MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — People in Moorhead are closer to being allowed to have up to six chickens in the backyard. City council voted on the first reading of an ordinance to amend sections of the animal control definitions and fee schedule. If chickens are allowed, there would be a $10 application fee, the same as Fargo’s, and the permit…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — Two men are arrested following a high-speed chase early Tuesday morning in Moorhead. 28-year-old Jovan Gagnon of Mahnomen fled during a traffic stop. But the chase was called off due to the high rate of speed. The vehicle was later spotted near Village Green Boulevard and stop sticks were used to stop it and Gagnon and…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Police arrest a suspect involved in a stabbing in Moorhead. They took 24-year-old Chance Thibert, who has no permanent address, into custody during an incident. Thibert was wanted for stabbing an acquaintance at an apartment in the 3000 block of 18th Street South around 4:40 p.m. The male victim had multiple stab wounds to his…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A man confronts a man standing by a vehicle in his driveway in Moorhead and it results in a fight and a stabbing. It happened around 9:40 Tuesday night in the 400 block of 17th Street South. The 41-year-old victim says the suspect fled the scene. The only description he could provide was that the man…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Moorhead man is charged for murder late Thursday night. Police say 25-year-old Douglas James Swenson is in Clay County Jail pending formal charges. Officers were dispatched to an apartment in the 3300 block of 12th St. S. for a call of a potential disturbance. Police say they were met at the door by Swenson. They…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Moorhead police say they are investigating a homicide. Police responded to a disturbance at an apartment around 11:30 Thursday night in the 3300 block of 12th Street South. A suspect has been arrested, identified as 25-year-old Douglas James Swenson II on a charge of premeditated murder. He is being held in the Clay County Jail. The…
Curtis BrovoldMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – A man who was on the run in Mexico for two decades after he was charged with sexually abusing a girl in Moorhead has been released from custody. Charges were dropped in November against Curtis Brovold. Brovold was captured last January and returned to Moorhead to face trial. Brovold was accused of luring a 14-year-old…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – A vehicle fire leads to a DWI charge in Moorhead. Police and firefighters responded to a vehicle on fire in the 1800 block of 5th Avenue South just before 7:00 Monday night. The vehicle was stuck in a snowbank. Police say it looks like a driver was trying to get it unstuck. Officers found the driver…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KFGO) — Moorhead police arrest a man after he broke into a house in the 1500 block of 2nd Avenue South last night. Police say the homeowner confronted 25-year-old Hartavious Akers. The homeowner had a gun and held Akers while he called police to report the break-in. Police told the man to leave the house. Officers arrived and…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — The man suspected of killing a Moorhead woman is arrested. Moorhead police say 25-year-old James Kollie Jr., was taken into custody around 7:30 p.m. Friday night and is held at the Richland County Jail in Wahpeton. Officers were called to a woman’s home on 3800 block of 32nd Street S. around 11 p.m. Thursday night. Family…
