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Sobriety checkpoint planned for October 6 in Sargent County

SARGENT COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) — The North Dakota Highway Patrol and the Sargent County Sheriff’s Office will conduct a sobriety checkpoint on Friday night. The location is at a predetermined location in Sargent County. They will continue to target drivers throughout the weekend. In North Dakota this year, there have been 70 crashes, including 80 fatalities. Sergeant Nathaniel King stated,…

Association shows off housing in downtown Fargo

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Downtown Fargo Neighborhood Association is reminding people there’s more to the area than just great food, busy bars and scenery. They held open houses on Sunday to showcase that. “It’s really a neighborhood,” said Austin Foss of the Downtown Fargo Neighborhood Association. “There’s 4,000 of us that live down here and this is showcasing the…

‘All of this is preventable’: A domestic violence memorial in Detroit Lakes

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) – Within the city park of Detroit Lakes sits a display of a sobering aspect. There are 31 silhouettes representing a homicide that happened during a domestic violence situation in Minnesota between August of 2022 and 2023. The display has been set up by the Lakes Crisis & Resource Center. “All of this is preventable,” said…

Justin Jefferson’s 2 TDs, D.J. Wonnum’s 51-yard fumble return lift Vikings over Panthers 21-13

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Minnesota Vikings safety Harrison Smith said he didn’t come into Sunday’s game expecting to be an integral part of the team’s defensive pressure package. It just turned out that way. The six-time Pro Bowl selection had three timely sacks, including a strip-sack of rookie Bryce Young that led to a momentum-changing 51-yard fumble return for a…

Heat has forced organizers to cancel Twin Cities races that draw up to 20,000 runners

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A forecast that record high temperatures and humidity would create “extreme and dangerous” conditions prompted organizers to cancel two long-distance races Sunday in Minnesota’s two largest cities that were expected to draw up to 20,000 runners. The Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon from Minneapolis to neighboring St. Paul had been expected to draw up to 8,000 runners when…

17-year-old boy fatally shot in northern Minnesota

ROOSEVELT, Minn. (KFGO) – Authorities are investigating after a teenager was fatally shot this week in northern Minnesota. According to Roseau County Sheriff Steve Gust, the incident happened around 3:30 a.m. Monday at a residence in rural Roosevelt. A 17-year-old boy and 15-year-old girl were both hit by the same gunshot. The boy died at the scene. The girl was…

Child porn suspect with connections to state senator enters ‘conditional’ guilty plea

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A man accused of possession and distribution of child pornography – whose case has gained additional public scrutiny due to his connections to powerful North Dakota state senator – has pleaded guilty to seven counts in the case. Nicholas Morgan Derosier first came under scrutiny by investigators in September of 2020, when a search warrant was served…

LIVE: The F-Word On TV

Times like this call for drastic measures. Like saying "flu" on TV.

FARGO — We know we need to keep it clean on TV. But we’re saying the F-word anyway. Flu season is starting throughout the region, and Sanford Health officials are already seeing the first cases come in. Fortunately, this year’s flu shots are here just in time to anyone six months old and older. It’s too early to tell how…