North Dakota National Guard’s 142nd Engineer Battalion welcomed home on Feb. 21, 2026.VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) — Fifty members of the North Dakota National Guard’s 142nd Engineer Battalion are back home following a year-long deployment to the nation’s southern border in support of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The unit returns to North Dakota after providing assistance to CBP…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – More details are being released about some recent arrests by immigration authorities in Fargo. A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman says seven men were taken into custody. An eighth person who was detained had U.S. legal status and was released. All seven people arrested are from Mexico. They range in age from 21-60. Agents from the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Operating hours at four ports of entry in North Dakota are being expanded. Starting January 6, U.S. Customs and Border Protection will operate Fortuna and Noonan from 9 a.m. – 7 p.m., Neche from 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Walhalla from 8 a.m. – 8 p.m., in coordination with Canada Border Services Agency. Sen. John…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security and Enforcement held a field hearing in Grand Forks to hear North Dakota perspectives on border issues. Witnesses testified before the subcommittee about issues surrounding the southern and northern borders, and how they are impacting the state. Rebecca Davis, Executive Director of the Walhalla Area Chamber of…
MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) — A Red Lake, Minnesota man is sentenced to over 6 years in prison for the sexual abuse of a minor. According to court documents, 63-year-old Ronald Pearson was visiting a home on Red Lake Indian Reservation in August 2022 when the abuse occurred. He pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court last September to one count of sexual…
(KVRR) — Gov. Doug Burgum on Friday visited soldiers from the Jamestown-based 817th Engineer Company at the U.S.-Mexico border. He was there to thank them for supporting U.S. Customs and Border Protection efforts to secure the border. Burgum was joined by Maj. Gen. Alan Dohrmann, adjutant general of the North Dakota National Guard. The 817th deployed in early November for…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KVRR/KMSP) – Customs agents at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport seized thousands of syringes of what they call a “dangerous” and unapproved vaginal tightening gel. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says they found 2,536 syringes in a shipment from Hong Kong that was heading for a Woodbury, Minnesota home on November 20. The syringes were wrapped in “pink…
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KVRR) — Around 125 members of North Dakota National Guards 817th Engineer Company are headed south. A send-off ceremony was held in Jamestown as the soldiers deploy for a year-long mission to help U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the border with Mexico. Texas Governor Greg Abbot asked states to send available resources to help combat illegal activity…
MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR/FOX9) — A woman is stopped at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport for attempting to bring giraffe poop into the country. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says the woman was flying from Kenya on September 29 and was stopped in customs after declaring to have the droppings. Border agents found a small box with over a dozen pieces of giraffe…
NEAR THE RIO GRANDE, TEXAS (KVRR) — Gov. Doug Burgum is spending a second day checking in on our troops helping secure the border in Texas. He is joined by North Dakota National Guard’s adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Al Dohrmann. Burgum says he is there to thank them for supporting efforts by state and federal officials to secure the border,…
