GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for eastern North Dakota, and west-central and northwest Minnesota until 9 p.m. Monday. Dry conditions combined with strong wind prompted the warning. Some counties affected include Cass, Grand Forks, Traill, Steele, and Barnes in North Dakota, and Clay, Norman, Becker, Otter Tail, and Wilkin Counties…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A crop insurance fraud case comes to an end with the sentence of a potato farmer in U.S. District Court in Fargo. 59-year-old Darren Tronson of Buxton, North Dakota was sentenced to one year of probation for concealing a material fact in a government case. It was the final pending case against Tronson and his potato…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — The Northeast Central Judicial District has a new judge. Gov. Doug Burgum has appointed Grand Forks attorney Theodore “Ted” Sandberg to the bench. Sandberg has practiced law for over 25 years and is currently senior partner at his firm of Olson, Juntunen, Sandberg, Boettner & Cobb Ltd. concentrating on criminal defense and general litigation. He earned…
GRAND FORKS CO. (KFGO/KVRR) – Two men were seriously injured in a crash on I-29 about 2 miles south of Grand Forks shortly after 5:30 p.m. Thursday. The State Patrol says a GMC Arcadia driven by an 81-year-old man from Devils Lake and a Dodge Durango driven by a 54-year-old man from Thompson, North Dakota were southbound in the left…
GRAND FORKS COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) — Two riders in a motorcycle club ride are dead after crashing near Larimore, North Dakota. North Dakota Highway Patrol says 59-year-old Timothy Olson from Drayton and his passenger, 44-year-old Nicole Brown, also from Drayton, were thrown from the bike and died at the scene. The patrol says Olson failed to negotiate a curve on…
GRAND FORKS CO., N.D. (KVRR) — The body of a Grand Forks man is recovered from the Turtle River in Grand Forks County. Police say the 31-year-old was reported missing late Wednesday night. Officers determined the man may have been at Turtle River State Park earlier in the day. Grand Forks County deputies and state park officials searched the area….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A widespread 9-1-1 outage affecting a large portion of North Dakota is resolved. It affected several counties, including Cass and Grand Forks, and started in some areas just before 10 a.m. The director at Red River Regional Dispatch Center says she isn’t yet sure about its cause. She says they were notified by state officials that…
GRAND FORKS COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) — A man is dead after a train dragged his car for a mile in Grand Forks County. The crash happened around 9 o’clock Wednesday night about 5 miles northwest of Manvel. Authorities say 79-year-old James Enlow of Manvel hit a rail car that was going southbound. The train drug the car about a mile…
UPDATE(2/21/23 1:55PM) — The victim of a crash Monday near Thompson, North Dakota is identified as 26-year-old Stephanie Cluever of Little Falls, Minnesota. The driver, 21-year-old Julio Huertas of Waite Park, Minnesota, had non-life threatening injuries. He is charged with driving under revocation with other charges pending. GRAND FORKS CO., N.D. (KVRR) — The driver of a car crosses…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/AP) — North Dakota’s vote canvassing board has met to certify the results of the November 8 election, including a legislative contest that was close enough to force an automatic recount. In unofficial returns, incumbent Democrat Rep. Zachary Ista defeated fellow Democrat incumbent Mary Adams by three votes in District 43 in Grand Forks County for the second…
