FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo man is sentenced in Cass County District Court for sexually abusing a minor. The judge gave 49-year-old Marc Leslie 20 years in prison for gross sexual imposition with a victim under 15 and 5 years for solicitation of a minor victim under 15. The terms will be served concurrently and he’ll be eligible for…
UPDATE: Fire ruled accidental. An electrical malfunction in the freezer equipment produced excessive heat and started nearby items on fire. GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – A restaurant catches fire overnight in Grand Forks. Firefighters responded to the Crooked Pint Ale House around 10:45 Sunday night. There was a report of a fire alarm and smoke coming from the back of…
VALLEY CITY, N.D. — This image from a security camera at a Valley City business has helped police learn his identity. They got several tips from the public. The man’s body was pulled from the Sheyenne River last Monday and police tried to learn his identity for days. Police Chief Phil Hatcher says his name will be released once family…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A woman wants to honor Fargo Police Officer Zach Robinson and she has started a GoFundMe to do it. Rebecca Folden calls Robinson a hero and says he saved Fargo from a mass shooting event. He is the officer who shot and killed 37-year-old Mohamad Barakat after he ambushed officers attending to a crash on Friday,…
UPDATE: The Silver Alert issued by NDHP and NDBCI on July 23rd has been canceled. Rory Rupp has been safely located in Valley City. VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR) — Police in Valley City are looking for a man who walked away from the Sheyenne Saint Raphael Care facility around 5 a.m. A Silver Alert was issued for 56-year-old Rory Rupp…
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Police release pictures of a man whose body was found in the Sheyenne River earlier this week. The man’s body was recovered around noon Monday, and authorities are trying to identify who he was. He’s described as white, about 30 to 40-years-old, with dark short hair and a beard. He was between 5’8″ and 5’10”…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – The principal of Wahpeton High School has accepted a job offer to become the next superintendent of Devils Lake Public Schools. The Wahpeton School Board accepted Ned Clooten’s resignation this week and he is expected to start in Devils Lake Aug. 1. Clooten replaces Matt Bakke who turned in his letter of resignation in June to…
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Sitting in a parked car with an arsenal of weapons and ammunition, the man who fired on police officers in Fargo last Friday chose to use the one gun in his vehicle that was modified with a binary trigger. The device allowed the gun to fire so rapidly that it sounded like an automatic weapon. The…
PEQUOT LAKES, Minn. (AP) – The Fargo police officer who was responding to a routine traffic crash when he was ambushed and fatally shot by a heavily armed man was remembered Saturday as a dedicated officer and an exceptional young man taken too soon. Jake Wallin, 23, was killed July 14 when a man armed with 1,800 rounds of ammunition,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Former Fargo Police Lieutenant Joel Vettel is an instructor in what to do if you find yourself in a potential mass shooting or similar situation. While he says he doesn’t want our community to live in fear, Vettel explains there are ways to prevent and protect yourself during these situations. He says the most important tip…
