Greenwood Fire (Fox9)ISABELLA, Minn. – Authorities say a vast majority of the Greenwood Lake wildfire in northern Minnesota is contained, one month after lightning ignited the blaze in the Superior National Forest. The U.S. Forest Service reported that the nearly 27,000-acre fire was 67% contained as of Sunday morning. The Forest Service had said last week that the fire was…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – After protesting the district’s mask mandate at Century Elementary School Monday morning, people get heated arguing against it at a Grand Forks school board meeting. Parents and others speaking called the requirement “adult level bullying.” One man compared the board’s actions to being against the Nuremberg Code of principles for human experimentation at the end…
WEST FARGO, ND (KVRR) – The West Fargo Fire Department is inviting the community to join in a week-long celebration to honor fallen firefighters. National Fallen Firefighters Foundation’s “Light the Night” will be held September 26th through October 3rd. Fire department stations across the country will turn on red lights to recognize firefighters who have fallen in the line of…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Fargo’s very first house gets a major facelift at Bonanzaville in West Fargo. Within the last weeks, a major restoration plan with over three years of drafting and funding, was completed on the house. The big reveal includes new wood work done by hand in order to preserve the original work that was put in…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Police officers in West Fargo sat down with people from the community to enjoy some cookies and good conversation West Fargo Police had their second Coffee with a Cop at Deaner’s Diner. The program is designed to increase understanding between people and the police. “It’s just an opportunity for us to get out and engage…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — An Illinois militia group leader has been sentenced to 53 years in prison for being the mastermind behind the 2017 bombing of a Bloomington mosque. Emily Hari, who was previously known as Michael Hari and recently said she is transgender, was sentenced for the attack on Dar al-Farooq Islamic Center. A federal court judge describing the…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A Grand Forks man faces attempted murder charges after a stabbing sent one man to Altru on Sunday. Police tell us 20-year-old John Bakizuwabo and 28-year-old Hassan Hussein got into an argument. Bakizuwabo was stabbed once and taken to the hospital. Hussein was located a short time later and arrested for attempted murder. Police did…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – A restaurant, record and comic book store and music venue has $10,000 worth of damage from a fryer fire. A report of smoke coming from the roof was called in around 2:30 Monday at DogMahal DogHouse/Ojata Records at 305 North Washington Street. The Grand Forks Fire Department says crews quickly extinguished a fire coming from a…
Wayne StenehjemFARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – Following legal action by the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division, on September 3, A Cass County District Court judge has banned contractor Steve Mitchell, doing business as FM Mechanical, from doing business in North Dakota after finding that Mitchell had violated consumer fraud and licensing laws. The judge found that Mitchell was operating without a contractor’s…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The Grand Forks Police Department has issued a warning about a powerful illegal opiate making the rounds locally. Officers say they responded to numerous narcotics-related drug overdoses Saturday evening, including a death. Police say people were using what they believed to be heroin and began overdosing. Immediate medical intervention was needed to revive them. Police say…
