Starmaine Hoeper / Kyle McLeodFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Moorhead man accused of shooting a man in a drug deal gone bad last July in south Fargo is sentenced to 10 years in prison in a plea deal. An attempted murder charge was dropped against 34-year-old Starmaine Hoeper. He was sentenced for possession of fentanyl with a firearm, unlawful possession…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — MSUM is going to honor a transformative leader in the hospitality industry with an Honorary Doctorate. Gary Tharaldson will be presented an honorary Doctor of Business at the 2 p.m. commencement ceremony on Friday in Nemzek Fieldhouse. Tharaldson is CEO and founder of Tharaldson Hospitality, Tharaldson Commercial, and Tharaldson Ethanol. His journey began in 1982 when…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Minnesota is going to play host to Farm Aid for the very first time in the fall. Farm Aid 40 will be held at Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, home of the Gophers, on Saturday, September 20. Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews and Margo Price will headline the event honoring the four-decade legacy…
FARGO — It’s a 5K that’s being billed as the biggest public event yet for a local nonprofit that aims to make young girls’ minds happy and healthy, by encouraging their bodies to do the same. The BIO Girls “Find Your Kind” 5K is coming up Wednesday, May 14th, and they’ve already got more than 700 runners registered. Program participants…
KFGO file photoST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has fined Anheuser-Busch resources in Moorhead $323,850 for failing to conduct performance tests and exceeding dust emissions at the now closed barley malting plant along Interstate 94. The MPCA says Busch violated rules and regulations several times. The violations were discovered during a routine, unannounced inspection. Anheuser-Busch opened…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A 911 call from someone watching a livestream of a person appearing to struggle in a river had Moorhead and Fargo Fire Departments responding to the Red River. A total of three boats launched for the search around 3:30 this afternoon near the Hjemkomst Center but found nothing. The follow-up investigation determined the individual had entered…
Republicans have their first contender for the 2026 governor’s race. Kendall Qualls is planning a campaign kickoff event Tuesday in St. Louis Park. It’ll be his second bid for governor after losing out on the endorsement at the GOP convention in 2022. Qualls is a former Fortune 100 executive leader and Army veteran. He also ran unsuccessfully for Congress in…
MOORHEAD, MINN. (KFGO/KVRR) – One person was displaced after an apartment fire in Moorhead Monday morning. The Moorhead Fire Department says crews from Moorhead, Fargo and Dilworth responded to 1209 20th Street S. around midnight where firefighters could see heavy smoke and flames from a third floor window. Firefighters put the fire out before it spread to any other units….
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A fire broke out around 3:30 on a very windy Sunday afternoon at Moorhead’s compost site near Highway 75 and 15th avenue North. Crews arrived to find multiple compost piles on fire. Moorhead Fire was assisted by Dilworth Fire and they were able to confine the fire within the compost site. City personnel will remain on-site to…
DOUGLAS CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A fire spreads from a porch into a house and causes severe damage in Lake Mary Township near Alexandria, just south of I-94. Douglas County Sheriff’s Office was alerted about the fire around 5:45 this morning. They say several people had evacuated the house by the time they arrived. It is believed the cause of…
