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…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota’s own country music sister singing duo lands their first major award. Tigirlily Gold learned they won the ACM New Duo/Group of the Year award during the ACM Kickoff Festival on Tuesday. The actual awards show takes place Thursday night in Frisco, Texas and will be streamed on Prime Video. Krista and Kendra Slaubaugh are…
A gold pin in the shape of Minnesota – with the words “Interstate 35W ‘Bridge’ Remembering August 1, 2007” – is photographed on Linda Paul in St. Paul, Minn., on March 27, 2024. She survived the Interstate 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis on Aug. 1, 2007, and was reminded of it after the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed…
Milk from dairy cows in Texas and Kansas has tested positive for bird flu, U.S. officials said Monday. Officials with the Texas Animal Health Commission confirmed the flu virus is the Type A H5N1 strain, known for decades to cause outbreaks in birds and to occasionally infect people. The virus is affecting older dairy cows in those states and in New…
