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American Crystal fined for illegally dumping wastewater

July 20, 2023

Jim Monk,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – American Crystal Sugar Company has been fined nearly $26,000 for wastewater discharge violations at its sugar beet processing plants in Crookston and East Grand Forks. The fines come from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. The MPCA found that American Crystal made illegal discharges into the Red Lake River at the Crookston plant 12 times between April…

Body Recovered from Red River in F-M Last Week Identified By Police

July 3, 2023

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Police release the identity of a man whose body was recovered from the Red River in Fargo-Moorhead last Wednesday. He is 35-year-old Casey Binfield. Authorities started getting reports from people who saw Binfield jump into the river near Dike East in Fargo early Wednesday afternoon. Numerous agencies responded to search for the man. His body…

UPDATE: Body Pulled From Red River After Three Hour Search

June 28, 2023

KVRR Staff,

FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – Dive and rescue crews have pulled the body of a man out of the Red River in Fargo-Moorhead. The adult male was evaluated by Sanford Ambulance crews before he was pronounced dead. His body was recovered around 5:30 Wednesday evening by Valley Water Rescue. Authorities started getting reports from people who saw the man jump into the…

Corps of Engineers to Complete the Demolition of Drayton Dam This Week

June 26, 2023

TJ Nelson,

Drayton Dam(March)/HSG Park Joint Venture, LLCPEMBINA CO., N.D. (KVRR) — Work to replace the Drayton Dam in Pembina County is nearing the halfway point as the Corps of Engineers completes its demolition this week. The two year project started last July as part of the larger Fargo Moorhead Flood Protection Project. The $7.7 million Drayton project features a new dam…

EDC Softball Finals Set: Roughriders V Packers

West Fargo Will Take On Red River Saturday For the EDC Championship

May 26, 2023

Site Staff,

WEST FARGO, N.D. — The West Fargo Packers defeat Fargo North and the Red River Roughriders defeat West Fargo Sheyenne to advance to the Eastern Dakota Conference Championship. The Packers and the Roughriders will play Saturday afternoon at 3 PM. Categories: High School, KVRR Sports Extra, Top Sports Headlines Tags: EDC Softball, EDC Softball Tournament, Red River, Red River RoughRiders,…

Moorhead Police identify man pulled from Red River

The man had been reported as a missing person and was last seen on April 23rd

May 22, 2023

TJ Nelson,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A body that was pulled from the Red River in Moorhead on Saturday has been identified. The medical examiner says 53-year-old Harold Anderson of Moorhead died of drowning. There was no evidence of significant injury or trauma. A final autopsy report, including toxicology, is still pending. Anderson had been reported as a missing person and was…

Body recovered from Red River at Moorhead park

May 20, 2023

Site Staff,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Moorhead Police say they recovered a body from the Red River at Gooseberry Park this afternoon. Crews were dispatched before 3 p.m. and found an adult male’s body near a walking path. They say the man’s body was in the Red River for an extended period of time. The body is being transported to Ramsey County…

Work To Resume On Third Phase of $7 Million Whiskey Creek Restoration

May 18, 2023

TJ Nelson,

WILKIN CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Work is set to resume on the majority of the nearly $10 million Whiskey Creek restoration project. The 30-mile-long creek drains 157 square miles in Wilkin and Otter Tail counties. The 3.1-mile-long third phase of the project is designed to improve water quality and quantity and wildlife habitat. It’s along a 20-mile-long Red River tributary…

LaMoure man walking east to west across ND for mental health awareness

A man is walking all the way to Montana for self-reflection, one step at a time.

May 3, 2023

Site Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — 32-year-old David McDonald began his journey right by the Red River in Moorhead and is walking across the entire state, until he reaches Montana. McDonald had a drug overdose nine years ago and said he found God shortly after hearing about Fargo’s New Life Center. At this time last year, his father passed away from a…

Fargo Man Changes Plea For Slitting Another Man’s Throat

Victim was grandson of longtime area TV weatherman

May 2, 2023

KVRR Staff,

George OrtizFARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — George Ortiz of Fargo changes his plea to guilty to murder in the October stabbing death of a Wisconsin man who had recently moved to Fargo. The 39-year-old Ortiz was sentenced to 55 years in prison. He admits killing 32-year-old Phillip Bergquist near the Red River in downtown Fargo by slitting his throat. The cases…