FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – In his most detailed update yet, North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley released more details into the investigation of last week’s shooting that killed FPD officer Jake Wallin and the 37-year-old suspect, Mohamed Barakat. Wrigley says he believes the violence we saw last Friday could have been part of a bigger attack. Although Barakat had little…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo man is facing federal charges for robbing a mail carrier at gunpoint late Monday night. Cass County officials say they’ve been working to identify, locate and arrest 21-year-old Deshaun Holmes for the last week. The postal inspection service was offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction….
Mohamad BarakatFARGO, N.D. (AP) — The man who shot three Fargo police officers and a civilian, killing one of the officers before an officer killed him, searched the internet for terms including “explosive ammo” and “kill fast,” as well as for what crowded area events might be happening, authorities said Friday. Mohamad Barakat also used a “binary trigger” that allowed…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Fargo Police are honoring the service and the memory of fallen officer Jake Wallin, who was shot and killed in the line of duty one week ago. The department is putting stickers on every patrol vehicle in its fleet. They honor the lives of Wallin and the two other Fargo officers killed while on duty in…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) Are crowded events safe to attend? Some have worries after new details were given about last week’s fatal south Fargo ambush on officers. Cass County Sheriff Jesse Jahner says law enforcement around the F-M metro are always working together, especially for big events in the region. “There’s actually resources in place that most people don’t know…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Despite many students enjoying summer vacation, West Fargo Public schools are already making key decisions for the upcoming school year. The school district always had a 0.9-mile radius from a school called a walkable zone, where students did not qualify for school bus transportation. But those walkable zones are going to expand for next year….
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – American Crystal Sugar Company has been fined nearly $26,000 for wastewater discharge violations at its sugar beet processing plants in Crookston and East Grand Forks. The fines come from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. The MPCA found that American Crystal made illegal discharges into the Red Lake River at the Crookston plant 12 times between April…
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (KFGO) — A 62-year old Devils Lake man is sentenced to 20 years in prison on six counts of gross sexual imposition. In February, a jury found Howard Studhorse guilty of engaging in sexual acts with girls under 15 years old. The judge in Ramsey County handed down a 30 year sentence this week, but suspended ten…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — West Nile Virus has been found in Wahpeton. The city posting on social media that a pool of mosquitoes tested positive for the virus on Monday. They are encouraging people to take extra precautions against getting bitten by mosquitoes. The virus was first found this season in Grand Forks. That city and East Grand Forks will…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A fire in a West Fargo development about five miles west of the Red River Valley Fairgrounds destroys a house. Around 1:30 a.m., West Fargo Rural Fire Department was called on a report of a structure fire. When crews arrived the roof was fully engulfed. They stayed on scene for about four hours fighting the…
