WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – It’s the time of year for giving and a nonprofit brings schools and organizations thousands of donations. Golden Drive volunteers, law enforcement and firefighters handed out donations to shelters and schools at the West Fargo fire station on First Street. Boxes upon boxes are loaded into vehicles. “I’m just so thankful. We are so blessed….
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Grand Forks Police identify the subject of a SWAT raid last night in the city. He is 21-year-old Sam Payne, Jr. of Fargo. Police say Payne was wanted on two active warrants for possession of child pornography and promoting an obscene act by a minor. Grand Forks Regional SWAT Team was called out to search…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Grand Forks Regional SWAT Team is called out to search an apartment for a wanted person out of Cass County. They joined Grand Forks Police in the search at 1800 Continental Drive in Grand Forks this evening around 5:30. Police say the SWAT team was called in to assist due to the criminal history of…
NORTH DAKOTA & MINNESOTA (KVRR) – Workers are setting up voting and ballot scanning machines and tables for people voting with paper ballots. Many people have already voted. The Clay County Auditor’s Office says nearly 5,100 people have voted early or by absentee ballot. That’s around the same amount for past midterms. Cass County officials say 14,000 people have voted…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A rise in syphilis cases stretches across North Dakota. According to the state’s Department of Health around 100 cases have been reported. It’s about 10 or more cases compared to 2021 and nearly a quarter of cases are in Cass County. Experts say people who have had sexual contact with an infected person within 90 days…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Early voting is underway and in Cass County there is a way you can avoid long lines. An online dashboard will show how long you’ll have to wait in line at each early voting polling location in Fargo and Casselton. There is also a mobile version of the dashboard available to access on your phone. You…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Cass County Sheriff Jesse Jahner swears in new K9 Deputy Griggs with the help of his handler, Deputy Jake Murray. An estimated cost of $18,000 to buy Griggs and train him and Deputy Murray was provided by MLGC, a family owned rural broadband company serving Cass County since 1906. They learned how to track for drugs,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – In a unanimous vote, Cass County Commissioners approve an expansion at the county jail to hold nearly 100 more inmates. Sheriff Jesse Jahner says the architectural design will add one more pod to the jail to separate inmates based on behavioral and mental health needs. He says he’s been in talks with county commissioners for about…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Fargo police catch a suspect they’ve been searching for since August. A 3 a.m. tip came into police dispatch that 31-year old Robin Heinonen was at an apartment building on the 1800 block of 42nd Street South. He fled from the third floor balcony but K9 Uno was able to track him down. Heinonen was taken…
MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) — A Moorhead man pleads guilty to a federal charge of illegally possessing a firearm as a felon. 37-year-old Martin Torres Jr. entered the plea Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis. Torres was arrested in March after attempting to flee a traffic stop and resisting arrest in Clay County. Officers found a loaded pistol in his jacket….
