North Dakota News

Moorhead Police Using New Technology To Further Investigate NDSU Murder

MOORHEAD, Minn (KVRR) — The investigation team at the Moorhead Police Department are re-examining clues and asking the community for help with the unsolved murder of the North Dakota State University student Tom Bearson. “We’re just readdressing to people that what they may have seen, heard, knowledge they have that they may have assumed that someone else had called in…

Salvation Army Now Collecting Kids Winter Clothing At Hornbachers

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Salvation Army is now collecting Winter gear at Hornbacher locations across the Fargo-Moorhead area. Donations that are needed for this year are new or gently used kids winter gear. Tracy Bjerke of the Salvation Army states that the gear they would like donated would be something you would send your kids out to keep warm…

Former sheriff’s deputy pleads guilty to misapplication of money

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – A former Ramsey County, North Dakota sheriff’s deputy who resigned from the department in March and later faced criminal charges after an investigation into money missing from a program administered by the department, pled guilty to a single misdemeanor charge. Benjamin Myrum of Devils Lake pleaded guilty to misapplication of less $500 of entrusted property….

New advancements being used to re-examine 2014 death of Tom Bearson

A designated phone line and email address have been set up to share information about the case

Tom BearsonMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Investigators looking for clues in the unsolved murder of a North Dakota State University student in Moorhead are using new technology to re-examine the case. Eighteen-year-old Tom Bearson was last seen with friends in the early morning hours of Sept. 20, 2014. Later that day, law enforcement was contacted after Bearson didn’t show up for a…

United Way and Hornbacher’s Host 17th Annual “Gobble it Up”

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — United Way teams up with Hornbacher’s for the 17th annual “Gobble It Up” benefit luncheon. At Hornbacher’s locations all across the metro, area volunteers handed out lunches. They included a Jennie-O hot turkey sandwich, Old Dutch chips, Kemps frozen treat and a Pepsi or Aquafina for a suggested donation of $7. Businesses like Family Fare were…

Fargo Human Rights Commission condemns city commission for eliminating DEI Department

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — For the members of the Fargo Human Rights Commission, the decision made to eliminate the Diversity Equity and Inclusion department was the wrong move. “For the mayor to go ahead and acknowledge that there was not a goal and then for us to be holding them accountable for not reaching for said imaginary goals is crazy,”…

Pet Connection: Meet Louie

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — This week’s Pet Connection pet appears on the Morning Show via video from the Humane Society of Lakes, on Highway 59 in Detroit Lakes, with the help of shelter worker Jaycee Voigt. Lewy is a black lab crossed with shepherd who’s about two years old, and as you’ll see in the video, he’s very playful and…