MAYVILLE & PORTLAND, N.D. (KVRR) – Sixteen hundred Xcel Energy customers are without power as storms are making their way through the area. The outages were reported at 1:35 PM and 2:51 PM Monday. Xcel says on its website that crews are working to restore power as quickly and safely as possible. The company has not given an estimated time…
WYNDMERE, ND (KFGO/KVRR) — A woman who held-up Lincoln State Bank in Wyndmere, west of Wahpeton is on the run. The robbery took place around 10:50 a.m. Monday morning. Richland County Sheriff Gary Ruehl says the woman had a her face covered, demanded money and left in a tan or beige G-M-C or Chevrolet pickup with a topper. There were…
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KFGO) – North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger has approved a petition for circulation seeking to recall Republican Representative Dwight Kiefert, of Valley City. The chairman of the sponsoring committee seeking to oust Kiefert, Shane Anderson of Valley City, is a fellow Republican and the party treasurer of District 24, which Kiefert represents. Kiefert says he’s…
BISMARCK (KFGO/KVRR) – A soon-to-be-vacant South Central District judgeship will stay in Mandan. The North Dakota Supreme Court made that decision following Judge John Grinsteiner plans to retire Aug. 20. When a district judge leaves, the Supreme Court determines whether to keep the judgeship in the present location, move it elsewhere or abolish it. The decision is based on statewide…
CASS CO., N.D. — A Grafton, North Dakota is man arrested after a high speed chase in Cass County. A Cass County Sheriff’s deputy attempted to pull over 23-year-old Bronson Moen for speeding around 2 Sunday afternoon near Casselton. But Moen took off on I-94 and hit speeds of 100 miles per hour. Stop sticks were used to stop his…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — They are some of the most important and often overlooked essential workers. Those working the front lines alongside doctors and nurses. Making sure every inch at Sanford Broadway Clinic in Fargo is kept clean and safe. “We kind of look at ourselves as the caretakers of the caretakers where we try to facilitate for the actual…
FARGO, N.D. — Firefighters respond to a house fire in south Fargo. The call came in around 8:40 p.m. with a report of smoke coming from 6086 24th Street South. KVRR Local News is told one person was taken by ambulance from the house. You can see top floor windows on at least one side of the house were broken…
BISMARCK, N.D. — Thousands of North Dakota landowners have electronically posted millions of acres of private land in what is believed to be the first system of its kind in the nation. North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department opened the system for electronic posting in May. The deadline to post was Thursday, in advance of fall hunting. The 2021 North…
ELY, Minn. — Superior National Forest officials are expanding their closure order for the popular Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness north of Ely, Minnesota because of the threat of wildfires burning across the Canadian border. The newly expanded order, which took effect Sunday, includes 12 more BWCA entry points in addition to the areas around Crooked and Iron lakes that…
OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. — A man is found unconscious in East Battle Lake near Clitherall, Minnesota around 5 Saturday afternoon. Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office tells us the man was pulled from the lake and lifesaving attempts were made but he was pronounced dead. They are continuing to investigate but believe the man drowned. His name is being withheld…
