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…
By: Jeannie Kopstein WASHINGTON (KVRR) — President Biden’s recent Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, met with Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar ahead of her confirmation hearings set to begin on March 21. Klobuchar is a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. “I just think that her experience is extraordinary,” said Klobuchar. “She has more experience as a judge than…
FAIRMOUNT, N.D. (KVRR)–A Fairmount, North Dakota man is arrested after a five hour standoff where police say he set his garage on fire and barricaded himself in his home. Adam Prochnow is connected to Tuesday night’s incident where police say a device was used that caused a fire at the Richland County Law Enforcement Center. As Fairmount Public Schools went…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Seven community members are being recommended to serve on the Fargo Police Advisory and Oversight Board. The nominees come from a diverse background and include a former New York Police Department and federal parks employee, educators, a business leader and even a retired U.S. Air Force veteran. They were selected from a pool of 43 applicants….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The American Truckers Freedom Fund and supporters come into Fargo on a semi convoy’s way to Washington, DC to protest government overreach. This leg of the convoy began in Minot and stopped in Bismarck before getting to Petro Stopping Center truck stop on 45th Street South. People from North Dakota and Minnesota there say they are…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Anna Johnson is making a run for Fargo City Commission. Johnson previously served for three years on the city’s Native American Commission. She is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. Johnson says she believes in “serving Fargo’s diverse community of working-class families”. There are around half a dozen candidates in the race…
CDC COVID-19 map 3/3/2022FARGO (KVRR) – There’s encouraging news from the Centers for Disease Control about COVID-19. The CDC now says that more than 90% of the U.S. population lives in an area with low or medium COVID-19 community levels. The community levels in the Fargo-Moorhead area, including Cass and Clay Counties are now classified as “low.” Several counties in…
FARGO (KVRR) – The FBI has completed its investigation of an explosion that seriously injured a New York woman during the 2016 Dakota Access Pipeline Protest. An attorney for Sophia Wilansky revealed in court documents that the investigation is concluded. “The FBI has now notified (Wilansky) that it has formally ended and closed its investigation of Ms. Wilansky’s injury, ”…
FAIRMOUNT, N.D. (KVRR) – A man who barricaded himself inside a home in Fairmount, North Dakota has been taken into custody. Richland County deputies, the Red River Valley Swat Team and fire crews were called to the home, in Fairmount, about 15 miles southeast of Wahpeton. Chief Deputy Sheriff Gary Ruhl says a man was barricaded in a house after…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The North Dakota State Investment Board has unanimously voted to jettison state investments with ties to Russia. State Investment Officer Scott Anderson told the board that as of Thursday March 3, North Dakota had approximately $10 million in investments with “Russian entity exposure.” Anderson said that figure had already been reduced by approximately $5.9 million since…
