FARGO (KVRR) – Authorities have concluded their investigation of a fire that extensively damaged a Hankinson church in December. The North Dakota Fire Marshal’s Office says the cause of the December 16 fire at St. Philip’s Catholic Church is undetermined. But the fire investigator’s 17-page report says hours before the fire was reported, painters were working in the area where…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – May is Stroke Awareness Month, and Essentia Health held its annual event to support stroke survivors. This is the 4th year of Essentia’s stroke walk. It was held this afternoon on the indoor track at Rustad Recreation Center in West Fargo. The event was free for participants, and everyone was welcome to sign up, from…
BEULAH, N.D. (KVRR) — A signing ceremony is held to celebrate Talon Metals securing a site for its proposed Beulah Minerals Processing Facility. It’s on the former Westmoreland Mining coal mine near Beulah, about an hour northwest of Bismarck. The facility will process high-grade nickel and copper ore from the Tamarack mine in Minnesota and other sources to produce minerals…
David George (Sherburne County Jail)FARGO (KVRR) – Former West Fargo Elementary School Principal David George has pleaded guilty to three federal child sexual abuse charges. At the hearing on Wednesday, the victim’s family came together to find support, but they say the possible forty-year sentence is not enough. “We didn’t ask for this, we didn’t consent to this…I don’t believe…
(UPDATE 4PM) Steve Anthony Shand, got 6 1/2 years Wednesday with two years’ supervised release. FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) — More than three years after a family of four from India froze to death while trying to enter the U.S. along a remote stretch of the Canadian border in a blizzard, the alleged ringleader of an international human smuggling plot was sentenced…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR/FOX9) –Attorneys for Sen. Nicole Mitchell have filed a motion to dismiss an added charge of possession of burglary tools following an incident in Detroit Lakes in April 2024. That is when Mitchell is accused of breaking into her stepmother’s home to steal some personal items from her late father. The Democrat from Woodbury has pleaded not…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo City Commissioners vote to advance the plans for using the 1/4 cent sales tax for public safety by a vote of 4-1, even though dozens of firefighters are not on board. When Commissioner Michelle Turnberg asked the nearly two dozen firefighters in attendance how many were happy with the proposal, no one raised their hand….
HORACE, N.D. (KVRR) — The Horace community jumps into action when they suspect a child went missing. Cass County Sheriff’s Office says shortly before 5 this evening, they were told about a potentially missing child near the river in Horace. His bike and a fishing pole was seen near the riverbank so fears grew that he may have went into…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Federal cuts to food programs are leaving food pantries like Great Plains Food Bank in Fargo uncertain about future funding. Earlier this year, Great Plains announced it had lost about $1.3 million in funding and food. The food bank then shifted avenues on where they received fresh produce and meat. But the wait for the vote…
BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality has reported a produced water spill in Williams County on Monday, May 26. Produced water is a by-product of oil and gas production. According to the NDDEQ, the spill originated from a pipeline failure. Continental Resources, Inc. notified NDDEQ about the spill. They estimate 73,000 barrels of produced water was…
