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Former Worker Sentenced For Death at Fargo Memory Care Center

March 20, 2023

KVRR Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (AP/KVRR) — A former employee at Maple View Memory Care in Fargo is sentenced to two years in prison for the death 78-year-old Gary Pearson. 60-year-old Rachel Cooper pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in the August 2021 death. A criminal complaint said Cooper was cleaning Pearson’s bathroom and that the two appeared to have struggled over the door….

Former Fargo South Band Teacher Sentenced For Sex With Student

March 20, 2023

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A former Fargo South band teacher is sentenced to 30 months behind bars for having sex with a 17-year-old female student. Sebastian Tackling must also register as a sex offender and serve five years of probation. Tackling pleaded guilty in January to a count of corruption of a minor in Cass County District Court. A charge…

North Dakota Air National Guard helps rescue people trapped at sea near Guam

Pilots in Fargo flew the MQ-9 Reaper remotely with help from others overseas

March 19, 2023

Jim Monk, Emily Welker,

FARGO (KVRR) – A routine training mission for the North Dakota Air National Guard recently turned into real-life drama. Members of the National Guard’s 119th Wing were training at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam in February when the scenario quickly changed. Major Nick Hanson says a Fargo-based MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle was ordered into action to locate a…

Brewhalla kicks off opening weekend in Fargo

March 19, 2023

Site Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Brewhalla made its grand opening this weekend. The new indoor market proving to be a big hit for customers. “We’ve always been dreaming of this idea. We try to work some of these concepts into the brewery we renovated next door that opened in 2018. We weren’t able to get it done exactly the way we…

Fargo Public Works To Widen Neighborhood Streets Overnight All Week

March 19, 2023

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo city crews will be back at it tonight trying to widen streets in residential neighborhoods by removing snow. They’ll be working in an area from 12th Avenue North to 13th Avenue South and from the Red River to University Drive. Residents and visitors are being urged to remove their vehicles parked on roads in those…

Sen. Hoeven Praises Work of National Guard At Roughrider Conference

March 19, 2023

TJ Nelson,

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Senator John Hoeven is praising the work of the National Guard in serving our state and nation. He addressed the North Dakota National Guard’s annual Roughrider Conference Saturday in Bismarck. Hoeven talked about upgrades to MQ-9 Reapers in Fargo, efforts to bring the MQ-1C Gray Eagle to the Army National Guard and work to make the…

Oklee, Minnesota Man Killed in Crash On Highway 59 Near Thief River Falls

March 19, 2023

TJ Nelson,

THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) — An Oklee, Minnesota man is dead after colliding with another vehicle on Highway 59 near Thief River Falls. Minnesota State Patrol has identified the man as 86-year-old Oliver Kimbro. He crashed into a vehicle driven by 66-year-old Dale Brekke of Oklee around 11:45 Saturday Morning. Brekke was taken to Sanford in Fargo while his…

Hundreds across F-M community show out for St. Patrick’s Day parade

March 18, 2023

Site Staff,

FARGO-MOORHEAD (KVRR) — Hundreds braved the cold temperatures at this year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade across Fargo and Moorhead. It was rescheduled to today after it was canceled last Saturday due to the snowstorm. The parade began at 8th Street and Center Avenue in Moorhead, crossing the river into Fargo and continued onto Northern Pacific Avenue to Broadway ending on…

Trump says he’ll be arrested on Tuesday

March 18, 2023

Jim Monk,

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump said in a social media post that he will be arrested Tuesday as a New York prosecutor is eyeing charges in a case examining hush money paid to women who alleged sexual encounters with the former president. Trump said in a post on his Truth Social network early Saturday that “illegal leaks”…

Several people sickened during Fargo dart tournament, police investigating

March 17, 2023

Jim Monk,

Rohypnol “Roofies” (DEA)FARGO (KVRR) – Fargo police are investigating the apparent poisoning of several people who participated in a dart tournament last week. Tournament Director Pat Baumgartner tells KVRR news that he’s aware of at least ten participants who were sickened during the DakotaSota State Dart Championship at a south Fargo hotel. Baumgartner says the victims had symptoms that ranged…