FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Business owners in a South Fargo strip mall are piecing together how to move forward after a fire ripped through the building Tuesday. Below a charred roof at the strip mall, three words hang tough: educate, inspire and believe. Those three words embody the mission behind GiGi’s Playhouse: North Dakota’s first and only Down syndrome achievement…
FARGO, N.D. — A Fargo man is sentenced to life in prison without parole in the death of his girlfriend. Forty-six-year-old Sheldon Davis was convicted in March of murder, arson and endangering by fire in the death of 52-year-old Denise Anderson. Her body was found in Davis’ apartment after a fire in August 2019. She died of traumatic injuries before…
FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – Fire damaged a portion of a two story rowhouse apartment building Monday in north Fargo. The fire at 307 7th Ave. N. was reported shortly before 6 a.m. A second alarm was called because it’s a multi-unit building. Crews were able to quickly put out the fire, which was contained to the front porch. Fargo Fire Marshal…
ANGUS, Minn. — Fire crews responded to a quonset on fire in Angus, Minnesota. The fire was at 13407 US HWY 75 North, owned by Arlen Stroble. A deputy says a nearby burning hay bale started a the quonset on fire. The building and everything inside is a total loss, estimating about $30,000 in damages. No was was injured in…
REMER, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – A one-year-old boy has died in a house fire near Remer, in northern Minnesota. The Cass County Sheriff’s Office says deputies arrived around 1:45 a.m. Friday to find the duplex in Boy Lake Township engulfed in flames Deputies were able to get a woman out of the home from a bedroom, while another woman and three…
FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – A large commercial building west of downtown Fargo that was heavily damaged by fire will be demolished by the city if the owner doesn’t have it done by the end of June. City Commissioners voted 4-to-1 to approve the recommendation from City Inspections Director Bruce Taralson to raze the structure. Taralson says the building at 1418 1st…
MEDORA, N.D. (KVRR) – Two North Dakota Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopters took off at 3:40 p.m. Friday to support a wildfire reported 13 miles north of Medora. They are equipped with 600-gallon buckets. Officials say the fire has engulfed nearly 2,000 acres. Crews will be there at least until dark. Photo depicts a 600-gallon water bucket being prepared…
Minneapolis 3rd Precinct burns. May, 2020 MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) – A Brainerd, Minn. man was sentenced to four years in prison for his role in the arsons at the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct building. Federal prosecutors say on the night of May 28, 2020, Dylan Shakespeare Robinson, 23, went to the Third Precinct where a crowd of hundreds had gathered….
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – Investigators are trying to find out what caused two fires at a Grand Forks motel Friday night. Firefighters were sent to the Ambassador Motel on South Washington Street at around 9:30 p.m. They found fires in two areas of the building before putting them out. The motel is vacant and no injuries were reported. Damages…
FARGO, N.D. — Firefighters in Fargo are investigating how a blaze broke out in a hotel room early Saturday morning. The Fargo Fire Department said in a news release that firefighters were called to the Grand Inn Hotel just before 5 a.m. and saw flames coming out of a window to a second-floor room. Firefighters called for back-up, anticipating a…
