FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A fire destroys a home in the Golden Ridge neighborhood in North Fargo. The fire started right after 5:00 Thursday night at 805 28th Street North. Crews came to the scene to find heavy smoke from inside the house. Police helped firefighters by blocking nearby roads. Fargo Fire Department Captain Mason Krueger says they took out…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum says President Biden’s plan to release millions of barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve “does little to reduce prices at the pump and ease the burden on hardworking Americans.” Biden announced Thursday that he’s ordered the release of about one million barrels of oil each day for six months….
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A Grand Forks woman is arrested for stabbing her own father after an argument. Police say 56-year-old Ceanne Reese grabbed a knife and stabbed her father before turning the knife on herself, Wednesday afternoon around 3. Officers arrived to find 82-year-old Hugh Reese had cuts to his neck and hand. The father and daughter were…
Sen. John Hoeven & Rick BeckerBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — John Hoeven has spent more than two decades handily winning the support of delegates to the state’s Republican Party convention, first as governor and later as a U.S. senator. This year, though, may be different. Hoeven faces a challenge from state Rep. Rick Becker, the leader of a growing faction of…
WASHINGTON – President Biden is ordering the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve for six months in a bid to control energy prices. Those have spiked as the U.S. and allies imposed steep sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. The White House says Biden will make the formal announcement…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Assistant Principal Rachel Bachmeier receives the District Administrative Staff of the Year award for her contributions since being a teacher in 2016. She was the dean of students for two years, later becoming the assistant principal. Bachmeier has been announced as the next principal of West Fargo High school, effective July 1st. Suzanne McTiver receives…
FARGO, N.D. — A 45-year-old Champlin, Minnesota man who was arrested in Fargo on Tuesday is now charged with the murder of his estranged wife. Authorities say James Nyonteh stabbed 35-year-old Peachu Yates in the front yard of a home in Champlin, just north of Minneapolis, on Monday night. Yates was taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Police Department is notifying the community that high risk sex offender, Calvin Till Jr., is now living at 734 College Street North in Fargo. Till was convicted in 2020 of 4 counts of Possession of Child Pornography in Burleigh County. He was also convicted in 2016 of Patronize Minor Commercial Sex Activity in Burleigh County….
FORT TOTTEN, N.D. (KVRR) – A six-year-old boy died after he was mauled by a dog Sunday on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation in Fort Totten. Sources tell KVRR News that the FBI and other law enforcement agencies are investigating the circumstances that led up to the incident. They say the dog, which was captured, did not have a history…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Florida man will stand trial in Minnesota this summer on human smuggling charges following his January arrest after authorities just across the Canadian border found four migrants who had frozen to death during a blizzard. Court documents filed Wednesday show that U.S. District Judge John Tunheim scheduled Steve Shand’s trial to begin July 18. The…
