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Playtime Pet Events Hosting Its 3rd Event This Weekend

  FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — You have an opportunity to get your pets some exercise and socialization this weekend, escape the cold, help out an animal shelter and support student entrepreneurs at the same time. Playtime Pet Events was started by NDSU students as part of an entrepreneurship class. They create interactive events for dogs and their owners. Their third…

Supreme Court rejects petition to alter parole eligibility

BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota Supreme Court has rejected a petition by a Bismarck man convicted of killing his wife to alter the parole eligibility dates of his life sentence. Fifty-eight-year-old Russell Craig was sentenced to life after pleading guilty in the fatal stabbing of Pamela Craig-Johnson in 2006. The sentence included the possibility of parole. The Supreme Court…

Biden to transfer presidential powers during colonoscopy

BETHESDA, Md. – The White House says President Joe Biden will briefly transfer power to Vice President Kamala Harris when he undergoes a “routine colonoscopy.” Press secretary Jen Psaki says Biden will be under anesthesia Friday during the procedure at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and Harris “will work from her office in the West Wing during this time.”…

Moorhead man charged with murder in shooting deaths of man, woman & her unborn child

Thirty-three-year-old Anthony Reese, Jr. is charged with shooting and killing his coworkers, Richard Pittman, April Carbone, and her unborn child at Composite America Wednesday

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A Moorhead man is charged with three counts of murder in the deaths of a couple and their unborn baby. “We’ve filed three charges. two charges of murder and one charge of murder of an unborn child,” Cass County State’s Attorney Birch Burdick said. Thirty-three-year-old Anthony Reese, Jr. is charged with shooting and killing his coworkers,…

Police continue search for Casey’s robbery suspect

FARGO (KVRR) – Fargo Police are seeking assistance in identifying and locating a man wanted in an armed robbery Nov. 15 at Casey’s, 204 42 St. S. The suspect threatened the clerk with an alleged weapon and left, on foot, with cash. The clerk was not injured during this incident. The man is described as approximately 5’11”, lighter skinned, and…

Former employees allege ‘toxic work environment’ at Chahinkapa Zoo

WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – Former employees of the Chahinkapa Zoo in Wahpeton are speaking out about what they allege they saw and experienced while employed there – claims that surfaced after Chahinkapa lost its national accreditation from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. The former employees spoke about their experiences with KFGO Radio. Many of them said that they’re reluctant…

Bismarck Democrat won’t seek reelection

BISMARCK (KVRR) – A state Senator from Bismarck says she is not running for reelection. Democratic Sen. Erin Oban made the announcement Thursday on social media. “Being a Democrat in a Republican city and state hasn’t led me to this” Oban wrote.  “But in recent years, everything, it seems, including politics, has gotten increasingly polarizing and way too personal.” Oban…

Recall effort for GOP lawmaker halted due to redistricting

BISMARCK, N.D. – North Dakota’s top election official says an effort to recall a state legislator can’t occur now that a new redistricting map has been approved. Secretary of State Al Jaeger on Thursday announced that he rescinded the petition to recall GOP Rep. Dwight Kiefert because an election will be held in his district in less than a year….