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Man drowns in Lake Ida Saturday afternoon

LAKE IDA, Minn. (KVRR) - Authorities say a man drowned in Lake Ida Saturday afternoon. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call of a man in the water at 4:49 p.m. The man was brought to shore by…

Teenager seriously hurt in rollover near Ellendale

ELLENDALE, N.D. (KVRR) - A 17-year-old boy is seriously hurt after rolling his vehicle near Ellendale, North Dakota. According to the North Dakota Highway Patrol, he was driving south on 89th Avenue Southeast Saturday morning when he lost control on…

One person injured in I-29 crash near Harwood, North Dakota

HARWOOD, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) - One person is injured following a three-vehicle crash near Harwood, North Dakota Friday evening. A woman who rolled her vehicle after her tire blew out was not injured, but a driver of another vehicle that slowed…

Dillion Radunz Drafted in Second Round by Tennessee Titans

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Former NDSU right tackle Dillon Radunz goes 55th overall to the Tennessee Titans. Radunz gets to protect the blindside of quarterback Ryan Tannehill and block for the NFL's leading rusher last season Derrick Henry. The Titans finished…

North Dakota town evacuates as grass fire threatens

CARPIO, N.D. - A small northwestern North Dakota town was evacuated Friday as fire crews battled a grass fire threatening the town. Carpio, a town of about 150 people, was evacuated as a precaution. Ward County emergency manager Jen Wiechmann…

Prosecutor in Daunte Wright's death not swayed by critics

MINNEAPOLIS - As activists in Minnesota press for murder charges against the police officer who shot Daunte Wright, the prosecutor is sticking by the manslaughter charge he filed. Wright died April 11 when the 20-year-old motorist was shot during a…

North Dakota session marked by record budget, pandemic

BISMARCK, N.D. - The 2021 North Dakota Legislature has reached the end of a session marked by a record-high state budget, the first-ever expulsion of a lawmaker and pandemic protocols that greatly dampened public participation at the state Capitol. The…

Trial of other cops charged in Floyd's death to be broadcast

MINNEAPOLIS - Derek Chauvin’s murder trial was the first Minnesota criminal trial to be broadcast live on television. It won’t be the last. Some in the Minnesota legal system were apprehensive about allowing the live broadcast of Chauvin’s trial over…

Lance Taken 3rd In the NFL Draft By 49ers

CLEVELAND, OH (KVRR) - The San Francisco 49ers have selected North Dakota State QB Trey Lance with the 3rd overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. He becomes the 2nd NDSU quarterback…

Boy dies after falling into Minnesota Iron Range mine pit

VIRGINIA, Minn.  - A five-year-old boy is dead after falling into an abandoned mine pit in northern Minnesota’s Iron Range. Police and first responders from Virginia were sent to the Rouchleau pit late Wednesday. Authorities said the boy fell nearly…

North Dakota merchants sue Federal Reserve over debit card fees

NEW YORK - Two trade groups representing businesses in North Dakota filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Federal Reserve, asking the agency to lower its 10-year-old cap on “swipe” fee banks charge to process debit card transactions. The lawsuit, filed…

Enderle says he vandalized Moorhead mosque 'as a joke'

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) - Charges have been filed against a Moorhead man in connection to recent vandalism at a Moorhead mosque. Twenty-two-year-old Benjamin Enderle is charged with felony harassment with bias and felony criminal damage to property. Enderle is accused…

Naked Woman Accused Of Breaking Into Girl Scout Building

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Grand Forks police say they took a naked woman into custody Thursday morning after a break in at the Girl Scouts Dakota Horizons building on Demers Avenue shortly after midnight. Police say they found the unclothed…