North Dakota News

Moorhead Photographer Sentenced for Luring A Minor by Computer

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Moorhead man who crashed into pedestrian bridge pillars along I-94 in Fargo last December while being wanted for luring a minor, is sentenced in court. On Monday, 52-year-old Robby Njos entered an Alford plea to the charge meaning he doesn’t admit guilt, but admits that there is enough evidence for a conviction. He was sentenced…

Rep. Kelly Armstrong Recommended To Take Speaker Johnson’s Judiciary Seat

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Rep. Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota has been selected to fill a seat vacated by the new Speaker of the House. Armstrong has been recommended by the House Republican Steering Committee to serve on the House Judiciary Committee for the remainder of the 118th Congress. The seat became vacant when Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana was…

Fatal head-on crash with combine in Egeland

EGELAND, N.D. (KVRR) — A Mississippi man is dead after a head-on crash with a combine. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the crash happened shortly after 3:00 p.m. on Highway 66 in Egeland. 39-year-old Benjamin Shearer from Stewart, Mississippi was driving a van when he hit part of the combine’s header. The driver of the combine, 72-year-old Lawrence Weber…

Special Election To Be Held Tuesday at Alerus Center To Extend Grand Forks Sales Tax

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — People in Grand Forks will be heading to the polls on Tuesday to vote in a special election. The vote is to extend the three-quarter percent sales tax beyond 2029. The money would be used to maintain Alerus Center and for the construction of an indoor turf, aquatics and court facility. The center would cost…

LIVE: Gleaning The Lessons of A Hundred Years In Business

A new, locally-produced documentary hits the Fargo Theatre this week.

FARGO — A new documentary comes out this week at the Fargo Theatre that combines a passion for storytelling with a passion for agriculture. And it’s all about a combine company that’s a century old, established right here in the Midwest. Fargo-based Flint Group is releasing their documentary about one hundred years of Gleaner combines. Parts of it were shot…

Horse runs into train near Mantador, girl critically injured

MANTADOR, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A 14-year-old girl is hospitalized in Fargo after the horse she was riding ran into a train southeast of Mantador, North Dakota. Richland County Sheriff Gary Ruhl says the girl was flown to Sanford Medical Center with critical injuries. Ruhl says it happened shortly before 4:30 p.m. Sunday at a rail crossing.  He says the horse…