged with robbery, theft, and criminal mischief. Police say the victim in the case met the men at…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A fire in the kitchen ceiling does some moderate damage to Mas Tequila in West Fargo. Fire crews were sent to the restaurant around 7 Tuesday morning. They arrived to find light smoke inside the building. The fire was found in the ceiling and crews worked to put it out and prevent it from spreading….
FILE – Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, middle, holds the bill signed to legalize recreational marijuana for people over the age of 21, making Minnesota the 23rd state to do so, May 30, 2023, in St. Paul, Minn. Former Gov. Jesse Ventura stands at center. Fueled by election gains, Democrats in Minnesota and Michigan this year enacted far-reaching policy changes that…
