FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Celebrate National Zoo Day this week with a chance to get up close with some of the animals at the Red River Zoo, and learn more about what it takes to keep them happy and healthy. You can meet critters like Sheldon the Box Turtle at a free National Zoo Day celebration this Friday from…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Justice Department is working with European allies and prosecutors in Ukraine to investigate war crimes after Russia’s invasion. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Wednesday that U.S. prosecutors across the world are working to collect evidence and to “collect the information on atrocities that we have all seen in both photographs and video footage.” He pointed specifically…
FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – It took more than three hours to knock down a fire that destroyed a large commercial building in the 1400 block of 1st Avenue North, just west of downtown Fargo. The fire was reported around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday. Fargo Fire Department Battalion Chief Joe Mangin said an excavator was brought in to pull down the walls because…
Courtesy, Fox 9MINNEAPOLIS – Minnesota prosecutors have declined to file charges against a Minneapolis police SWAT team officer who fatally shot Amir Locke while executing an early morning no-knock search warrant in February. The 22-year-old Locke was staying on a couch in an apartment when authorities entered it without knocking as part of an investigation into a homicide. Locke was…
Kurt GroszhansWASHINGTON – A North Dakota farmer jailed in Ukraine has been moved to a new facility away from the capital city of Kyiv. Sen. John Hoeven says Kurt Groszhans was moved to Lviv. Groszhans, of Ashley, has been jailed since November on charges that he plotted to assassinate Ukraine’s then-agriculture minister, Roman Leschenko. Groszhans’ family has said the charges…
WEST FARGO (KFGO/KVRR) – North Dakota’s Speaker of the House lost his bid to be re-nominated for his seat during his district’s political convention last night. Kim Koppelman fell 19 votes short of challenger Jim Jonas for the second endorsed spot in West Fargo’s District 13 Republican convention. The district’s other incumbent, Austen Schauer, retained the confidence of the district’s…
FARGO, N.D (KVRR) – A local fitness center is partnering with an NFL player. They are promoting the second annual Able Games fitness competition. “Today’s awesome you know today’s kind of the base work that starts it all, gets everybody ready for the able games themselves. This is some of the amazing stuff their doing at TNT. You know this…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – The FM Legion Riders raise $10,500 for their Lake Park American Legion counterparts. Last month the Lake Park American Legion caught on fire and suffered significant damage. Leaders say they have received many donations from the community and the breakfast and silent auction. This effort will help in their rebuilding plans. The facility was popular for…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Fargo School Board votes unanimously to suspend Fargo South High School Teacher Kevin Kennedy without pay as he goes through the discharge process recommended by Superintendent Dr. Rupak Gandhi. Kennedy’s personnel file details accusations of inappropriate comments to and contact with students. He’s been teaching English, Theatre and Performing Arts at Fargo South since 2013….
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A Fargo man pulled from his crashed vehicle in Moorhead is pronounced dead at Sanford Health. Officers responded to 34th Street South and I-94 around 6:15 Monday night where witnesses had pulled 72-year-old Steven Wear from his vehicle. They say it left the roadway, rolled and came to rest on its roof in standing water. Wear…
