FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Two DUI arrests were made during the latest sobriety checkpoint in Fargo held early Saturday evening on the I-29 exit ramp onto 52nd Avenue South. One thousand vehicles traveled through the checkpoint. North Dakota Highway Patrol and Cass County Sheriff’s Office screened 13 drivers for impairment which resulted in the DUI arrests. One vehicle stopped prior…
CASS COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) — Authorities had to use a PIT maneuver to stop a driver going the wrong way on I-29 around 11 o’clock Monday night. They were able to stop 30-year-old Trevor Christensen of Dilworth about two miles south of Grandin. Christensen drove southbound in the northbound lanes from Trail County into Cass County, prompting numerous 911 calls….
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KFGO) – The driver of a car that crashed into the front of the Calvary Community Church in Grand Forks Monday afternoon is facing a DUI charge, Grand Forks police say Issa Bawzer passed out driving on South Washington Street. Police say a passenger grabbed the wheel and turned onto the frontage road before striking the church…
TRAILL CO., N.D. (KVRR) — A Bemidji man faces charges including DUI after hitting a Traill County Sheriff’s Office patrol vehicle on I-29, about two miles south of Buxton, North Dakota. The crash happened Sunday night around 7:45. Highway Patrol says 24-year-old Body Cota failed to take proper precautions as he approached an emergency scene. Emergency lights were activated and…
CASS COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) – Authorities release the names of a driver and passenger facing drug charges after a rollover crash on I-94. North Dakota Highway Patrol says the crash happened just before midnight Wednesday 10 miles east of Tower City. 23-year-old Kelly Hanson from Jamestown was driving when she lost control and ran her SUV off the road. The…
CASS COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) – A driver faces DUI and drug charges after a rollover crash on I-94. North Dakota Highway Patrol says the crash happened just before midnight Wednesday, 10 miles east of Tower City. A 23-year-old woman from Jamestown was driving when she lost control and ran her SUV off the road. The vehicle rolled and stopped in…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota lawmaker who insulted police with vulgar, homophobic and anti-migrant comments during an arrest last month for drunken driving was sentenced to serve nearly a year of unsupervised probation and to pay $1,000. Republican state Rep. Nico Rios, of Williston, received the sentence on Jan. 8, when he pleaded guilty to drunken driving, court…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A special meeting of the Fargo City Commission is set for next Tuesday as the Windbreak Saloon appeals its liquor license violation. Late last year, the bar came under the review of the Fargo Liquor Control Board. The Windbreak’s violation was for over-serving. Police say a 23-year-old woman crashed her car into a pole and was…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – A North Dakota lawmaker has been stripped of his committee assignment as calls have grown for him to resign after he blasted police with vulgar, homophobic, and anti-migrant language during a traffic stop in which he was arrested on a drunken driving charge. In a letter requested by The Associated Press, Republican House Majority Leader Mike…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota Republican lawmaker has no plans to immediately resign, despite party leaders’ calls for him to step down after he railed against police with profane, homophobic and anti-migrant language during a recent traffic stop that ended in his arrest on a charge of drunken driving. In a statement Wednesday, Republican state Rep. Nico Rios, of Williston, said he…
