FARGO (KFGO/KVRR) – Court documents are providing more information about a downtown Fargo assault that left one man with serious injuries to his head and face. Travice Ledoux, 36, was arrested Friday, and is charged with aggravated assault and accomplice to aggravated assault. According to court records, Ledoux – known in those documents as suspect #4 – was one of…
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) – Contract negotiations are described by a union leader as “intense” as the union representing production workers at the CNH Manufacturing Plant in Fargo continue. The contract, covering about 800 hourly employees, expires on Sunday. A union representative says Local 2525 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers is seeking higher pay, and health care…
State Sen. Nicole Mitchell (D) Woodbury, Minn.ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Republican attempt to expedite an ethics investigation of a Democratic Minnesota state senator who’s facing a felony burglary charge failed on a tie vote Wednesday. Sen. Nicole Mitchell, of Woodbury, was absent as the Senate reconvened for the first time since her arrest early Monday at her estranged stepmother’s home in the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Apparently Pete is popular. Jade Presents says due to popular demand, a second show has been added to Pete Davidson’s stop at Fargo Theatre on July 5. The first show starts at 6:15 pm with the second show at 10 pm. They are for mature audiences only. Tickets will cost you between $78 and $128 at…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – UND’s Energy and Environmental Research Center has landed a major award to study enhanced oil recovery. The Department of Energy is giving the center $11.6 million to investigate how CO2 injected into an unconventional reservoir in the Bakken Formation will result in increased oil and gas production. They will also look into the feasibility for…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Zandbroz Variety will close its door this summer for good after 33 years in business. The owners of the book and gift store say they plan to close in June. In a post to Facebook, Greg and Renee say it’s time to begin a new chapter. They called out the support from customers who helped them,…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — If you’re in Moorhead on Thursday and Friday you might see crews responding to a simulated chemical leak. Moorhead Public Service and Moorhead Fire Department are conducting the emergency response training. There will be a series of practice responses by Moorhead Fire Department’s HAZMAT Team. The training exercise is set to start at 9 a.m. both…
FARGO (KFGO/KVRR) – Someone spray painted the mural on the south wall of Bernie’s Wines & Liquors on South University Drive over the weekend. General Manager John Langdahl says it happened Saturday night or Sunday morning. “Staff came in Sunday morning to open the store like it was any other day and within the first half-hour, we had multiple customers…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — In texts obtained by KVRR Local News, former Executive Director of the Metro Flood Diversion Authority Joel Paulsen said he believes that Board Chair Shelly Carlson and Chief Counsel John Shockley violated the Joint Powers Agreement, governance policies, and North Dakota law when they attempted to place him on administrative leave prior to his resignation. In…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) – A Grand Forks man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly strangling a co-worker twice, once with an extension cord. Court records show Alexander Thompson, 27, got into a fight with a co-worker while at work Monday. During the fight, Thompson choked his co-worker with his hands until other co-workers separated the two. After…
