FARGO, N.D. — United Blood Services is getting a new name: Vitalant. It will be a unified brand for 127 donation centers nationwide. Vitalant will maintain the same community-based staff in every donation center. The centers and 30,000 mobile blood drives welcome more than 780,000 donors who supply 1.8 million donations per year. The national headquarters is based in Scottsdale, Arizona….
OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. — A man who informed sheriff’s deputies of a death at his home near Pelican Rapids has been arrested. 25-year-old Jordan Dalman was taken into custody on Friday. On Saturday, the body of 28-year-old Dylan Butler was found buried on his property. Authorities say it appeared Butler, who lived at the house with Dalman since May, had…
UPDATE – Christopher Riley was arrested Thursday at Lindenwood Park in Fargo without incident. Police say he was found in the gray Dodge pickup taken from the crime scene. UPDATE: ARRESTED – Sept 27, 2018 Christopher B. Riley was located and arrested tonight in Lindenwood Park by Fargo Police Officers. He was taken into custody without incident. He was…
Update- The victim has been identified as Gabriel (NMN) Perez, 20 years of age, residing in Fargo. Fargo Police officers and detectives determined Perez was sitting on a curb next to the building when a dark colored Chevy Trailblazer entered the parking lot at a high rate of speed. The driver pulled up next to the Perez and shot the…
Grand Forks, N.D. – Grand Forks police are searching for the suspect in a armed robbery. The police department says just before 11 a.m. Sunday, a partially-masked man with a handgun entered the Orton’s Cenex Gas Station on South Washington Street. The man stole the till and then fled on foot. No employees were injured. A K-9 track for the suspect…
One of the biggest Senate races happening around the country is right here in North Dakota. KVRR’s Jessie Cohen sat down with Heidi Heitkamp and Kevin Cramer for one–on–one interviews to discuss some of the major topics and get answers to some controversial questions. Six years ago Senator Heidi Heitkamp and Congressman Kevin Cramer were elected into office on the…
SHAKOPEE, Minn. — Valleyfair in the Twin Cities was closed early Saturday night after things got out of hand in the theme park. The Shakopee Police Department responded to reports of multiple fights at the park, and the number of individuals running throughout the park “increased substantially” making it “difficult to control.” Police then decided to clear the park of all…
PELICAN RAPIDS, Minn. — The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a homicide. Around 3:00 p.m. Friday, a person came to the sheriff’s office to report an “incident” that occurred at his home near Pelican Rapids. The sheriff’s office says the man reported that there was a dead person at that location. Authorities responded to the scene and found the…
FARGO, N.D. — The victim has been identified in a fatal shooting in Fargo on Friday and the suspect is still on the run. Police believe 60-year-old Kevin Riley, Sr. was shot and killed by his son, 34-year-old Christopher Riley. Medics were called to a home in south Fargo on Friday morning for a man who had shot himself. The caller…
FARGO, N.D. — Many families celebrated the first day of fall by picking pumpkins at a Fargo patch. For the fifteenth straight year, the Lil Bitz Pumpkin Patch opens its doors to give people a chance to see various forms of the festive fall fruit. “It’s wonderful to have all the families together, all the kids playing, and seeing adults take…
