File imageFARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – After some heated debate, the Fargo City Commission voted 3-2 to direct city staff to prepare a winter warming plan. The approved motion, brought forward by Commissioner John Strand, gives city staff approval to run a program to keep the homeless population warm during the winter months. Last winter, the program warmed 40-50 people a night….
Entrance sign at the gate of the Missouri River Correctional Center in Bismarck on June 6, 2024. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (Mary Steurer – North Dakota Monitor) The North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation will begin using a waitlist to decide who to admit to prison first after running out of beds for male inmates. North Dakota’s prison…
(photo: Cass County jail)FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A Perham, Minnesota man is charged with felony terrorizing after being accused of holding a woman against her will and threatening to kill her at a Fargo hotel. Court records say police responded to the hotel last week where the woman told them Jamie Frazee took her phone, keys, purse, and SUV, and left…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Memorial Honor Guard has been approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs to build the Veterans Memorial Center at Fargo National Cemetery. The local nonprofit will then donate the center to the National Cemetery Administration. Sen. John Hoeven helped advance this option saying it was used to save the project money and time and provide…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo-based Suite Shots is expanding to Jenks, Oklahoma. The golf entertainment destination is becoming a part of the Jenks Riverwalk near Tulsa with plans to open in the spring. The location will include state-of-the-art, climate-controlled golf simulation bays, private event rooms, and a full-service restaurant featuring scratch-made dishes. “We’re excited to bring Suite Shots Golf Entertainment…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — RDO hosts its 25th annual Caters Taters fundraising luncheon with proceeds going this year to “Farm in The Dell”. R.D. Offutt Company is one of the largest potato growers in the nation. At this event, volunteers serve up steaming potatoes and all the toppings. Each year different charitable organizations are chosen to be a part of…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Over a year ago, Deborah Hopper was struck while crossing this intersection. While there were no charges in this case, Strong Towns Fargo wants the city to provide safety for both pedestrians and bicyclists. “The reason is if a vehicle hits a person at 20 mph the ability to live through that is much better than…
RAMSEY CO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Devils Lake man is dead after crashing his Polaris Ranger UTV on Sunday afternoon. According to North Dakota Highway Patrol, 42-year-old Dustin Noble was on a gravel road about two miles south of the city. They say Noble was thrown from the UTV after he took a curve at a high rate of speed….
MINOT, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Minot police have identified 39-year-old Michael Bryant of Washburn, North Dakota as the man who died in an officer-involved shooting during a domestic disturbance. The officers involved remain on administrative leave pending the investigation’s results. The BCI will release the officers’ identities and the body cam footage later. Friday morning, Minot Central Dispatch received a call…
Donald Bartlette and Nicholas Wride-ArnoldGRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A homeless man is charged with murder in the death of Anthony Kiehl in his Grand Forks apartment last Thursday night. 45-year-old Donald Bartlette told another man living in the apartment building that Kiehl came at him with a knife and he had to beat him up. An affidavit of probable…
