FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – More charges have been filed in connection with what federal prosecutors say is a “pipeline” that’s transporting drugs from the Detroit area to Indian reservations in North Dakota. U.S. Attorney Drew Wrigley says about 30 more people have been indicted charges in addition to the 26 defendants charged in federal court Thursday. Wrigley tells KVRR News…
NORTH DAKOTA — Essentia Health will be notifying patients who live in North Dakota in the coming weeks to let them know when they are invited to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Essentia Health patients are encouraged to sign up for MyChart which will be the primary method of notification. Once you receive your notice via MyChart, you’ll be able to…
FARGO – Fargo and Duluth-based Essentia Health and CommonSpirit Health have signed a letter of intent for CommonSpirit-owned facilities operating under the CHI brand in North Dakota and Minnesota to join Essentia Health. The deal would include CHI St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck and 13 critical access hospitals, along with associated clinics and living communities now operated by CommonSpirit…
(U.S. DOT)BISMARCK, N.D. – Supporters of a bill that would allow extra-long semis on North Dakota roadways say it addresses a growing need to move cargo, given the increase in e-commerce and a shortage of truck drivers. But, opponents of the “road train” legislation fear it would increase traffic fatalities and damage roads and bridges. Such road trains generally consist…
NORTH DAKOTA — Twenty six people are charged in what is being called an unprecedented drug distribution enterprise on Indian country in North Dakota. Operation Blue Prairie is the investigation into a large drug ring taking place on North Dakota’s Spirit Lake, Turtle Mountain and Fort Berthold Indian Reservations since 2015. “It was the objective of this conspiracy to target…
WASHINGTON — North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer recalls his experience as the U.S. Capitol was under siege. Vice President Mike Pence was first hurried out of the Senate chamber followed by Cramer and other senators who were escorted to a safe room. Cramer says he was astonished at the lack of action taken by Capitol police. Although some have accused…
FARGO, N.D. — A Fargo man with no permanent address is arrested in a robbery and string of vehicle thefts last month. Police say 24-year-old Lucas Kulberg took unlocked vehicles with keys left inside. They say he committed a robbery while using a vehicle he stole and left it unlocked with the key inside. Kulberg was arrested January 2nd for…
Alex HaaseGRAND FORKS, N.D. — A man wanted on a Polk County warrant is arrested in Grand Forks after fleeing police. Alex Haase was being pulled over around 2 yesterday afternoon for an equipment violation when he refused to stop. He pulled over in the 14 hundred block of 10th Avenue South and fled on foot while his passenger got…
FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – Thieves using a pickup and a chain have made off with two ATMs in three North Dakota counties in recent weeks. There was another attempt to pull a cash machine out of the entrance to a bank in Arthur while a cutting torch was used to break into an ATM in Buffalo. Cass County Sheriff Jesse Jahner…
Calls to remove President Trump from office on the grounds he’s unfit to lead are coming now from his own political party. But political scientists here at home say invoking the 25th Amendment might not be seen as worth it, with just 13 days to go to the end of the Trump Administration. Republicans and Democrats in both the House…
