SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — As then-Gov. Kristi Noem crisscrossed the country — stumping for President Donald Trump and boosting her political profile beyond her home state — she refused to reveal what her extensive travel was costing taxpayers. In the weeks since Noem became Trump’s Homeland Security secretary, that mystery has been solved: South Dakota repeatedly picked up the tab for expenses…
CLAY CO., Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — Courts documents show a Moorhead man charged in a fatal crash on Saturday night was drinking at Buffalo Wild Wings in Moorhead shortly before the collision on Highway 75 in Oakport Township. 28-year-old Christopher Pink is charged with criminal vehicular homicide in the death of 43-year-old Jennifer Watson of Ennis, Texas. She had been living…
UPDATE: (02/23/25 8:15PM) Crash victim identified as 43-year-old Jennifer Watson of Ennis, Texas. CLAY CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A Moorhead man is arrested for criminal vehicular homicide while under the influence of alcohol after a deadly head-on crash in Oakport Township, north of Moorhead. Minnesota State Patrol says 28-year-old Christopher Pink was driving north in the southbound lane on Highway…
NEW ORLEANS (AP: 8:10PM UPDATE) — Authorities say the driver of a pickup truck sped through a crowd of pedestrians gathered in New Orleans’ bustling French Quarter district early on New Year’s Day, killing at least 15 people and injuring about 30 other revelers. The suspect was killed in a shootout with police. The FBI is investigating the attack as an…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A GoFundMe has been started to raise money to help pay for the funeral of a Grand Forks murder victim. Lori Garcia is the sister of Anthony Kiehl and is raising money for the funeral and to help family in Texas travel to Grand Forks. She writes, “This is a tragedy and I am so…
GRANDIN, N.D. (KVRR) — A 40-year-old Texas man is dead after a head-on crash on County Road 81 north of Grandin, North Dakota. The highway patrol says the man from Rio Grande City, whose name hasn’t been released, crossed the centerline and crashed into a pickup pulling a trailer. It happened just after 4 a.m. The Texas man died at…
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (KVRR) — A Devils Lake woman who died after her vehicle was hit by a semi on Friday morning has been identified. Highway Patrol says 70-year-old Joann Burt was pulling out of a driveway to cross the eastbound lanes of Highway 2 when she was hit. It happened just before 10 a.m., about two miles east of…
MARSHALL CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A fraud case investigation in Marshall County, Minnesota has resulted in the arrest of a suspect in Pennsylvania. Marshall County Sheriff’s Office says Mutahir Kahn has been moved to the county jail and is being held on $1.5 million bond. They were tipped off by an officer from McKinney, Texas that Kahn had stolen $36,000…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — A fifty year prison sentence is handed down to 29-year-old Nicholas Nesdahl of Williston for seven counts of producing child porn. Nesdahl was sentenced in federal court in Bismarck. He plead guilty to the charges back in March. He was given 30 years in federal prison in North Dakota along with 20 years in Pennsylvania. Prosecutors…
FELTON, Minn. (KVRR) — A 5-year-old Crookston boy is in Sanford in Fargo with life threatening injuries after a crash between a semi hauling gravel and an SUV near Felton, Minnesota. Minnesota State Patrol has identified the boy as Bo Hoppe. The SUV driver, 41-year-old Tansy Hoppe, has non-life threatening injuries. Four other passeners are at Sanford with non-life threatening…
