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Man Dies Of Self-Inflicted Gunshot After Standoff

Authorities say man died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound during a lengthy standoff at a rural residence near Mayville, North Dakota Wednesday

TRAILL COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – Authorities say man died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound during a lengthy standoff at a rural residence near Mayville, North Dakota Wednesday. Deputies from the Traill County Sheriff’s Office, agents from the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation, and the Department of Homeland Security went to serve a search warrant at the rural residence. That’s…

SWAT responds to situation near Mayville

NEAR MAYVILLE, N.D. (KVRR) – Grand Forks Regional SWAT confirms it sent a negotiations team to a home near Mayville around 3:00 Wednesday afternoon. The SWAT director would not say what his team was called there for or give the address. KVRR reached out to the Traill County Sheriff’s Office for more information and hasn’t heard back. Categories: Local News,…

Veterans invited to share stories at Fargo Air Museum

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) –- Fargo Air Museum will host the first “Veterans Story Preservation Day” on February 6th. Veterans of all branches are encouraged to share their stories about serving. Interviews will be conducted privately by Air Museum Collections Manager Max Sabin. He has four years of interviewing experience and is well versed with military history. There may be an…

Court Hears Appeal By former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin

Derek ChauvinST. PAUL — An attorney for Derek Chauvin asks an appeals court to throw out the former Minneapolis officer’s convictions in the murder of George Floyd. He told the Minnesota Court of Appeals the trial judge should have moved the case out of Minneapolis because of the extensive pretrial publicity, and fears of violent protests that led to unprecedented…

LIVE: National Popcorn Day

There's nothing corny about getting full-swing into entertainment season.

Things are popping at the metro’s movie theaters ahead of National Popcorn Day Thursday. Marcus Century Cinema’s getting ready for Academy Award 2023 Best Picture nominee showings soon. You’ll be able to see all the nominee films there after the motion picture academy makes their Oscar nominees announcement next Tuesday the 24th. They’ve also got a Superbowl event coming up….

Microsoft lays off 10,000, impacts at Fargo campus unclear

Microsoft Campus in FargoREDMOND, Washington – Microsoft is cutting 10,000 workers, almost 5% of its workforce, joining other tech companies that have scaled back their pandemic-era expansions. The number of layoffs at the Fargo Microsoft campus has not been disclosed. The company said in a regulatory filing Wednesday that the layoffs were a response to “macroeconomic conditions and changing customer…

LIVE: Stick It To Cancer & Help Local Families Fighting Illness

Annual Stick It To Cancer fundraiser is back this Thursday

  Since the snow and the cold seem to be sticking around for awhile, why not celebrate it by supporting a great cause and seeing local young athletes strut their stuff? The Stick it to Cancer fundraiser from the group Lend a Hand Up takes over Scheels Arena. Kids from Fargo’s high school hockey community will take to the ice…

Art professor sues after firing over Prophet Muhammad images

ST. PAUL, Minn. – An adjunct art professor is suing the private Minnesota university that fired her for including depictions of the Prophet Muhammad in a global art course. Erika López Prater alleges in a lawsuit that Hamline University subjected her to religious discrimination and defamation after a Muslim student objected when she included a 14th-century painting depicting the Prophet…