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Man Arrested After Argument and Fatal Shooting In Grand Forks

September 12, 2021

TJ Nelson,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — A woman is dead after an early morning shooting in Grand Forks and a man is in custody. He is 26-year-old Ahmed Abdullahi. Police responded to a 9-1-1 call about a suspicious person in the 1300 block of 8th Avenue North around 1:30 this morning. They say Abdullahi was arguing with a woman inside a house…

One Fatality Among Several Drug Overdoses Saturday in Grand Forks

September 12, 2021

TJ Nelson,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Police in Grand Forks respond to a number of drug overdoses Saturday including one fatality. They say several people ingested what they believed to be heroin and began overdosing. Police believe the substances they ingested were a more powerful opiate causing the overdoses. The identity of the person who died is being withheld pending family notification….

WATCH: North Dakota National Guard to Observe 20th Anniversary of Sept. 11 Attacks

Dedicated on Sept. 11, 2009, the Memorial to the Fallen in the Global War on Terrorism honors North Dakota military members who lost their lives in the GWOT.

September 11, 2021

Site Staff,

Bismarck, ND (KVRR) — The North Dakota National Guard will conduct an observance ceremony on Saturday, September 11, at the Memorial to the Fallen in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). The ceremony begins at 10 a.m. and is a solemn observance of the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. Governor Doug Burgum,…

How 9/11 changed air travel: more security, less privacy

September 11, 2021

KVRR Staff,

DALLAS (AP) – Ask anyone old enough to remember travel before Sept. 11, 2001, and you’re likely to get a gauzy recollection of what flying was like. There was security screening, but it wasn’t anywhere near as intrusive. There were no long checkpoint lines. Passengers and their families could walk right to the gate together, postponing goodbye hugs until the…

University of North Dakota honors 9/11 victims

"Today is a way for our campus to come together to honor their memories and to better appreciate their service and what they gave."

September 10, 2021

Aaron Walling,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — The University of North Dakota is commemorating the lives lost 20 years ago during the September 11th attacks. “Today is a way for our campus to come together to honor their memories and to better appreciate their service and what they gave,” UND President Andy Armacost said. 20 years since tragedy struck, the memory of…

Update: Fire at Washington Square Mall in Detroit Lakes contained

September 10, 2021

KVRR Staff,

UPDATE: A fire that broke out at Washington Square Mall in Detroit Lakes this afternoon has been contained. The Detroit Lakes Fire Department says the fire started at around 3:00 Friday afternoon in an apartment above Mattson’s Barber Shop. Detroit Lakes, Perham, Frazee, Audubon, Vergas and Callaway firefighters were able to contain the fire to the apartment around 5:30 p.m….

Fargo BLM activist dies, death not considered suspicious

September 10, 2021

Jim Monk,

Anyiwei MaciekFARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – An organizer of the George Floyd-inspired march in Fargo on May 30 of last year has died. Anyiwei Maciek died unexpectedly in Fargo. Black Lives Matter activist Faith Dixon says she and others who are part of the local movement are heartbroken. Dixon says Maciek had a one-year-old daughter and other family in Fargo-Moorhead. Dixon and other…

Slight improvement in North Dakota drought conditions

September 10, 2021

Jim Monk,

BISMARCK, N.D. – A tiny section of North Dakota has been dropped from all drought categories, marking the first time since the beginning of the year that the entire state wasn’t in some stage of drought. The U.S. Drought Monitor shows the southeastern tip of Richland County is not considered to be in any of the five stages of drought….

LIVE: Fargo Fire Recruitment on 9-11

Are you hero material? Find out Saturday.

September 10, 2021

Emily Welker,

They’re some of the most indelible images of 9-11: Firefighters running into the Twin Towers to save the lives of those trapped inside. And the work firefighters do here in the Red River Valley is no less critical. Saturday could be your chance to join them. The region’s largest municipal fire department is holding a recruiting event this Saturday, 20…

Threat closes St. Louis Park synagogue as Sabbath begins

September 10, 2021

Jim Monk,

Beth El Synagogue ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. – A threat of physical violence has caused a synagogue in a Minneapolis suburb to cancel preschool and shift Sabbath services online Friday. Beth El Synagogue in St. Louis Park was informed that the Anti-Defamation League regional office in Chicago received the threat on its website that specifically targeted a Beth El Synagogue…