UPDATE WEDNESDAY – Firefighters say fire ripping through an abandoned home in Moorhead Tuesday night has been ruled an arson. The Moorhead Fire Department says the blaze was reported at 9:10 and was under control at 9:41. The department says the house was scheduled for demolition next month. The fire remains under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call…
MINNETRISTA, Minn. (KMSP) – Police in Minnestrista, Minnesota have released their report of a second incident involving Minnesota Vikings defensive end Everson Griffen on Saturday, Sept. 22. The first incident occurred at 1:25 p.m. at the Hotel Ivy in downtown Minneapolis, where a report from the Minneapolis Police Department stated Griffen told hotel staff “that if someone doesn’t let him in his room…
FARGO, N.D. — United Blood Services is getting a new name: Vitalant. It will be a unified brand for 127 donation centers nationwide. Vitalant will maintain the same community-based staff in every donation center. The centers and 30,000 mobile blood drives welcome more than 780,000 donors who supply 1.8 million donations per year. The national headquarters is based in Scottsdale, Arizona….
UPDATE – Christopher Riley was arrested Thursday at Lindenwood Park in Fargo without incident. Police say he was found in the gray Dodge pickup taken from the crime scene. UPDATE: ARRESTED – Sept 27, 2018 Christopher B. Riley was located and arrested tonight in Lindenwood Park by Fargo Police Officers. He was taken into custody without incident. He was…
SHAKOPEE, Minn. — Valleyfair in the Twin Cities was closed early Saturday night after things got out of hand in the theme park. The Shakopee Police Department responded to reports of multiple fights at the park, and the number of individuals running throughout the park “increased substantially” making it “difficult to control.” Police then decided to clear the park of all…
MOORHEAD, Minn. – It may be under seven weeks until Election Day, but early voting has started in Minnesota. People can go to their county’s election office to cast their ballot. In Clay County, people can vote ahead of the election at the Auditor’s office inside the Clay County Courthouse. Absentee ballots can also be submitted through the mail, but must…
NAYTAHWAUSH, Minn. – Police are searching for suspects after they say three men shot at each other during an argument Thursday night. The Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Office says they responded to 2nd Avenue in Naytahwaush around 6:00. Witnesses say two African American men and a Native American man were arguing on the street and began shooting. No one was hurt….
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (KMSP) – A tense moment capped off the Jacob Wetterling case files release event Thursday morning. After Stearns County Sheriff Don Gudmundson finished his presentation, the original FBI Investigator assigned to the case, Al Garber, took the podium unprompted to rebut Gudmundson’s version of events. “I’ve known Don Gudmundson for many years and we’ve worked together a number…
STEARNS COUNTY, Minn. (KMSP) – Authorities released the Jacob Wetterling case file to the public Thursday—more than 41,000 pages detailing the nearly 30-year investigation into Jacob’s disappearance in 1989. Stearns County Sheriff Don Gudmundson detailed the investigation with a power point presentation to reporters Thursday, ahead of the case file release. At the press conference, he called the FBI’s interview of…
(KMSP) The family of Jacob Wetterling released a statement through their attorneys Wednesday regarding the impending release of the closed investigative file in their son’s case. “It is difficult for us to relive those dark days,” Jerry and Patty Wetterling said in a statement. “With time our family is healing and getting stronger and we appreciate all of the effort to…
