Bugwuji HillGRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Grand Forks Police Officer Luke Wentz has his arm broken while trying to arrest a chase suspect. Officers tried to stop 19-year-old Bugwuji Hill of Grand Forks for ignoring a stop sign in the 1500 block of South Washington Street around 4:30 Tuesday morning. After a short pursuit, Hill got out of the vehicle…
BISMARCK, N.D. – Bismarck-area Democrats have appointed a North Dakota Senate candidate to the seat for which he is campaigning. Tracy Potter says the District 35 committee has appointed him to fill the remainder of State Sen. Erin Oban’s term which expires in November. Oban recently resigned after President Joe Biden appointed her to become state directors for the U.S…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR)- A 45-year-old man wanted in a deadly stabbing in a Twin Cities suburb is arrested at an apartment building in south Fargo near Essentia Health. “Our department was notified around four in the morning that there was a potential homicide suspect from Champlin Minnesota located in the 3100 block of 34th Ave South, our officers immediately responded…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A man is accused of stealing numerous boxes of guns and ammunition while working at a national shipping company in Minnesota. Jason Cikotte, of Isanti, Minnesota, is charged in federal court with possession of stolen firearms. Authorities said the thefts occurred over the course of almost a year at the XPO Logistics facility in Fridley, north…
Jason RavnsborgPIERRE, S.D. – A South Dakota House committee is recommending that the state’s attorney general face no impeachment charges for his actions surrounding a 2020 fatal car crash. Gov. Kristi Noem had pushed for Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg to be removed from office. But a Republican-controlled House committee issued a report Monday and found his actions did not merit…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Donor Council at Sanford Health comes together for their annual paid volunteer day to paint rocks and pass drop them around the community for people to find. The rocks raise awareness on organ donation. They have messages with information about being a donor and opportunities to pay it forward. They started this tradition in 2020…
BEMIDJI, Minn. (KVRR)- A Sanford Health nurse from Ukraine who now lives in Bemidji is reunited with her family after coworkers raise $3,000 to bring them to the United States. “I was just crying and every single day, probably every hour, and my colleagues were just so supportive and we just couldn’t believe that it was happening in the 21st…
Kareem ByrdFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — One of the men accused of murdering Fargo food truck owner Jay Halvorson in June 2019 is sentenced to 25 years in prison. 22-year-old Kareem Byrd plead guilty to conspiracy to commit murder. Police say Byrd and Charles Harris III got into an argument with the 38-year-old Halvorson, who owned Texas BBQ, before killing him….
CASS CO., N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo woman is arrested on active warrants after homeowners in Arthur catch her burglarizing their property. Cass County deputies found 37-year-old Laura Gaarsland’s vehicle after she fled the scene late Sunday afternoon. They also found stolen property. Gaarsland had two warrants for failure to appear. The homeowners decided not to press charges for the…
Raymond GunnFARGO (KVRR) – A jury has found a man not guilty in a fatal shooting outside a north Fargo bar. Raymond Gunn’s attorney argued Gunn acted in self-defense and during trial suggested a “stand your ground” law passed last year by the North Dakota Legislature should apply in Gunn’s case, despite it going into effect just days after the shooting….
