BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum welcomes 100 members of the Wahpeton-based 188th Engineer Company back to the state. They served a 30-day mission in support of Operation Lone Star to secure the border between Texas and Mexico. Read his statement below: Grateful for our North Dakota National Guard soldiers who returned home from a monthlong deployment…
Courtesy: Gov. Doug Burgum’s OfficeBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Gov. Doug Burgum is taking a break from the presidential campaign trail on Monday to visit North Dakota National Guard soldiers helping secure the U.S.-Mexico border. Burgum is commander-in-chief of the state’s National Guard. He will visit around 100 members of the Wahpeton-based 188th Engineer Company in Texas. The group began a…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Here’s a special treat for all you classical music fans out there. That is the New York Kammermusiker and its back in our region for the group’s 16th annual Winds of Change Concert Series. The nonprofit ensemble reintroduces instruments and music of the double-reed band to modern audiences. A North Dakota native and director behind the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — West Nile Virus has been found in Wahpeton. The city posting on social media that a pool of mosquitoes tested positive for the virus on Monday. They are encouraging people to take extra precautions against getting bitten by mosquitoes. The virus was first found this season in Grand Forks. That city and East Grand Forks will…
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…
FORMAN, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO)– A Forman, North Dakota man is arrested on drug charges after multiple search warrants were served. 63-year-old Jay Diegel is in jail in Wahpeton. Sargent County Sheriff Travis Paeper says deputies and drug task force agents found 12 pounds of marijuana, a 1/4 pound of meth, LSD, hallucinogenic mushrooms, ecstasy and marijuana wax during the search. Two…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR) — A man is arrested in Wahpeton for attempted murder after shooting a family member Saturday afternoon. Police arrested 34-year-old Shawn Lane at an apartment in north Wahpeton. The victim was found with a single gunshot wound to his chest on the ground outside the apartment building. He was taken to the hospital in Breckenridge before being…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KFGO) – A man considered a person of interest in the shooting death of another man in Wahpeton last January has now been charged in federal court with having a gun as a convicted felon. The charge replaces a similar charge filed in Richland County District Court against 33-year-old Anthony Kruger. Kruger was arrested and charged with murder…
RICHLAND CO., N.D. (KVRR) — Names are released in a double fatal crash in Richland County early Monday. Highway Patrol says 51-year-old Gerald Wolter of Mantador stopped to help 45-year-old Rory Campbell of Wahpeton after he got stuck in snow drifts on Highway 13, about a quarter mile from I-29. While the men were attaching a tow strap to the…
MOORETON, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO:UPDATE 3:20 PM 3/13/23) — Two people are dead after a multi-vehicle crash in Richland County shortly before 6 this morning, while it was still dark. Highway Patrol says a 51-year-old man from Mantador stopped to help a 45-year-old man from Wahpeton who was stuck in snow drifts on Highway 13, about a quarter mile from I-29. While…
