VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR) – An Arizona woman has been arrested for the 1981 murder of “Baby Rebecca.” Sixty-five-year-old Nancy Jean Trottier is charged with murder. Court documents say that on April 16, 1981, the body of an infant girl was discovered in the wooded area of the Valley City State College campus. An autopsy report indicated the infant had…
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR) – The search for the missing Wahpeton grandfather, 73-year-old Alfred Odden, has concluded with the recovery of Mr. Odden’s body from the Sheyenne River. The Valley City Police Department put out a release on Facebook detailing the circumstances of the discovery. They say that on the evening of April 10, they located a vehicle submerged in…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The phrase “into thin air” gets thrown around a lot in missing persons cases, but given the lack of trail Alfred Odden left after departing the Valley City Casey’s on the evening of April 1, it feels somewhat appropriate. The 73-year-old grandfather reportedly claimed he was going to drive his teal pickup with red topper from…
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR) — People are celebrating the grand opening of the Columbia Grain Pulse Processing Plant in Valley City. The 11,000 square foot facility can process up to 40,000 tons of pulse crops per year, including dry edible beans, peas and lentils. “This pulse processing plant is an exciting opportunity for North Dakota farmers, giving them a convenient,…
VALLEY CITY, N.D. — Three ballot measures will be presented to North Dakota voters this year, but one group is organizing a campaign to tell residents to vote no. The first two would require citizen-initiated ballot measures to have a super majority to pass as well as restricting constitutional initiatives to a single subject. The third measure would alter the…
LISBON, N.D. (KVRR) – A former state representative for District 24 in Valley City has died. North Dakota Legislative Council says 90-year-old Ralph Metcalf died Saturday at the Veteran’s Home in Lisbon, a project that he championed while in the legislature. The Democrat served in the state legislature from 1998 to 2012. He also served for 42 years in the…
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR/NEWSDAKOTA) — Bond is set at $30,000 cash for the Mandan man accused of hitting and killing a man walking along I-94 near Valley City in December. 22-year-old Garrett Kuntz made his initial court appearance on charges of manslaughter and duty in accident involving death. North Dakota Highway Patrol got an anonymous tip linking Kuntz to the…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — There are some big lottery winners across North Dakota. Someone in Bottineau bought a Powerball ticket online and it is now worth $150,000 after the Monday, March 9, draw. The player has yet to claim the prize. Four lucky people have won the 2by2 jackpot and each ticket is worth $22,000. The winning tickets were sold…
Mitchell Kohler (Barnes County Jail)VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A Valley City man was sentenced for possessing child sex abuse materials, including images he created using artificial intelligence. Mitchell Kohler was convicted on five counts of possession of certain materials prohibited. On Feb. 25, a judge in Barnes County sentenced Kohler to four years in prison – one year for…
BARNES CO., N.D. (KVRR) — The man who was hit while walking along I-94 and found dead in a ditch has been identified as 27-year-old Jerson Mejia of Honduras. North Dakota Highway Patrol has also released images of the bug deflector that was left at the scene and pieced back together. Mejia was hit sometime late Saturday night, about eight…
