ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) – Officials in South Dakota’s third most populous city, Aberdeen, are warning residents that their drinking water contains an elevated risk of disease. The Aberdeen Water Works Treatment Plant experienced mechanical malfunctions in two filters used to clean water and make it drinkable for residents, resulting in “an increased chance of disease-causing organisms in the drinking water,”…
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Police release pictures of a man whose body was found in the Sheyenne River earlier this week. The man’s body was recovered around noon Monday, and authorities are trying to identify who he was. He’s described as white, about 30 to 40-years-old, with dark short hair and a beard. He was between 5’8″ and 5’10”…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – The principal of Wahpeton High School has accepted a job offer to become the next superintendent of Devils Lake Public Schools. The Wahpeton School Board accepted Ned Clooten’s resignation this week and he is expected to start in Devils Lake Aug. 1. Clooten replaces Matt Bakke who turned in his letter of resignation in June to…
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Sitting in a parked car with an arsenal of weapons and ammunition, the man who fired on police officers in Fargo last Friday chose to use the one gun in his vehicle that was modified with a binary trigger. The device allowed the gun to fire so rapidly that it sounded like an automatic weapon. The…
PEQUOT LAKES, Minn. (AP) – The Fargo police officer who was responding to a routine traffic crash when he was ambushed and fatally shot by a heavily armed man was remembered Saturday as a dedicated officer and an exceptional young man taken too soon. Jake Wallin, 23, was killed July 14 when a man armed with 1,800 rounds of ammunition,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Former Fargo Police Lieutenant Joel Vettel is an instructor in what to do if you find yourself in a potential mass shooting or similar situation. While he says he doesn’t want our community to live in fear, Vettel explains there are ways to prevent and protect yourself during these situations. He says the most important tip…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – In his most detailed update yet, North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley released more details into the investigation of last week’s shooting that killed FPD officer Jake Wallin and the 37-year-old suspect, Mohamed Barakat. Wrigley says he believes the violence we saw last Friday could have been part of a bigger attack. Although Barakat had little…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo man is facing federal charges for robbing a mail carrier at gunpoint late Monday night. Cass County officials say they’ve been working to identify, locate and arrest 21-year-old Deshaun Holmes for the last week. The postal inspection service was offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction….
Mohamad BarakatFARGO, N.D. (AP) — The man who shot three Fargo police officers and a civilian, killing one of the officers before an officer killed him, searched the internet for terms including “explosive ammo” and “kill fast,” as well as for what crowded area events might be happening, authorities said Friday. Mohamad Barakat also used a “binary trigger” that allowed…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Beer and animals, a wonderful combination to help conservation efforts in our community. The annual Zoo Brew at the Red River Zoo will bring about two dozen different brewers out to the zoo Friday night. There will be food, a concert, and the chance to meet some of the zoo’s animals, including a ferret who…
