North Dakota News

UPDATE: Portland, ND man killed in crash identified

TRAILL COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) —  A Portland, North Dakota man killed in a crash in Traill County Tuesday afternoon is identified as 54-year-old Ryan Domier. Highway Patrol says Domier’s pickup hit another pickup as it drove through an intersection that doesn’t have a stop sign. Domier died at the scene. The driver of the other pickup, 39-year-old Scott Hovde of…

One Ticket Wins $2.04 Billion Powerball Jackpot in California

Glitch In Minnesota Causes 10-Hour Delay In Drawing

LOS ANGELES (AP/KVRR) – Someone who bought a Powerball ticket in Southern California has won a record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot. The winning numbers drawn Tuesday morning at the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee were: white balls 10, 33, 41, 47 and 56, and the red Powerball was 10. The jackpot ticket was sold at Joe’s Service Center in…

Workers make their final preparations for Election Day

NORTH DAKOTA & MINNESOTA (KVRR) – Workers are setting up voting and ballot scanning machines and tables for people voting with paper ballots. Many people have already voted. The Clay County Auditor’s Office says nearly 5,100 people have voted early or by absentee ballot. That’s around the same amount for past midterms. Cass County officials say 14,000 people have voted…

Shooter In Taxi Driver Killing in Moorhead Sentenced to Prison

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — The man who admitted killing a taxi driver in Moorhead is sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison. 19-year-old Willie Sparkman Jr. pleaded guilty in September in Clay County District Court to the second-degree murder of 24 year old Abdullahi Mohamed Abdullahi. Court documents show Sparkman and Kristy Vo attempted to rob Abdullahi for rent money…