Gage StevensonWATERTOWN, S.D. (KVRR/KWAT) – A Moorhead, Minn. man charged with killing a Watertown, S.D. woman in a traffic crash nearly two years ago made a court appearance Wednesday. Eighteen year-old Gage Stevenson is charged with First Degree Murder in the death of 43 year-old Dawn Meyer. Defense attorney Tom Sannes told Judge Carmen Means it was premature to issue any…
CROOKSTON, Minn. (KVRR/KNOX) – Effective immediately, a mask mandate is effective in Catholic schools in the Diocese of Crookston. Bishop Richard Pates, apostolic administrator of the diocese, says masks will be mandated for K-8 students, teachers, staff and visitors. “Our Diocese of Crookston Catholic schools take seriously the responsibility to care for children. For the common good and out of…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Parents and grandparents opposed to mask mandates in schools came together Tuesday evening in Fargo. They gathered at a private event titled “Show Faces For Freedom” and say they should be the ones making decisions related to their kids’ health, not school board members. “We’re not saying that we don’t want any masks or nobody can…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Health officials are yet again warning of the severity of COVID-19 as cases across Cass and Clay counties continue to rise. “Given the urgency of our current situation we felt it necessary to update the community as we enter our fourth wave with the Delta variant changing the game,” Fargo Cass Public Health Director, Desi Fleming…
MAHNOMEN CO., Minn. — A rollover crash near Naytahwaush, Minnesota leaves one juvenile dead and four others with serious injuries. It happened around 8:30 Monday night on County Road 4. Authorities say the driver was turning when the vehicle left the road and rolled. One juvenile was pronounced dead at the scene while another has life-threatening head injuries. Two were…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Police in Fargo arrest a man wanted for a stabbing last week in Moorhead. 38-year-old Victor Garcia, who has no permanent address, is being held in the Cass County Jail. Police say Garcia stabbed a man he knew in the leg in the 300 block of 14th Avenue South around 6 a.m. Friday. The victim had…
FARGO (KVRR) – The State Department is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of a People’s Republic of China national who’s been linked to overdose deaths in North Dakota, Oregon, North Carolina, and New Jersey. Federal prosecutors say Jian Zhang is a key leader of the transnational criminal Zhang Drug…
FARGO, N.D. –The Eastern North Dakota & Northwestern Minnesota Chapter of the Red Cross has deployed a number of volunteers to help with relief efforts for Hurricane Ida. The vehicle will go from door to door in neighborhoods or can be set up at local shelters in the affected states . The red cross has also sent 19 volunteers and…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — School is back in session in Moorhead and the district begins the year with record enrollment numbers. There are 7,336 kids in grades K through 12. That includes 267 students enrolled in the Moorhead online academy. Enrollment is up 183 students from the first day of school last year. Construction of a new Moorhead High School began…
Kabul Airport (Fox News)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – A Taliban guard at Kabul’s airport says the last U.S. planes have flown out and celebratory gunfire erupted across the Afghan capital marking the symbolic end of 20 years of war. In Washington, the U.S. confirmed the withdrawal of its last troops, which faced a self-imposed Tuesday deadline. Hemad Sherzad, a Taliban fighter…
