If you’re headed in for a mammogram or thinking about booking one soon, be sure to tell your doctor if you’ve gotten any of the Covid vaccines. That’s because swollen lymph nodes, which are a side effect of some vaccinations, including Covid, can raise your doctor’s suspicions about breast cancer. Sanford Health physicians say a few people have already come…
BOSTON (AP) — Six Dr. Seuss books — including “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” and “If I Ran the Zoo” — will stop being published because of racist and insensitive imagery, the business that preserves and protects the author’s legacy said Tuesday. “These books portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong,” Dr. Seuss…
BISMARCK, N.D. – The state of North Dakota seized about $500,000 in forfeited assets from criminal activity in nearly one year. In the first report compiling statewide data on civil asset forfeitures, nearly $522,000 in cash was seized statewide from August 2019 to June 2020. Of that total, about $34,000 was returned to defendants and $10,000 went to North Dakota…
FARGO (KVRR) – The only person nominated twice as North Dakota’s chief federal prosecutor has officially stepped down. Wrigley’s highest profile case was the 2006 prosecution of Alfonso Rodriguez Jr., who remains on death row for the murder of Dru Sjodin. Wrigley was asked about President Biden’s plans to possibly place a moratorium on federal executions. “I start off from…
FARGO, N.D. — Mel Robbins is named as the keynote speaker for the annual Women Connect put on by The Chamber. Robbins will appear at the Delta by Marriott in Fargo on Tuesday, June 29. She is the host of the new daytime syndicated talk show, The Mel Robbins Show. She also broke self-publishing records with her international best-seller, “The…
FARGO, N.D. — Public Health units in Fargo and Grand Forks are inviting childcare workers to COVID-19 vaccine clinics starting this week. Childcare workers are one of the priority groups included in Phase 1B which also includes older people and those with underlying health conditions. Childcare workers who work for themselves should complete the COVID-19 Vaccine contact form with Fargo…
FARGO, N.D. — A man charged with murder in a drug involved shooting in north Fargo last May changes his plea to guilty. Reng Ayong plead guilty to a charge of murder-extreme indifference while robbery, theft and other charges were dropped. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Ayong admitted to shooting and killing 39-year-old Anquine White of Fargo….
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — A teen who lost control of his Jeep and hit a tree in Grand Forks last week has died of his injuries. Police say 16-year-old Maison Berry died over the weekend. Berry was rushed to Altru around noon last Wednesday after hitting the tree in the 1500 block of Rider Road. No one else was in…
FARGO (KVRR) – Fargo-Moorhead area law enforcement agencies are getting ready for a verdict in the upcoming trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death if George Floyd. Thousands of demonstrators gathered May 30 for a peaceful protest in Fargo, just days after Floyd died in police custody. About 20 people were arrested after the demonstration turned…
FARGO (KVRR) – One man is in police custody at a Fargo hospital after an early morning armed robbery, gunshots and crash in south Fargo. At around 1:00 a.m. Monday, officers were called to 17 Ave. S. and 45 St. S. for a crash. While police were investigating the crash, additional officers were sent to a report of gunshots on…
