FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — In the last year, the Harm Reduction Center and Fargo Cass Public Health have helped over 450 people with non-lethal overdoses. But in the same year, 34 people lost their lives. “These are individuals with family, friends that fell in the cusp of addiction. So I mean, this is not just statistics we’re talking about this…
Kaitlyn Carroll (Otter Tail County Detention Center)FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) — A woman who was charged in the drug overdose death of a man in rural Fergus Falls last August is sentenced to just over six years in prison. 27-year-old Kaitlyn Carroll of Elizabeth, Minnesota pleaded guilty in June to 3rd degree murder. Carroll supplied a mixture of meth and…
Kodi Pinks, director of Non-Infectious Disease Surveillance and Data Management for the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services, presents data on unintentional overdose deaths to lawmakers on the Health Services Committee on Sept. 16, 2024. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota)(North Dakota Monitor) Unintentional drug overdose deaths in North Dakota have increased since 2019 but fell last year, according to preliminary…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Fergus Falls man is sentenced to over 6 years in prison after pleading guilty to 3rd Degree Murder. 23-year-old Frankie Reed III admitted to selling M30 pills to Matthew Millsop who died of an overdose in March 2023 at a transitional housing facility. According to Reed, he had purchased the pills in Fargo and…
FARGO, N.D. — The Fargo Police Department is hoping to crack down on the increase in fentanyl overdose cases throughout the metro. After a rise in overdose cases containing fentanyl, the Fargo Police Department says they are investigating narcotic distributions within the area. “These traffickers and dealers make the best out of what they have to provide illegal narcotics to…
FARGO, N.D.—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded North Dakota a grant for over $4 million to continue combating the opioid crisis. The funds were awarded through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s State Opioid Response grant program. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration seeks to expand access to medication-assisted treatment and real-time data…
Nearly a year after Prince died from an accidental drug overdose in his suburban Minneapolis estate, investigators still don’t know how he got the fentanyl that killed him. Authorities still haven’t interviewed a key associate who was with Prince in his final days, and they haven’t asked a grand jury to investigate. Prince was 57 when he was found alone…
