WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Bernie’s Wines and Liquors in West Fargo is the first liquor store to get a forensic ID scanner to help combat underage drinking through a new partnership. West Fargo Police and Fargo Cass Public Health are teaming up to offer the scanners. Chief Pete Nielsen says the fake IDs in our region are increasing in…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge in North Dakota has thrown out the remainder of a lawsuit by an Arizona man who alleged excessive force was used against him when he was protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline. In 2019, Marcus Mitchell sued several law enforcement officers, the city of Bismarck and Morton County. He alleged officers targeted him…
ST. CROIX CO., WI — Nicolae Miu, who was found guilty in April of stabbing several people including one fatally on the Apple River in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, is sentenced to 20 years in prison. The 54-year-old Miu of Prior Lake faced up to 97 years in prison after he was charged and convicted of first-degree reckless homicide in the…
CROOKSTON, Minn. (KVRR) – On August 1st several new laws will take effect in Minnesota, with two of them being focused on expanding and securing benefits for workers. “We were able to pass legislation that made sure that workers who were servers and so forth would get their full minimum wage plus not deducting their tips.” However, Froemke says that…
FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – Fargo Police officers responded to a domestic disturbance in the 300 block of Pairiewood Circle South around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Officers found a man who had been stabbed. He was transported to a local hospital to be treated for a non-life-threatening injury. His name and condition have not been released, No arrest has been made. Police continue…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Due to lack of officers, Moorhead Police Department is withdrawing all school resource officers from Moorhead Public Schools. That’s for at least the first half of the academic year. Moorhead Public Schools each have stationed a school resource officer within their building, but due to staffing shortages those titles have been stripped. “Going back to 2014…
Members of Team USA celebrate after winning the gold medal in the women’s artistic gymnastics team finals round at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles and Sunisa Lee spent the night before perhaps the biggest gymnastics meet of their lives restless. There was a…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – The Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award has been given out to 48 of the most prominent North Dakotans since it was first awarded in 1961. And now they have a 49th member, Astronaut James Buchli. “He was truly an inspiration. He would relate very well to the students, and he would encourage them to look…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — The city election in Moorhead will be held on November 5th and four council seats are up for grabs. Seats held by Matthew Gilbertson in Ward 1, Laura Caroon in Ward 2, Larry Seljevold in Ward 3 and Sebastian McDougall in Ward 4 will be on the ballot. Candidates interested in running must be qualified voters…
MAHNOMEN CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A Naytahwaush, Minnesota woman that was found last night bleeding from the arm and unresponsive was not the victim of a shooting, but rather sepsis. Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Office and White Earth Police say the 56-year-old woman appeared to have an entrance and exit wound similar to a gunshot wound. She died at Mahnomen Health…
