VALLEY CITY, N.D. — This image from a security camera at a Valley City business has helped police learn his identity. They got several tips from the public. The man’s body was pulled from the Sheyenne River last Monday and police tried to learn his identity for days. Police Chief Phil Hatcher says his name will be released once family…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A woman wants to honor Fargo Police Officer Zach Robinson and she has started a GoFundMe to do it. Rebecca Folden calls Robinson a hero and says he saved Fargo from a mass shooting event. He is the officer who shot and killed 37-year-old Mohamad Barakat after he ambushed officers attending to a crash on Friday,…
UPDATE: The Silver Alert issued by NDHP and NDBCI on July 23rd has been canceled. Rory Rupp has been safely located in Valley City. VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR) — Police in Valley City are looking for a man who walked away from the Sheyenne Saint Raphael Care facility around 5 a.m. A Silver Alert was issued for 56-year-old Rory Rupp…
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…
