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North Dakota Man Found Dead In Swift County, MN Jail Cell

SWIFT CO., Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — The death of a man from Bismarck is under investigation at the Swift County jail in Benson, Minnesota. The sheriff’s office says 45-year-old William Delmore was arrested Monday by Benson police for driving while impaired. Delmore died in his cell Tuesday morning. An autopsy was done but the results are still pending. Minnesota BCA is…

Grand Forks Public Health to Offer Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Next Week

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Grand Forks Public Health is offering the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine. Shots will be available next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Due to limited quantities, only designated clinics will offer the vaccine to preserve the current allocations. The Novavax COVID-19 vaccine is administered as a two-dose series, three weeks apart. A second dose will be reserved for…

Retired highway patrol sergeant reacts to third police-involved shooting in past month

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Five Fargo police officers and a North Dakota State Trooper are on paid leave after 35-year-old Andrew Martinez was shot and killed in Mapleton. A former sergeant with the North Dakota Highway Patrol says because of Fargo’s growing population, more crime and situations like police-involved shootings come with the territory. “We wanted to be a big…

UPDATE: Fargo Police Identify Officers involved in Shooting In Mapleton

Sergeant Travis Moser, Detectives Josh Heller and Ryan Jasper & Investigator Jordan KorteFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Four Fargo Police Department officers on paid leave after shooting a man in a mental health crisis in Mapleton on Monday are identified. They include 18-year FPD veteran Sergeant Travis Moser. Detectives Josh Heller and Ryan Jasper who have both been with the department…

Sen. Cramer blocks Homeland Security nominees due to separation case

WASHINGTON (KVRR) — Senator Kevin Cramer is blocking Department of Homeland Security nominees because of an immigration case in North Dakota. A family is separated after the mother, a Canadian, inadvertently overstayed her visa. She has been barred from entering the U.S. for 10 years. Cramer says the woman received poor advice during the COVID pandemic which led her to…

Funeral Service Set for Former Clay County Sheriff Bergquist

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — The funeral service for former Clay County Sheriff Bill Bergquist is set. It will be held Monday, August 15 at 11 a.m. at Nemzek Hall at Minnesota State University Moorhead. Visitation will be from 9-11 a.m. Interment will follow the service at Riverside Cemetery in Moorhead. Bergquist died last Friday at Sanford’s Hospice House in Fargo…

Cramer blocks DHS nominees until North Dakota family is reunited

WASHINGTON (KVRR) – Sen. Kevin Cramer is blocking Department of Homeland Security nominees because of an immigration case in North Dakota. Cramer says a North Dakota family was separated after the mother, a Canadian citizen, inadvertently overstayed her visa. She has been barred from entering the U.S. for 10 years. Cramer says the woman received poor advice during the COVID…