UPDATE (5 P.M. MARCH 10,2020) — A student at UND has tested negative for the coronavirus. The student was in self-quarantine during the testing. It was conducted on Monday by the Grand Forks and North Dakota health departments. There are zero confirmed cases of coronavirus or COVID-19 in North Dakota. Out of 8 total tests in North Dakota, 7 have…
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn.–A Polk County woman is in custody after being accused of abusing her six children. A warrant for her arrest was issued after one of the children alerted a teacher at Central Middle School about the abuse. The teacher then contacted the East Grand Forks Police Department. Corporal Nicholas Gunderson headed the investigation into 33-year-old Nimo Mohamed…
MOORHEAD, Minn.–The National Book Awards at Concordia College has been postponed due to the coronavirus. The awards were previously scheduled for March 12 and 13, but are now being rescheduled for a later date. The National Book Foundation has advised some of the authors not to travel for coronavirus concerns. Two of the 2019 Nonfiction honorees, Sarah M. Broom and…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP)–Police say a Minnesota mother has admitted she severely injured her 11-year-old son by throwing him from the balcony of their fourth-floor apartment but has not explained why. Thirty-three-year-old Itayvia Lloyd is being held in the Ramsey County jail on probable charges of aggravated assault, malicious punishment of a child and assault of a police officer. Formal…
There aren’t a lot of objects a woman or girl carries that are much more personal than her purse. And this morning, you can use one to make a difference in the life of a human trafficking victim — a crime that dis-proportionally affects girls and women, right here in the Red River Valley. It’s an event called “Purses with…
Sandbag Central is up and running. Volunteers started filling bags at 7 a.m. Tuesday morning. The City of Fargo and Cass County want to fill 400,000 sandbags by this Friday. That’s 100,000 per day. They’re running operations out of the Fargo Solid Waste Division at 2301 8th Avenue North in Fargo. They need 200 volunteers per shift to run…
FARGO, N.D. – A suspect is arrested in connection to a morning stabbing in Fargo. 37-year-old Paul Ramirez of Argyle, Minnesota is being held for aggravated assault. At 6:30 on Tuesday, officers were dispatched to the 1100 block of 8th Avenue North. They found a man with what appeared to be stab wounds. The victim was taken to a local…
BISMARCK, N.D.–A Bismarck pharmacist has pleaded guilty to federal exploitation and cyberstalking charges. Fifty-two-year-old Curtis McGarvey is accused of using hidden cameras to record a female guest in his home. McGarvey told U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland Monday that the first images he recorded were the result of a test of equipment to be used at his business, a pharmacy….
FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota supporters of both Democratic presidential candidates say they’re optimistic about Tuesday’s caucuses. “We certainly have energized and committed voters who are supporting Sen. Sanders and those who are supporting Vice President Biden,” says North Dakota Democratic-NPL Chairwoman Kylie Oversen. Voting begins at 11 a.m. and will go until 7 p.m. There are 14 polling locations…
A free-fall in oil prices and worsening fears of fallout from the spreading Coronavirus outbreak cause a massive sell-off on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank nearly 8%, its steepest drop since the financial crisis of 2008. The Dow lost 2013 points. The sharp drops triggered the first automatic halts in trading in two decades. U.S. stocks are…
