FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -The North Dakota legislature enacted a new law that allows citations to be issued to the owner of a vehicle for fleeing police. The citation is issued if the owner declines to tell police who was driving at the time of the pursuit. “I think it’s largely going to be ineffective. I think it was ill-conceived, it…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Masks have become a controversy since the Dakota Access Pipeline protests in 2017. The concern is that people may be trying to evade identification before committing acts of violence. “Making people criminals for wearing a mask is really, I think, offensive to the general public in whole. It’s not offensive if it’s done in circumstances where…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Former North Dakota state Senator Ray Holmberg of Grand Forks will not appeal his 10-year federal prison sentence for traveling overseas to have sex with underage boys. Holmberg’s attorney, Mark Friese, says Holmberg did not ask him to file an appeal. Holmberg is in the Sherburne County Jail in Elk River, Minnesota pending his transfer to a…
FARGO (KVRR) – Former state Senator Ray Holmberg, who pleaded guilty to traveling overseas with intent to engage in commercial sexual activity, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Hovland sentenced Holmberg following a lengthy sentencing hearing in a packed courtroom that included testimony from prosecution and defense witnesses. Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer Puhl…
FARGO (KVRR) – An attorney for a former state senator who pleaded guilty to traveling to a foreign country to have commercial sex with minor boys is asking a federal judge to impose a sentence that does not require going to prison. Ray Holmberg of Grand Forks will be sentenced March 26 in U.S. District Court in Fargo. Holmberg’s attorney,…
Attorney Mark Friese (left) & Ray HolmbergFARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Attorneys have filed their arguments on whether former North Dakota state Sen. Ray Holmberg should be taken into custody as he awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to traveling overseas to have sex with children. The 80-year-old Grand Forks Republican has been allowed to remain on release with conditions due to “exceptional…
Ray HolmbergFARGO, N.D. (KVRR/AP) — A high-profile former North Dakota lawmaker who was one of the most powerful members of the Legislature pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to a charge that he traveled to Europe with the intent to pay for sex with a minor. Ray Holmberg, 80, of Grand Forks, was indicted in October 2023 for travel with…
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…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/AP) — A federal judge has rescheduled the trial for a former North Dakota lawmaker indicted on federal charges of child sex tourism and child porn. Ray Holmberg, 79, is accused of traveling to Prague with the intent of paying for sex with a minor. The former Republican state senator from Grand Forks, was indicted last month and set…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — With Governor Walz signing the historic bill legalizing recreational marijuana on August 1st, cannabis users are getting ready across the state. However, if marijuana users plan on possessing a gun or ammunition, they might want to think twice. “Under federal law, under the Gun Control Act of 1968 passed by Congress, a person who is an…
