Joseph PoitraFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The final suspect in a fatal stabbing in downtown Fargo is sentenced to time served. 29-year-old Joseph Poitra was charged with accomplice to murder but a plea deal dropped the charge to reckless endangerment. He was released after being behind bars since November, serving 192 days. Poitra was also sentenced to 18 months probation. Earlier,…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KFGO) – A man considered a person of interest in the shooting death of another man in Wahpeton last January has now been charged in federal court with having a gun as a convicted felon. The charge replaces a similar charge filed in Richland County District Court against 33-year-old Anthony Kruger. Kruger was arrested and charged with murder…
FARGO (KVRR) – A new item will be on the menu during the Willie Nelson concerts later this month at the Bluestem Amphitheater in Moorhead. Jade Presents announced on social media Thursday that Cannabis Seltzer will be sold during Nelson’s concert and all other events during this year’s Summer Concert Series. The product is available through a new partnership with…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A Grand Forks man has minor injuries after crashing his pickup into the lead engine of an Amtrak train. The crash happening Thursday morning around 7:20 about a mile west of Interstate 29, southwest of the city. The 60-year-old man was taken to Altru to be treated while his 52-year-old passenger from East Grand Forks…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A former competitive cheerleading coach charged with molesting girls in California is arrested in Fargo. 44-year-old Erick Kristianson of Antioch, Tennessee was arrested last week on a warrant. He was extradited back to California and was being held without bail as of Wednesday. He is accused of molesting girls ages 11 to 16 and faces 16…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — An active shooter call in Grand Forks turned out to be a man shooting at a rodent. The sheriff’s office and police department both responded to an area near CF Industries Thursday morning around 8:30. That is in the 4900 block of Washington Street North. They quickly determined that the shots were being fired from…
FARGO — Some local singers took the stage with an iconic rock band and help them sing their biggest hit. The kids of Sheyenne High School are waking up after a dream-come-true night on stage in which they played the biggest concert of their lives alongside Foreigner. Their voices ringing in the familiar chorus, “I wanna know what love is,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A suspect is on the loose after a police search overnight in South Fargo. Police say members of the Street Crimes Unit recognized a Native American man in a vehicle with outstanding warrants. They tried to make contact around 9:00 Wednesday night. The man got out of the vehicle and ran. Officers, including several K9’s, searched…
Officers search drainage ditch near 700 23rd Street S.FARGO (KFGO) – A Fargo man is in jail after fleeing police and waving a gun at a citizen who tried to help officers catch him Wednesday afternoon. According to Fargo Police, 19-year-old Kadar Pearson was a suspect in an ammunition theft last month and was seen by officers around 3:15 p.m….
ST. PAUL, Minn, (AP) — A pair of gun violence prevention measures long sought by Minnesota Democrats were added Wednesday to a broad public safety budget bill, significantly raising their chances of becoming law. By unanimous voice votes, an all-Democratic House-Senate conference committee approved expanded background checks for gun transfers and a separate proposal for a “red flag law.” It would allow…
