FARGO — We’ve been following Roger Maris All-Star Week all week long. But for one man, this year’s All-Star week comes with special significance. That’s because the annual Celebrity Golf Tournament turns forty years old this week. Roger Maris Junior was there for the first one. They started it the year after his dad, baseball legend Roger Maris, was diagnosed…
FILE – A bump stock is displayed in Harrisonburg, Va., on March 15, 2019. The Supreme Court has struck down a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, a gun accessory that allows semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans blocked bipartisan legislation Tuesday that would have outlawed bump stocks after the Supreme Court struck down…
NEW YORK (AP) — Willie Mays, the electrifying “Say Hey Kid” whose singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one of baseball’s greatest and most beloved players, has died. He was 93. Mays’ family and the San Francisco Giants jointly announced Tuesday night he had “passed away peacefully” Tuesday afternoon surrounded by loved ones. The center fielder was…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — General Kenneth Wilsbach, Commander of the Air Combat Command, has wrapped up his visit to Grand Forks and Fargo. He was joined by Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer at Grand Forks Air Force Base, UND, Grand Sky and 119th Wing in Fargo. They talked about current and future Air Force operations in the Red…
WEST FARGO (KFGO) – Cass County Vector Control has scheduled truck-mounted ground spraying for Wednesday night for rural cities and subdivisions. It will begin at 8. It is the first time that ground spraying for nuisance mosquitoes has been done this mosquito season. Vector Control says the product used is safe for people and pets. Residents are urged not to…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO/NORTH DAKOTA MONITOR) — Julie Fedorchak’s campaign has filed complaints with two federal agencies over video and text messages sent last week that falsely stated she had dropped out of the U.S. House race. Complaints were filed with the Federal Election Commission and Federal Communications Commission asking the agencies to investigate. The campaign’s attorney says the complaint to…
MOORHEAD (KFGO) – Around two dozen people took part in a march Tuesday to bring awareness and justice to the case of a 3-year-old boy who died under suspicious circumstances in Moorhead 90 days ago. Eastyn Deronjic was found not breathing at an apartment on Belsley Boulevard and died at a Fargo hospital in late March. Moorhead police said Deronjic…
MAHNOMEN CO., Minn. (KVRR) — The sheriff’s office in Mahnomen County and White Earth Police had to investigate after a crash between a BNSF train and a road grader. It happened Monday afternoon just after 4 in Island Lake Township, northeast of Mahnomen. The responding deputy determined that the road grader had not cleared the tracks in time and the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Government officials say Dollar Tree stores failed to effectively recall lead-tainted applesauce pouches linked to illness in more than 500 children. Food and Drug Administration sent a warning letter to Dollar Tree officials and placed the Ecuadorian distributor of WanaBana apple cinnamon pouches under multiple import alerts. The FDA says pouches remained on some Dollar Tree…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A man found lying in the street, bleeding from his nose and mouth, told police he was assaulted by a man who threatened to “rip his face off”. Fargo Police identified Ahmed Hassan as the suspect and arrested him for aggravated assault and robbery. The attack happened around 5 a.m. Sunday in the 700 block of…
