BECKER COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) – A man and a woman are arrested after a chase of a stolen vehicle reaches speeds of 100 miles per hour in Becker County. Deputies received a report of a vehicle parked in the road on 220th Street in Detroit Township with the driver asleep at the wheel. They found the car was stolen out…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Fargo firefighters respond to a fire that started in the basement of an apartment building. They say one teen had to climb out of a window to escape the building. It happened in the 2800 block of 8th Street North. Crews were met with heavy smoke and fire coming out of one of the basement units….
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Sandy’s Donuts is supporting the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Red River Valley with their Stripes Special. For each dozen of donuts sold, Sandy’s is donating $3 to the Ronald McDonald House Charities to help sick families and children who are receiving medical care. The iconic red and white stripes were put on…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A grief team and counselors are being made available at Horizon Middle School in Moorhead after the unexpected death of a student. The district sent out a letter to parents. They are not releasing any information on the student out of respect for the family’s wishes. The grief team and counselors will be available to Horizon…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The man killed in an early morning shooting in Casselton on Monday had broken into a woman’s apartment and violated a restraining order, according to Cass County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Jesse Jahner says 54-year-old Edwin Kester Jr. shot 58-year-old Randell Burton after Burton forced himself into an apartment on 37th Street Southeast at around 2 a.m….
BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota Highway Patrol says it’s working to improve security measures after an audit found key card access to the building hasn’t been adequately monitored. The audit found that 13 state employees who had been terminated still had active access cards. The audit also found 28 active access cards for contractors who had completed work but…
BUXTON, N.D. – The University of North Dakota’s aerospace school has cancelled all flight activities after a student pilot from Chicago died in an airplane crash. The University of North Dakota plane went down about 8:30 p.m. Monday in a field near the Traill County community of Buxton, in northeastern North Dakota. UND identified the victim as 19-year-old John Hauser,…
Mitchell OttingerST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) – Federal prosecutors say a Carver County man has pleaded guilty to charges related to a years-long sextortion scheme. Twenty-five-year-old Mitchell Ottinger, a former substitute teacher and paraprofessional, engaged in a scheme to obtain sexually explicit images and videos of minors and adults by using false online personas. Ottinger threatened to distribute the images and…
DENVER (KVRR) – According to a study led by the University of Colorado Denver, states that used lotteries to entice residents to get COVID-19 vaccines had little or no effect on vaccination rates. “Statistically speaking, our research points to a disappointing outcome” according to Dr. Andrew Friedson, associate professor of economics. “There was no significant association found between a cash-drawing…
FARGO (KVRR) – Two major blood suppliers are reporting a critical blood shortage and urging all eligible donors to make an appointment to donate blood as soon as possible. Vitalant says Type O blood, which is the most transfused blood type, and vital to helping patients in emergencies, has plummeted to under a two-day supply, the lowest level since May…
