GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — The first flood outlook for the Red River and Devils Lake Basins is out and it looks pretty good. National Weather Service in Grand Forks says the risk for moderate or higher spring flooding is low and running below long-term historical averages. Precipitation last November saturated soils and elevated river levels before freeze-up. But snowfall…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Red River Valley SWAT helped Fargo Police arrest a man accused of robbing two houses last night. They were called to a tent near the river around 2nd Street and 4th Avenue North around 4:30 a.m. for 33-year-old Manuel Perez. Police say Perez had broken into the homes north of downtown, showed a gun and left…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A Clay County Grand Jury has indicted Isaac Arndt for First Degree Murder with Premeditation and Second Degree Murder with Intent in the death of 14-year-old Jaelyn Walker. The 18-year-old Arndt was arraigned on the indictment today and Judge Jade Rosenfeldt set bail at $4 million dollars without conditions or $2 million dollars with conditions. If…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo city leaders have adopted an ordinance prohibiting camping on public property, but there was some dispute over a resolution to the ordinance. It includes several new priority enforcement areas and the intention to implement Housing First, a short-term solution that will precede the comprehensive long-term Housing First strategy. The vote was three to two in…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A makeshift memorial has been set up in the vicinity where 14-year-old Jaelyn Walker was killed. The memorial is close to the Red River in Moorhead. It includes items that Walker may have cherished most like a Hello Kitty blanket, Cinnamoroll plushies, and other items. This week was also the same week Walker would have started…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A family member of missing 19-year-old Arthur Wiebe says the search is over after Wiebe’s body was found in the Red River late Thursday. Wiebe had been missing since he walked away from his family’s shop in the 4100 block of 34th Avenue South in Moorhead on Monday around 10 p.m. He did not have a…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A man’s body was found in the Red River in Fargo Thursday shortly before 10 p.m. Police and Fargo and Moorhead firefighters responded after a passerby made a 911 call and reported seeing a person in the river. A police officer found the body near the 1400 block of Elm Street North. The victim’s name is not…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Red River is starting to recede in Fargo-Moorhead. The area’s been under a flood warning for some time, but it looks like relief is on the way. The Red River in Fargo has been at minor flood stage since last Thursday. On Monday, the river crested at 22.2 feet, three feet short of reaching moderate…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — To say this has been a strange winter would be an understatement. And it has impacted the river rescue training for the Fargo Fire Dept. because there is not a lot of ice out there. “It just makes it where even though it’s maybe not as in-depth as we like it to be. Still, it’s…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — It took firefighters under a minute to rescue a woman found floating on her back in the middle of the Red River in Fargo. A passerby called 911 Saturday afternoon around 4:15 to report they had seen a person in the water near the 52nd Avenue South Convent Landing. Crews arrived in no time and went…
