GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — After 36 years with the department, Grand Forks Police Chief Mark Nelson will retire on Friday. Nelson joined the Grand Forks Police Department in September 1988 and became the chief in 2014. Mayor Brandon Bochenski says, “Chief has set a high standard for our local law enforcement and has left the department in a great…
Ian CramerWASHBURN, N.D. (KVRR) – A change of plea hearing has been scheduled Friday for Ian Cramer. The 43-year-old son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer is facing homicide charges in connection with a Dec. 6 crash that killed a Mercer County sheriff’s deputy. According to court documents, the hearing is scheduled for Friday at 1:30 p.m. Cramer previously pleaded not…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) — WE Fest is coming “Alive in ’25”. WE Fest’s 2025 lineup is out and the headliners are Hardy, Jon Pardi and Cody Johnson. Other acts include Ashley McBryde, Gretchen Wilson, Kip Moore, Megan Moroney and a whole bunch of newcomers. Tickets, ad-ons, camping and parking passes all go on sale Thursday, September 26 at we…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) -Fargo Police say the suspect of a disturbance in the Hawthorne neighborhood last night has been arrested. Officers found and arrested 20-year-old Armon McCaleb this morning for possession of drug paraphernalia and two outstanding warrants. They searched the area around the 1000 block of 9th Avenue South last night after a report of a disturbance, but were…
Donald Merrill Jr. OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Vergas, Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to the burglary of Billy’s Corner Bar and Grill in Vergas. 25-year-old Donald Merrill Jr. admitted to breaking into the bar in late March and stealing a handgun. According to court records, surveillance video shows a man smashing the front window and taking the…
Monte Rodacker / GoFundMeFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A fundraiser is started for Monte Rodacker of Jamestown after a crash during a Nine-Eleven tribute run Sunday afternoon near Fort Ransom. Rodacker was forced to put on his brakes to avoid hitting a group of motorycles that had passed him at a high rate of speed and then suddenly braked on a…
MINNEAPOLIS — It’s the premiere of a new play at one of the nation’s top children’s theatre companies. And now, the Children’s Theatre Company is drawing on local talent for their upcoming production. The original play, “Drawing Lessons,” opens October 8th in Minneapolis. It’s about a Korean-American adolescent who uses her graphic novel skills to find a path through the…
Josh Kevan, senior consultant for firm RVK Inc., presents a cash management study to lawmakers on the Government Finance Committee on Sept. 17, 2024. A key recommendation of the study was for the state to move its operating money out of the Bank of North Dakota. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)(North Dakota Monitor) A cash management study presented to lawmakers Tuesday recommends…
The Quentin Burdick federal courthouse in Fargo, North Dakota. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)(North Dakota Monitor) The U.S. Department of Justice designated Grand Forks as one of 78 initial partnership communities that will focus on gun violence crime involving intimate partners, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of North Dakota announced Tuesday. The program will team U.S. Attorney’s Offices, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Fargo Police responded to a report of a disturbance in the Hawthorne neighborhood around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. When officers arrived in the 1000 block of 9th Avenue 9th South, the suspect fled on foot. Police searched the neighborhood for several blocks and some roadways were also blocked in an attempt to locate the suspect but were not…
