GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – A restaurant, record and comic book store and music venue has $10,000 worth of damage from a fryer fire. A report of smoke coming from the roof was called in around 2:30 Monday at DogMahal DogHouse/Ojata Records at 305 North Washington Street. The Grand Forks Fire Department says crews quickly extinguished a fire coming from a…
Wayne StenehjemFARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – Following legal action by the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division, on September 3, A Cass County District Court judge has banned contractor Steve Mitchell, doing business as FM Mechanical, from doing business in North Dakota after finding that Mitchell had violated consumer fraud and licensing laws. The judge found that Mitchell was operating without a contractor’s…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The Grand Forks Police Department has issued a warning about a powerful illegal opiate making the rounds locally. Officers say they responded to numerous narcotics-related drug overdoses Saturday evening, including a death. Police say people were using what they believed to be heroin and began overdosing. Immediate medical intervention was needed to revive them. Police say…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — The victim of a weekend shooting in Grand Forks is identified as charges against the suspect are upgraded to murder. Police say 26-year-old Ahmed Abdullahi shot and killed 28-year-old Megan Gustafson during an argument. They responded to a 911 call about a suspicious person in the 1300 block of 8th Avenue North around 1:30 Sunday…
DILWORTH, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – Dilworth police have released the name of a Dilworth man who died in a car-motorcycle crash over the Labor Day weekend. He was 33-year-old Joshua Johnson. The motorcycle Johnson was riding hit a vehicle that was westbound on Highway 10 at about 2:00 p.m. on Sunday Sept. 5. Police say Johnson was dead when he arrived at…
BISMARCK, N.D. – One person was injured in an explosion during a fireworks display in southeast Bismarck. It created a dense cloud of black smoke that could be seen throughout the city. Bismarck Rural Fire Chief Dustin Theurer says fireworks or an explosive ordnance was the “likely” cause of Saturday’s explosion. Authorities didn’t immediately offer other details on what happened or…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Family, friends and even strangers came together Saturday afternoon to celebrate the 100th birthday of a U.S. Navy veteran from Moorhead. Reflecting on previous birthdays, Martin Pelkey says there isn’t one in particular that stands out. “It’s been one right after the other,” he laughed. Until now, that is. With tears in his eyes, Pelkey reluctantly…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — VETERAN OF FOREIGN WARS THROUGHOUT THE METRO COMMEMORATED THE LIVES LOST 20 YEARS AGO DURING THE 11TH OF SEPTEMBER. SEVERAL PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY GATHERED TO REMEMBER THE LIVES LOST DURING 9/11. “WE WANT TO REMEMBER THOSE PEOPLE, WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH AND ALWAYS REMEMBER AND NEVER FORGET,” FARGO POST 7 PAST…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) – Moorhead police say the are investigating shooting death as a homicide. Police said they responded to calls of gunshots about 8 p.m. Friday on the south side of the city. When officers arrived, a bystander was treating an adult victim. Emergency responders conducted medical care but resuscitation attempts were unsuccessful. No arrests have been made in…
FARGO, ND (KVRR) — Below Zero Wrestling invited former WWE World Champion Eugene A.K.A Nick Dinsmore to teach a seminar about professional wrestling and showcase aspiring wrestlers. “I like to be able to give back to the professional wrestling business by training the new and upcoming stars that i think everybody wants to see some day on TV,” said Nick…
