GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — UND is defying national trends and is seeing an increase in fall enrollment. The university has 15,019 students, around 850 more than last fall. It is the third highest total in the university’s history and marks the first time since 2013 that enrollment has surpassed 15,000 students. It’s worth noting that the number of new…
GRAND FORKS, ND (KVRR) – It is time to crown a winner of the newest edition of the Chris Heise Play of the Week! This week’s winner is Brooklan Bruce of the Grand Forks Central Knights getting up to grab a sweet interception. Congrats to Bruce and the Knights for winning the Chris Heise Play of the Week! Categories: High…
The Quentin Burdick federal courthouse in Fargo, North Dakota. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)(North Dakota Monitor) The U.S. Department of Justice designated Grand Forks as one of 78 initial partnership communities that will focus on gun violence crime involving intimate partners, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of North Dakota announced Tuesday. The program will team U.S. Attorney’s Offices, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,…
GRAND FORKS (KVRR-KFGO) – A Grand Forks man is facing charges after assaulting both his current wife and ex-wife early Monday. Police responded to a home just before 2 a.m. Monday for a report of a domestic assault. Court documents say when officers arrived, a woman outside told them she’d been hit in the head by her ex-husband. She told…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — The world record-breaking, trick-shot stars of basketball are back on the road and coming to Alerus Center in Grand Forks. You can catch all the fast-paced action of the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters as they take on their determined rivals, the Washington Generals, on Saturday, January 4. Players will also go head-to-head in exhilarating new challenges…
FORDVILLE, N.D. (KVRR) — A motorcycle rider from Inkster, North Dakota has serious injuries after a deer hit his bike. It happened Friday night just before 8 o’clock on Highway 32, about five miles southwest of Fordville. Highway Patrol says after the deer ran into the motorcycle, 69-year-old George Midboe was able to maintain control and come to a stop….
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — As summer vacation winds down, the Grand Forks Street Fair is offering you a chance to get out and enjoy the weather this weekend. The fair will feature over 100 vendors, along with music, a 10K run and free yoga classes. Svea Benefield with the Downtown Development Association says that events like these help bring…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Grand Forks man is facing child porn charges after investigators allegedly found 10 photos depicting child sex abuse. 59-year-old Danny Lane was linked to a Kik account that was flagged last October for child porn by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. On June 25, Grand Forks Police served a search warrant…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Police in Grand Forks catch up with a man they say stole an electric scooter on Tuesday. An officer spotted a man matching the description of the wanted man near Orton’s gas station at 2002 South Washington Street. The suspect is 35-year-old Ronald Vondal-Nelson, of Grand Forks. When they tried to approach him, he took…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A Cooperstown, North Dakota man has died from his injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash. North Dakota Highway Patrol says 63-year-old Ricky Howatt died Saturday at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks. Howatt crashed his motorcycle one week before on Highway 1, one mile north of Pekin. The patrol says Howatt lost control for unknown reasons,…
