FARGO, N.D. — Hero, heart, community. Those are the words you see hanging in Vitalant’s lobby when you first walk in. They embody the organization’s mission to help Grantley Johnson, a 7–year–old boy battling leukemia for the second time. “Growing up, I had some medical issues of my own, so seeing a little boy who had so much fight in him,…
WEST FARGO, N.D. — West Fargo Police are searching for a man who robbed a Casey’s General Store just after 7:00 this morning. Officers say the suspect was armed with a gun. Police say no shots were fired and no one was injured when a man robbed this Casey’s General Store on Sheyenne Street. Officers say the man they’re looking…
FARGO, N.D. — A man arrested in June for shooting at a man with a BB gun pistol is back in custody for assault. Police in Fargo say 26-year-old Dominic Pierce was arrested for aggravated assault. He is accused of cutting a female acquaintance in the neck with a piece of glass causing her to bleed profusely. It happened around…
Alyssa White is only 16 years old, but she’s already been touched more than once by the shadow of suicide. The West Fargo student lost a friend who was just 12 years old to suicide completion, the first of several of her peers she’s since lost. Since then, White has started to speak openly about the challenges facing young people…
Armed Robbery SuspectWest Fargo, N.D.–West Fargo Police responded to an armed robbery at the Casey’s gas station on 524 Sheyenne Street in West Fargo around 7:15 a.m. Monday. Authorities say the suspect is male, under 6-feet tall with a slender build. He was wearing a black hoodie with a white mask covering his face. The suspect displayed a gun and…
ARNEGARD, N.D.–The driver of an off-road utility vehicle has died in a crash in McKenzie County. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the 27-year-old man from Philadelphia, Mississippi was driving on a private road near Arnegard Sunday about 5 p.m., crested a hill and lost control of the vehicle, striking a barbed wire fence. The patrol says the vehicle overturned…
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) – Fargo Police are investigating a shooting that left a man hospitalized. Officers responded to reports of gunshots shortly after 3:30 a.m. Sunday in the 1900 block of 31st Avenue South. The shooting happened in the street. The entire area was blocked off. Police tell KFGO News the man’s injuries are not life-threatening. The victim is not…
FARGO, N.D. — “This is the perfect place for imperfect people.” That’s how Pastor John Roberts describes Recovery Worship, a church for those who have been affected by addiction – from alcoholism and substance abuse to gambling or overeating. “And it may not be the addicts themselves. It could be family members, loved ones, parents, partners, spouses, children. Anybody whose…
WEST FARGO, N.D. — About 100 Americans die every day from gun violence whether it be from a mass shooting, suicide or domestic violence. But Cheryl Billar no longer keeps victims of gun violence in her thoughts and prayers. “Two years ago when the school shooting at my nephew’s school, I started to care more and then Parkland happened….
Ms. Freetag, Rodney Smith, Jr. & Officer Nolan Kroger/Facebook FARGO, N.D. — A man on a mission to help people across the country mow their lawns has returned to Fargo. Rodney Smith Junior is traveling the country and mowing the lawns of the elderly, disabled, single parents or veterans for free. He stopped by the home of Ms. Freetag who…
