MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Cullen Children’s Foundation and HOPE, Inc. join forces for sled hockey for Giving Hearts Day. The game is for a good cause to raise awareness for charity and give kids a chance to play a game they love. People were treated to an extremely competitive contest. The players left it all on the ice and put…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Fargo’s Teacher of the Year award goes to Amy Anderson, an Early Childhood Special Education Teacher. Anderson was surprised by Superintendent Dr. Rupak Gandhi and awarded the trophy. She teaches at Longfellow and is an Early Childhood Literacy Partner at Agassiz. Anderson works with children ages three to five with a wide variety of special needs….
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Moorhead’s police chief says it’s been difficult for his department not to have mutual aid from North Dakota law enforcement for almost a year. A Minnesota law that went into effect in March of 2021 changed how officers can use deadly force if a reasonable apparent threat of death or great bodily harm is present. It…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Another person has dropped their name in the race for Cass County State’s Attorney. Prosecutor Kim Hegvik wants to take over for Birch Burdick who is retiring in December. Hegvik has been an Assistant State’s Attorney at the Cass County State’s Attorney’s Office for over 15 years. She’ll be running against Assistant Cass County State’s Attorney…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota lawmakers say they will push to significantly limit the use of no-knock warrants after a Minneapolis SWAT team entered a downtown apartment while serving a search warrant last week and killed Amir Locke. The bill that would narrow the use of no-knock warrants to only a handful of situations such as false imprisonment, kidnapping and…
Justin Nachatilo and attorney Leo Wilking FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – The Fargo Civil Service Commission heard the appeal of former Fargo police officer Justin Nachatilo on Tuesday. Nachatilo was fired in December after an internal review concluded he mishandled two cases. He claims that improper considerations played a role in his firing, including inconsistent application of consequences for his situation versus…
Ro GrignonFARGO (KVRR) – Fargo television pioneer Ro Grignon has died. Grignon died Saturday, Feb 5 at Sanford Broadway Medical Center. He was 93. Grignon was born in Fargo. He helped put KXJB-TV in Fargo on the air before he went to Kansas City, where he ultimately became Executive Vice-President of Taft Television stations. Grignon was also one of the…
Drew WrigleyBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Gov. Doug Burgum has appointed former U.S. attorney and lieutenant governor Drew Wrigley to serve out the remainder of Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem’s term. Wrigley will take the oath of office at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Capitol. He announced last month that he would be seeking the Republican nomination for Attorney General after Stenehjem…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — People in Grand Forks are being asked to check their property for a missing man. Police say 26-year-old Anthony Valdez was last seen on Sunday in the downtown area by Level 10 night club. Valdez was wearing a green winter jacket with a fur lined hood and a black baseball hat. Police are asking people…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-KCND) – North Dakota’s Securities Department has joined an enforcement action to stop a fraudulent precious metals scheme that targets the elderly. The complaint alleges Safeguard Metals, LLC promoted precious metals at grossly inflated prices. In this case, it was silver coins. Securities Department chief investigator Michael Daley says the company convinced these people to move their retirement money…
