WILLISTON, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A man is in custody in Williston after the discovery of more than 1,000 pounds of explosive materials in an apartment. Charges are pending for 28 year-old Ross Petrie in Williams County. Minot and Bismarck Bomb Squads and Williston Police and Fire have been working to secure the scene since the explosive items were discovered during…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A big welcome home ceremony in Grand Forks for the North Dakota Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery Regiment. They were greeted by family, friends and North Dakota leaders including Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer and Gov. Doug Burgum along with Major General Alan Dohrman, Adjutant General of the North Dakota…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Sen. John Hoeven commending the service of the North Dakota National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 112th Aviation Regiment at a send-off ceremony Sunday in Bismarck. The regiment is deploying to provide aviation support along the nation’s borders. This will be the battalion’s third deployment, following missions in Bosnia from 2005 to 2006 and Kosovo from 2011 to…
PEMBINA COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) – The Minnesota National Guard has been called in to assist the North Dakota National Guard in fight against floodwaters at the Bourbanis Dam in Pembina County. A Minnesota National Guard Chinook helicopter was used to place water two pumps near the dam. The pumps weigh more than 5 tons each. A CH-47 Chinook from the…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – A North Dakota Army National Guard unit has received an alert for possible mobilization. The 191st Military Police Company would be deployed to the U.S. Central Command area of operations in the late summer. The unit is headquartered in Fargo with a detachment in Grand Forks. If mobilized, the National Guard says about 155 Soldiers are expected…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/AP) — Members of a Bismarck-based North Dakota National Guard unit who were called to active duty in Washington, D.C. late last year are back home. Gov. Doug Burgum and Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer attended a homecoming ceremony for the Guard members in Bismarck. Seventy soldiers with Company C, 2nd Battalion of the 285th Aviation Regiment…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – Gov. Doug Burgum will attend a send off ceremony Friday for 125 North Dakota National Guard members being deployed to the southern border. The Bismarck-based 957th multi-role bridge unit will support U.S. Customs and Border Protection in ongoing efforts to secure the U.S.-Mexico border. It will be a year-long mission. Burgum said the request for assistance came…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Dozens of North Dakota National Guard members are resuming support for the state’s coronavirus pandemic response. The Guard announced Friday that about 50 of its members are assisting the state Health Department with contact tracing and about 15 others are helping at the state laboratory in Bismarck. The group is expected to remain on active duty…
Bismarck, ND (KVRR) — The North Dakota National Guard will conduct an observance ceremony on Saturday, September 11, at the Memorial to the Fallen in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). The ceremony begins at 10 a.m. and is a solemn observance of the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. Governor Doug Burgum,…
FARGO (KVRR) – Fourteen members of the North Dakota Air National Guard were recently mobilized as part of a mission to support the relocations of Afghan nationals. The Fargo-based Happy Hooligans are serving at Volk Field, Wisconsin and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. The Hooligans are providing base operational and other supplementary services in support. They were deployed Aug. 26. …
