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Cass County Sheriff’s Office Warns of Scam Targeting Families of Incarcerated Individuals

The Sheriff's Office reiterates that the only way they accept payment from families is in-person at the Cass County Jail.

CASS COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) – The Cass County Sheriff’s Office is warning the public of a scam tactic in the Fargo-Moorhead area. According to the office, scammers are using publicly available jail rosters to identify incarcerated persons and then contact their families, saying that a nominal payment is required for “pre-trial release services”. The scammer falsely identifies as a deputy…

Great Maze Set to Return to West Acres

This maze will be made of cedar wood, and organizers expect it to break the Guiness record for largest cedar maze in the world.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Great Maze at West Acres Mall is coming back this year with many changes aimed at making it bigger and better than ever. The maze’s new design features white cedar planks that organizers say will deliver more challenges and fun.  The maze will be the largest cedar wood maze in the world and is expected…

Walsh County Sheriff’s Office, NDHP Investigating Crash Near Grafton

The two-car crash led to several injuries.

GRAFTON, N.D. (KVRR) – The Walsh County Sheriff’s Department has issued a media release notifying the public that they are helping the North Dakota Highway Patrol with a crash investigation. The two-vehicle crash happened at 7:50 A.M. on Highway 17 near the Tri Campbell warehouse east of Grafton on August 29. Multiple injuries have been reported. Authorities are saying that weather…

LISTEN: Mayors of Fargo, Harwood spar over $3B AI data center project

(L) Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney, (R) Harwood Mayor Blake HankeyFARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Mahoney says Applied Digital Corporation first approached Fargo about its plan to build a multi-billion dollar artificial intelligence data center and the city was working behind the scenes to accommodate the company’s needs. At some point, Mahoney says that all changed. “We had a great discussion,” Mahoney said….

Children killed in Annunciation Church shooting remembered as loving and bright

Fletcher Merkel (left) and Harper Moyski were killed in the shooting at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis on Aug. 27, 2025. (Photos provided by the families)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — The two children killed in the mass shooting at Annunciation Church in south Minneapolis on Wednesday are 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel and 10-year-old Harper Moyski, their families shared with the public…

Minnesota Democrats call for ban on assault weapons following deadly church shooting

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (right) call for a ban on assault rifles and high capacity magazines at a news conference with fellow Democrats and gun safety advocates in Minneapolis City Hall on Aug. 28, 2025. (Photo by Max Nesterak/Minnesota Reformer)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — Federal, state and city Democratic lawmakers joined gun safety advocates…

North Dakota Supreme Court allows landowner challenge to CO2 storage law to proceed

North Dakota Supreme Court Justices, from left, Douglas Bahr, Daniel Crothers, Jon Jensen, Lisa Fair McEvers and Jerod Tufte hear arguments Dec. 18, 2023, in a case involving Summit Carbon Solutions and landowners. (Photo by Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota Supreme Court has ordered a lower court to take another look…

Essentia Health clinical psychologist shares how to handle emotions going back to school

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — It’s that time of year again, school has started with a new classroom, new classmates, and homework piling up. Essentia Health Clinical Psychologist, Alexandra Kohlhase, talks about what kinds of feelings there may be. “It’s exciting to go back and see friends. It’s exciting to maybe have some structure entertained to the day. But it’s also…