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Head-on crash in Horace leaves four injured, one arrested

HORACE, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Four people were injured and one person faces charges following a two-vehicle head-on crash in Horace, North Dakota shortly before 11 p.m. Thursday. The Highway Patrol says a car driven by 18-year-old McKenzie Moser, of Horace, was traveling southbound on Cass County Road 17 when she crossed into the northbound lane and collided with a car…

UPDATE: Bizarre Attempted Robbery in Fargo Involved “Online” Girlfriend

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Two people are in custody after a bizarre attempted robbery in Fargo Friday. According to Fargo Police, a man was the victim of an attempted robbery at gunpoint involving a woman he thought was his online girlfriend Friday evening. The attempted robbery occurred in a hotel room at the Expressway Suites on 17th Ave. S in…

Surrealist art exhibition coming to Rourke Art Museum

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Rourke Art Museum in Moorhead is preparing for its 65th annual Midwestern Invitational Exhibition of Fine Art. This year’s exhibit celebrates the 100th anniversary of the inception of the surrealist art movement. Artists from around the region were encouraged to dive into Surrealism and submit their pieces to the exhibition. Rourke says it will be an…

Wind topples light pole on Main Avenue

FARGO (KVRR) – Windy weather caused a street light to fall on Main Avenue in Fargo. The light pole fell in the 1900-block, near Burger Time, after 2:00 p.m. The pole fell onto the road, causing drivers to swerve around it. People nearby helped pick up the pole to move it to the side walk. A Fargo Public Works employee says…

Fundraiser Started For Teen Who Crashed Into Tree on Graduation Night in North Fargo

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO UPDATE 9:20 PM) — A GoFundMe has been started for an 18-year-old teen who suffered life-threatening injuries after crashing into a tree hours after graduating from Fargo North. Aden Hanretty received his diploma the evening of June 2 and was hanging out with friends before heading home. “Four hours later (clean and sober), the boys were all…

Vehicle Bursts Into Flames During High-Speed Chase Through Three Counties, Suspect Eventually Caught

RICHLAND CO. N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — There is not much left of a vehicle involved in a high-speed chase through three counties before it was abandoned and started on fire, igniting a grass fire in Richland County. The chase involving 43-year-old Mark Crompton started around 5 p.m. Wednesday near Felton, Minnesota. He led officers through Clay, Cass and Richland Counties before…

Audit finds Minnesota agency’s lax oversight fostered theft of $250M from federal food aid program

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota agency’s inadequate oversight of a federal program that was meant to provide food to kids, and its failure to act on red flags, created the opportunities that led to the theft of $250 million in one of the country’s largest pandemic aid fraud cases, the Legislature’s watchdog arm said Thursday in a scathing report. The Minnesota Department…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Willow

FARGO — Willow here is just about five weeks old but she’s already had some hard knocks in life. The little brown medium-hair tabby came in to her rescue over memorial day weekend, when someone came in with her to a local coffee shop looking for someone to rehome her, essentially abandoning her. Not only that, but Willow should not…

Police: Man robbed by “online girlfriend” in Fargo

Jeremiah Norby And Sariah JenningsFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Two people are in custody after a bizarre attempted robbery in Fargo Friday. According to Fargo Police, a man was the victim of an attempted robbery at gunpoint involving a woman he thought was his online girlfriend Friday evening. The attempted robbery occurred in a hotel room at the Expressway Suites on…