VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KFGO NEWS DAKOTA) – An overnight fire at a Valley City apartment complex killed one person, and several others had to be rescued from their balconies Wednesday morning. Valley City Fire Chief Scott Magnuson said his department was alerted at 12:36 a.m. to several smoke and fire calls from an apartment complex at 215 6th…
Attorney Mark Friese (left) & Ray HolmbergFARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Attorneys have filed their arguments on whether former North Dakota state Sen. Ray Holmberg should be taken into custody as he awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to traveling overseas to have sex with children. The 80-year-old Grand Forks Republican has been allowed to remain on release with conditions due to “exceptional…
FARGO (KVRR) – Fargo police are asking for help in identifying two men who vandalized a portion of the downtown area. Police say it happened at approximately 2:30 a.m. Sunday. Police say the men tampered with property belonging to the city of Fargo and a private business, resulting in garbage being littered across the sidewalks and streets. Anyone with information…
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (KFGO) – Former North Dakota Deputy Attorney General Troy Seibel died of excessive alcohol abuse in Indiana. KFGO News, through an open records request, obtained a report from South Bend Police on the Sept. 3 death of Seibel, who served as the top deputy of late Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem. Stenehjem died in January 2022. Seibel resigned…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR: UPDATE 5PM) — The jury has not yet reached a verdict and has gone home for the night. Deliberations will resume Wednesday morning. Earlier in the day the jury heard closing arguments from the prosecution and the defense. The prosecution stressed the amount of time between Spencer Moen taking a video of his wife, Sonja, laying in…
The CDC is reporting a severe E. coli outbreak in 10 states linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders. States include Oregon, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin. Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota are not included in the outbreak at this time. Nearly 50 people have gotten sick with the majority of the cases in Colorado where…
Starbucks Coffee, Sanford USD Medical Center. courtesy, SiouxFalls.BusinessFARGO (KVRR) – Sanford Health is exploring the possibility of opening a Starbucks Coffee inside Sanford Medical Center in Fargo. A Sanford spokesman confirms discussions are under way, but they are still in the early stages. “This is still very early in the process and we are in exploratory discussion,” according to a…
FARGO — The time is coming t get a little silly, a little scary, and to get to hear the sounds of the Halloween season. The Fargo-Moorhead Symphony is back with it’s “fun-size” concert series this Friday. This one is themed “Spooktacular.” The First Avenue String Quartet is performing pieces from pop culture like the Ghostbusters theme, “Edward Scissorhands,” and…
FARGO, N.D (KVRR) — A judge sets bail at $750,000 for the man accused of shooting another man in downtown Fargo last week. 37-year-old Gregory LaCroix is charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault. He was arrested downtown without incident Thursday afternoon, many hours after the shooting. Police say LaCroix shot a man once at Broadway and 3rd Avenue North…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Fargo police are investigating after a bullet struck Fire Department Station 1, on NP Avenue in downtown Fargo. Fire Chief Steve Dirksen says a window and a small portion of a wall were struck by the bullet. The damage was discovered as staff arrived Thursday morning. Chief Dirksen says the area that was hit by the bullet…
