Are you looking for a pop of fun to make your weekend a great one? Comic-con is merging with two other entertainment entities in the metro this year to become “Pop Expo.” The pop culture and comic book convention officially turned twelve years old this year, so organizers decided they wanted to broaden its reach. Organizer Tony Tilton said they’re…
This year’s CoreCon is shaping up to be a fun one, and one of the best parts is the charity the pop culture convention is featuring this year. Shellback Tech is the brainchild of war veteran Travis Peacock. He started it 4 years ago in the region. The program builds free gaming systems for disabled veterans and first responders. Peacock…
MINOT, N.D. – Police say they’re investigating a homicide that happened in Minot early Friday. Officers responded to an address on the city’s northwest side shortly before 1 a.m. on a report of an unresponsive, bleeding man on the ground in front of a residence. Police found a 22-year-old man with an apparent gunshot wound. He was dead at the…
LYND, Minn. – Authorities say a 9-year-old girl has died after she was accidentally shot at a home in southwestern Minnesota. According to the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office, the shooting happened Monday afternoon at a residence near Lynd, a town southwest of Marshal. The girl was taken by air to a hospital and died Tuesday. She has not been identified….
MINNEAPOLIS – A Twin Cities area man who authorities say is a target in a sweeping investigation into alleged fraud in a student meals program has been arrested on a passport charge. Federal prosecutors say 49-year-old Mohamed Jama Ismail of Savage, Minnesota was charged with making a false statement when he applied for a new passport in March – after…
HAWLEY, Minn. (KVRR) – The driver of a vehicle that crashed into a slough near Hawley was a Detroit Lakes man. Clay County Sheriff Mark Empting says the driver was 27-year-old Tyler McCloskey. Just after 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, Hawley Police received information of something suspicious floating in a slough in the 1800 block of 225th St. N. Empting says investigators…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – With the snow melting away, a new season returns to the region: road construction season. Fargo city engineers are designing a plan to rebuild roads, using a system determining how many potholes are on the road and how often the street department has to do maintenance. “We have a pavement management system that goes and drives…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — We are learning more about the very large pool of candidates running for Fargo City Commission. The League of Women Voters of the Red River Valley held a forum for the candidates at city hall. It had to be split up into two sessions since there are 15 people running for two seats. The candidates took…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO) – Secretary of State Al Jaeger has approved a petition to place a measure on the ballot to legalize recreational marijuana in North Dakota. The committee sponsoring the petition, New Approach North Dakota, will have one year to gather signatures and submit the petition to the Secretary of State. The proposed measure would allow any person over…
BARNES CO., N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is increasing outflow from Baldhill Dam north of Valley City in order to lower Lake Ashtabula by as much as six inches in the wake of last week’s winter storm. The Corps said the historic late winter storm produced as much moisture as a typical winter and with melting expected…
