FARGO (KVRR) - A student has been suspended from Carl Ben Eielson Middle School in Fargo after a search turned up an unloaded BB pistol. "A student reported to administration that another student had brought a gun school" school officials…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR) - A fifth grade teacher in the Wahpeton Public School District has been placed on administrative leave after what's being called "inappropriate and insensitive" classroom activity. Superintendent Rick Jacobson tells KVRR that it happened after a student…
BISMARCK, N.D. - Severe drought conditions persist in North Dakota, despite widespread rainfall and cooler weather recently. About 85% of North Dakota is experiencing extreme drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor map released Thursday. That’s up from 83% last…
MINNEAPOLIS - A federal grand jury has indicted the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd’s arrest and death. The men are accused of violating Floyd's constitutional rights as he was restrained face-down on the pavement and gasping…
ST. CLOUD, Minn.- St. Cloud Police say a man accused of holding five employees hostage at a bank is in custody this morning after an hours-long standoff. St. Cloud police Chief Blair Anderson says the suspect, 35-year-old Ray Reco…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) - Police are warning other taxi drivers to be aware of their surroundings. Authorities are urging all taxi, Uber and Lyft drivers to keep their eyes open for any suspected activity.…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) - Strength and determination are two words that best describes the journey Amanda Houston and her mother overcame. "Very up and down emotions," said Houston. At age 34 Amanda received the…
MINNESOTA (KVRR) -- Minnesota Governor Tim Walz announces his plan to end statewide COVID-19 restrictions. "We're going to have a summer where just the simple things will be back again," Walz said. Walz's…
FARGO-MOORHEAD (KVRR) - Police say one of two robberies in Fargo committed by the man arrested in the death of a taxi driver in Moorhead is similar to that case. "We had a cab driver that had a gun pulled…
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (FOX 9) - One woman was released Thursday evening as a hostage situation is still ongoing at a St. Cloud Wells Fargo bank following a robbery. According to St. Cloud police, at 1:48 p.m. officers responded to…
MINNEAPOLIS - The service file of a suburban Minneapolis police officer charged with manslaughter in Daunte Wright's death includes a commendation for safely resolving an incident involving a suicidal man, as well as a handful of reprimands for driving mishaps.…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) - Gov. Tim Walz has announced a three-step timeline to end nearly all state COVID-19 restrictions by May 28, and end the statewide mask mandate when 70% of residents 16 years and older get…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX9) - The St. Paul City Council is asking the state’s Peace Officers Standards and Training Board (POST) to evaluate if Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher’s on-patrol livestreams violate the police code of conduct. Fletcher’s "Live on…
UPDATE: Eighteen-year-old Willie Sparkman of Fargo has been arrested for second degree unintentional murder and aggravated robbery in the death of 24-year-old Abdullahi Mohamed Abdullahi of Moorhead. Moorhead Police say Sparkman shot Abdullahi during…
WALCOTT, N.D. (KVRR) -- Farmers helping farmers. From as far as Iowa, farmers helped a North Dakota farmer who suffered a recent injury. "Being a farmer we never want to ask for any help…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -- The NDSU foundation exceeds a fundraising campaign goal 20 months ahead of schedule. The In Our Hands campaign has raised $413 million dollars as of April 26th. Originally the…
https://twitter.com/NDHighwayPatrol/status/1390036064799133696 BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) - One of the oldest truck drivers in the nation recently made his way into North Dakota. Eighty-nine-year-old Dave Sheets is from the Denver area. The North Dakota Highway Patrol tweeted a photo and commended Sheets…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) - When Julie Savat began work as a correctional officer at the Clay County Jail in 1991, inmates were kept behind steel bars in an aging facility that eventually would be demolished and replaced. Fast forward to…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - Minnesota officials say the security fence that has surrounded the state Capitol for nearly one year should come down soon. The departments of Public Safety and Administration are recommending removal of the fence after…
MINNEAPOLIS - A St. Paul man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for his role in the arson fire that burned a Minneapolis police station during protests over the death of George Floyd last year. Twenty-three-year-old…
BISMARCK, N.D. - North Dakota will issue more deer hunting licenses this year than it has in the past 10 years. The Game and Fish Department will make 72,000 licenses available to hunters, the sixth consecutive year the number has…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) - Police say the death of a man whose body was found Wednesday in a taxi in south Moorhead is being investigated as a homicide. Officers were called to a single-vehicle crash in the 3000 block of…
SAN FRANCISCO - Former President Donald Trump won’t return to Facebook - for now. The social network’s quasi-independent Oversight Board voted to uphold his ban from the platform after his account was suspended four months ago for inciting violence that…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -- A local Christian radio station is expressing its gratitude after receiving an unexpected blessing in a time of desperation. "It was starting to show its age. We were getting roof…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -- The FDA is reviewing the Pfizer vaccine for children age 12 to 15 next week. "We are able to cover more bases in our community from keeping that virus from…
