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Barnes County man charged with construction theft

January 16, 2026

Jim Monk,

ORISKA, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A Barnes County man is facing charges for accepting payment but failing to do work on construction projects. Tyler Vance is charged with felony construction fraud and misdemeanor contracting without a license. According to court documents, in December 2024 Vance agreed to do construction work on a home in Oriska. The homeowner said Vance would provide…

Fargo police / SWAT execute search warrant in north Fargo home

January 16, 2026

KVRR Staff,

Police vehicles gathered around a home on the 100 block of 6th Ave. S. in the morning hours of Friday, Jan. 16. (Courtesy: KFGO)FARGO — The Fargo Police Department reports that a police presence in north Fargo Friday morning was to serve a search warrant. Police executed the warrant in the 100 block of Sixth Avenue South, near Second Street…

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Big Minnesota companies keep quiet as Trump’s immigration crackdown squeezes the state

January 16, 2026

KVRR Staff,

Employees restock groceries at a Target store in Minnesota. Photo by Max Nesterak/Minnesota Reformer.MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — More than 100 Twin Cities clergy gathered at the skyway entrance to Target’s downtown Minneapolis headquarters Thursday to sing, pray and demand the retailer take a stronger stand against federal law enforcement activity in the metro and prevent agents from using its…

Las Vegas man arrested after crashing into fence in south Fargo

January 16, 2026

KVRR Staff,

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Police arrested a man from Las Vegas after they say he crashed into a fence in south Fargo. Officers responded to a report of a reckless driver in the 2200 block of 32nd Avenue S. around 2:25 a.m. Thursday. Police say officers found a vehicle that struck a fence. Brian Perez-Garcia, 29, was arrested for DUI, DUI…

These are the arrests you’re not seeing

January 16, 2026

KVRR Staff,

A bus stop is shown on Park Avenue and 38th Street, the spot where a neighborÕs continuous video feed caught an ICE agent taking a man into an unmarked car days before Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — A man shelters alone under the heaters of a south Minneapolis bus stop on a…

Judge orders release of Liberian man arrested in Minneapolis by agents with a battering ram

January 16, 2026

KVRR Staff,

A family member reacts after federal immigration officers make an arrest Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A federal judge in Minnesota on Thursday ordered the release of a Liberian man four days after heavily armed immigration agents broke into his home using a battering ram and arrested him. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Bryan said…

No travel advisory issued in portion of west central Minnesota

January 16, 2026

Jim Monk,

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) – The Minnesota Department of Transportation has issued a no travel advisory on state and federal highways in Clay and Wilkin counties in west central Minnesota due to high winds causing blowing snow and zero visibility. The advisory includes Highway 75 between Perley and Breckenridge, Highway 210 from Breckenridge to Fergus Falls and Highway 9 from…

Horace Mann Elementary Hosts First "history Harvest" In Series Of Three

Horace Mann Hosts First “History Harvest” in Series of Three

The events are designed to capture as many memories and artifacts from the closing elementary schools as possible, to both be placed on a digital time capsule and potentially considered for design elements of the new building.

January 15, 2026

Gabriel Ostler,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – On the evening of January 15 – Horace Mann Elementary let folks in outside of school hours for a special kind of open house. Students, parents – anyone with memories of the historic building was welcome to share them at a variety of stations. “We call it a History Harvest, because literally, we need to harvest…

Search for missing West Fargo woman extends to Otter Tail County, MN

January 15, 2026

TJ Nelson,

Isadora Wengel, Fargo PoliceFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) –Fargo and West Fargo police departments are now asking people in Otter Tail County, Minnesota to check their camera footage in the search for 25-year-old Isadora Wengel of West Fargo. They want businesses and property owners to check any security cameras, doorbell cameras or trail cameras between 2 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday,…

Noridian Healthcare Lays Off Over One Hundred And Forty Employees

Noridian Healthcare announced over 140 layoffs across their company

January 15, 2026

Juliana Pelaez,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — About seven percent of Noridian’s employees are now out of a job. As Noridian Healthcare Solutions says, it is aligning with current federal funding levels. According to a representative at the company, they are letting go 143 employees across the organization, which includes 39 based in the Fargo-Moorhead area. Since 1966, Noridian Healthcare has processed medical…