WARD COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) – A 21-year-old man from Minot is dead after a single-vehicle crash in the early morning hours of August 2. According to the North Dakota Highway Patrol, at approximately 2:57 A.M., a 2021 Tesla Model Y was traveling northbound on the US Highway 83 Bypass near the 4th Avenue NW overpass in Minot. The vehicle, traveling…
MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a North Dakota woman to life in prison without parole after a jury convicted her last year of murder in connection with the death of her ex-boyfriend. State District Judge Gary Lee sentenced 27-year-old Heather Hoffman, of Minot Air Force Base, on Friday. In September, a Ward County jury convicted her of…
WARD COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) — A 32-year-old Wichita, Kansas man died in a crash earlier today before noon in Ward County. The North Dakota Highway Patrol say his vehicle was headed north on Hwy 83 when he turned west onto Hwy 23. A Toyota Highlander was going south on Highway 83 as it crashed into the man’s Infiniti. Both vehicles…
WARD COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) – A rollover crash kills two children in Ward County, North Dakota. The crash happened around 11:45 Monday night on Highway 2 in light snowy conditions. Highway Patrol says the driver, a 34-year-old woman from Williston, lost control due to ice on the road, went into the median and overturned. The driver and two passengers, a…
MINOT, N.D. (KVRR/AP) — The nephew of imprisoned polygamous leader Warren Jeffs is headed back to Utah. 54-year-old Heber Jeffs was jailed in Minot over the weekend and appeared in court this afternoon where he waived extradition. Utah has 10 days to pick him up on child kidnapping charges. Jeffs was arrested by federal agents on Saturday after he was…
MINOT, N.D. (KVRR/AP) — A Minot woman arrested in a 15-year-old cold case murder has her initial appearance in Ward County court. 34-year-old Nichole Rice appeared by video and heard the charge against her: class AA felony murder. The judge set bond at $120,000 cash. Rice was arrested Wednesday at Minot Air Force base for the murder of her former…
Ward County CommissionMINOT, N.D. – A petition in a northwestern North Dakota county backs the idea of a ban on illegal immigrants and the notion of declaring the county a Second Amendment “gun sanctuary.” Language on the resolution led by county resident Nicole Egeberg offers support “to ban sanctuary cities, illegal immigrants, aliens, refugees in Ward County, North Dakota, and…
BISMARCK, N.D. – North Dakota is reporting 13 more covid-related deaths, pushing the total to 915. Two of the deaths in the Sat. report were of Cass County residents, a man in his 40s and a woman in her 50s. Cass County reported 135 new positive infections. The number of people hospitalized statewide is up by eight to 317. –…
BISMARCK, ND – North Dakota’s daily positivity rate moved to just over 5% in Saturday’s report from The Department of Health. Of the 9,603 total tests administered, 468 came back positive. There have now been 15,151 positive tests. Active cases climbed to 2,534 with 191 more reported. Cass County saw 70 positive tests,Ward County 63 and Burleigh County 61. The…
WARD CO., N.D. — An unusual story out of northwestern North Dakota. A man is arrested for driving drunk after flipping a combine in a field near Berthold. Authorities say 45-year-old Michael Carr was drunk when the crash happened. He was taken to the Ward County Jail in Minot. Police say the combine landed upside down in the field Monday…
