RED LAKE CO., Minn. — A Grand Forks Air Force Base airman has drowned in the Red Lake River near Red Lake Falls. Red Lake County Sheriff’s Office identified the man as 24-year-old Nestor Chua Jr. of Grand Forks. He was originally from Anchorage, Alaska. Authorities were called to the river around 2:30 Saturday afternoon for a possible drowning. Boats…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Drekker Brewing Company is restarting its tours around the facility. All tours were canceled last year due to the pandemic. With guidelines being lifted here in the state, operations are now back up and running with the first tour selling out to 31 customers. Tours are on the first Saturday of every month. Each tour is…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Broadway Square is ending its Chalk Fest for the season. “We’ve been planning a lot of fun stuff for the summer and I like chalk fest,” Event Attendee Ilyia Hanson said. The theme is outer space. “Kids are allowed to be creative and expressive and draw on the property which is not always allowed. We…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) —The trial for a man accused of killing his mother and a Grand Forks Police Officer has ended for the week. Salamah Pendleton will be back in court Tuesday. “It smelled like a gun range. There were bullet holes everywhere. Like I said, the sound of running water from the water heater being shot up,” Grand…
BISMARCK, N.D. – Abnormally dry weather may have helped boost the number of American white pelicans nesting in north-central North Dakota, considered North America’s largest refuge for the big-billed birds. Results of an aerial survey show 16,600 pelicans nesting at the Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge, an increase of about 2,400 birds from a year ago when high water gobbled…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a semi that was eastbound on U.S. Highway 2 west of Grand Forks crashed into a row of vehicles that had slowed in a construction zone. The semi was towing a bottom dump trailer and was reported as swerving. About eight minutes after receiving the initial call, several emergency…
FARGO (KVRR) – Fargo Police have tracked down the man suspected of starting a dumpster fire at the Fryn’ Pan restaurant. Police have been looking for 29-year-old Nathan Ouren. He was wanted on a charge of aggravated endangering by fire. The June 14 fire damaged both the dumpster and a portion of the building at 300 Main Ave. Damage was…
FARGO (KVRR) – A Barnesville, Minn. woman is accused of vandalizing a statue of Jesus outside St. Mary’s Cathedral in downtown Fargo. The Fargo City Prosecutor’s Office says 28-year-old Blair Whitten has been charged with one count of misdemeanor criminal mischief. Whitten was arrested and was scheduled to appear in Fargo Municipal Court Friday. The face of the marble statue…
FARGO (KVRR) – The Diocese of Fargo says an investigation has found that sexual misconduct allegations against former Bishop James Sullivan have been deemed credible. The investigation was conducted by the Diocese of Lansing, Michigan. The allegation involves victims who were minors and took place several decades ago when Sullivan was a priest in Lansing. There have been no allegations made…
NOME, N.D. (KVRR) — For two and a half years we’ve been following the story of the Nome Schoolhouse, a 105-year-old building in the tiny town of Nome, North Dakota, southeast of Valley City. The building had been abandoned for nearly 50 years when Chris Armbrust and Teresa Perleberg bought it in late 2018. They both owned fiber arts…
