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Cass County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Reported Bomb Threats

Cass County, N.D. (KVRR) — The Cass County Sheriff’s Office cleared multiple buildings throughout rural Cass County after recieving calls about reported bomb threats Thursday evening. They recieved the calls around 8:45 PM. Only one specific location was identified, in Kindred, and a K9 unit was used to clear the area. Deputies conducted building checks throughout rural communities and schools…

Direct flight to Atlanta added and seasonal flight to Phoenix returns at Hector International

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — There is some good new for flyers: two winter routes will be available starting this week. The first is the return of seasonal nonstop service to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport which begins tomorrow. A new daily nonstop flight to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport with Delta Air Lines will start on Saturday. The new service will…

Men arrested during traffic stop earlier this month had multiple stolen credit cards and key fob for stolen vehicle

Jeffrey Johnson, Jackson Mulder and James CaswellFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Police in Fargo are revealing that a traffic stop earlier this month resulted in the arrest of three men and the discovery of multiple stolen credit cards. Officer Tyler Hawes stopped their vehicle on Monday, December 8 in the 3100 block of Fiechtner Drive after matching the description of one…

Man charged with second-degree murder for stabbing death outside a Mahnomen, MN bar

MAHNOMEN, Minn. (KVRR) — A Bagley, Minnesota man is charged with two counts of second-degree murder for the stabbing death of 24-year-old Adam Webster. 23-year-old Dayami Clark is accused of stabbing Webster outside King’s Corner Bar in Mahnomen last Saturday night. A White Earth officer arrived to find Webster had multiple wounds to his chest and stomach and he was…

Blinding Blizzard Reduces Visibility, Knocks Out Power

Outage maps seem to indicate the communities hardest hit are to the north and the east of Fargo.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Visibility on the roads in the Fargo-Moorhead area remained passable in the morning hours of December 18, but rapidly progressed to become heavily obscured as the day wore on. Perhaps the biggest impacts of this winter storm were to the electrical grid. Xcel Energy seemed to be hit the hardest, with a couple of transformers briefly…

Police investigating link between Brown shooting and killing of MIT professor

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Authorities said Thursday that they’re looking into a connection between last weekend’s mass shooting at Brown University and one two days later near Boston that killed a professor at another elite school, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. That is according to three people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation…

Big winners in Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing, but no jackpot winner….prize hits $1.5 Billion for Saturday

Another drawing and another night without a Powerball jackpot winner. The prize has now grown to $1.5 billion for the next drawing on Saturday night. The cash value is $686 million. There were a few big winners last night. Two Match 5 plus Power Play tickets sold in Arizona and Massachusetts are worth $2 million each. Match 5 tickets worth…

Prosecutor says 14 Minnesota programs are targeted for fraud and the state is swamped with crime

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — At least 14 state-run programs in Minnesota have been flagged for fraud, a prosecutor said Thursday as he announced new charges in several schemes. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson said during a news conference that federal officials suspect a significant portion of roughly $18 billion paid out by Medicaid to Minnesota programs was fraudulent. “What we…

US government admits role in causing helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 in Washington

WASHINGTON D.C. (AP/KVRR) – The U.S. government admitted Wednesday that the actions of an air traffic controller and Army helicopter pilot played a role in causing a collision last January between an airliner and a Black Hawk near the nation’s capital, killing 67 people. It was the deadliest plane crash on American soil in more than two decades. The official response to…

North Dakota finds option to relieve prison overcrowding

Five bunk beds sit vacant in the sleeping quarters of an empty inmate pod at the Burleigh/Morton County Detention Center on Dec. 17, 2025. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota’s prison system will use the Burleigh/Morton County Detention Center to house inmates instead of using the Grand Forks County jail to address its…