BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-KCND) – North Dakota University System Chancellor Mark Hagerott says there is a need to examine what the state pays faculty, staff and administration salaries in the state’s colleges and universities, and compare them with regional and national salaries. The State Board of Higher Education recently hired Dr. David Cook as the new president at NDSU. He will…
WHEATLAND, N.D. (KVRR) — A Jamestown man is arrested after a road rage incident on eastbound I-94 near Casselton. Cass County sheriff’s responded after 4 p.m. Sunday to a report of a vehicle ramming a vehicle in front of it several times. Highway patrol troopers pulled over Joshua Buchanan near Wheatland and arrested him for reckless endangerment, driving under the…
Kindred Area Ambulance Service/FacebookKINDRED, N.D. (KVRR) — The small town of Kindred, North Dakota turns out to welcome home their State Class B Girls Basketball Champions. The towns fire department and ambulance service leading the procession. The Vikings went unbeaten for the season with Saturday night’s win against defending state champs Grafton. The final score was 64-40 at the Betty…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) — FBI agents searched two West Fargo contracting businesses this week, but the bureau has not said what the investigations pertain to or whether they’re connected. The FBI confirms that agents searched Pro-Mark Services on Thursday. MDM Construction was also searched. A spokesman says he cannot provide information on what agents were looking for in either…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A person of interest in an attempted murder and robbery Saturday morning in Fargo is now in custody. Police say 56-year-old Fabian Henderson was arrested without incident around 2:30 Sunday morning in Fargo. Details are limited, but police say Henderson is tied to the crimes in the 3100 block of North Broadway. The case remains under…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – With primary elections approaching later this year, voter groups are actively working to educate voters. “Ignorance is a tool and like any tool it can be used as a weapon, and far too many people in our society are using ignorance as a weapon and the only way we can fight that is by fighting ignorance,…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR)–Grand Forks Police say they found a dead body when they were sent to the 1200 block of North 43rd Street Friday afternoon. There’s no indication of criminal activity and no danger to the public and the man will be identified once police notify family. Categories: North Dakota News Tags: Grand Forks, Grand Forks Police Departmet, ND,…
WASHBURN, N.D. – A North Dakota farmer has pleaded not guilty to crop insurance fraud. Fifty-eight-year-old Kent Pfaff, of the Washburn area, has been released on a personal recognizance bond. An indictment accuses Pfaff of providing false crop insurance claim information to insurance companies and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency between December 2019 and June 2020 in order…
FARGO (KVRR) – Prosecutors will ask a federal appeals court to reverse a federal judge’s order that threw out the death penalty for Alfonso Rodriguez, the man convicted of kidnapping and killing Dru Sjodin. The U.S. Attorney’s office in Fargo has filed a notice that says prosecutors intend to ask the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn Judge Ralph…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR) – A Fairmount, N.D. man involved in a lengthy standoff with law enforcement Thursday has been charged with arson. Prosecutors say 24-year-old Adam Prochnow carried a backpack into the Richland County Law Enforcement Center in Wahpeton on Tuesday and started the fire. Court documents say Prochnow opened up the backpack, removed a “cylindrical container,” placed it on…
