MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Concerned Moorhead residents and those working in charitable gaming heard from their elected officials and business leaders on the recent land purchase by the White Earth Tribe. The land in question is a 280-acre lot near Interstate 94 and Highway 336. The community has speculated the tribe could build a casino on the land or use…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Democratic Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota has introduced legislation aimed at combatting the drug trade within indigenous communities. The junior Senator from Minnesota has partnered with Republican Sen. Steve Daines of Montana to create the PROTECT Act. The goal is to give tribal nations more power in pursuing drug cases. Right now, tribal law enforcement is…
WHITE EARTH, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A northwestern North Dakota man is charged with multiple felonies after assaulting a sheriff’s deputy and trying to take his gun in Mountrail County. According to court records, the deputy was trying to take 33-year-old Andrew Wiedmer into custody for a warrant when Wiedmer ran. The deputy ordered Wiedmer to stop, but he continued to…
BECKER CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A White Earth, Minnesota man is accused of threatening to shoot deputies as they tried to take him into custody Sunday night. Becker County deputies located Robert Azure, Sr. at a residence in White Earth. Felony and misdemeanor arrest warrants were out for the 50-year-old man. When Azure was told that he was under arrest,…
MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) — A White Earth, Minnesota Man is sentenced to nearly 25 Years in prison for child porn. According to court documents, 34-year-old Ryan Thompson, also known as “Ryan Townsend”, took pornographic images with a minor in December 2020. The 13-year-old victim used her school-issued laptop to message the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. She told them Thompson began sleeping…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) — A White Earth, Minnesota man is found guilty by a federal jury of production of child porn. 34-year-old Ryan Thompson, also known as Ryan Townsend, used a minor in December 2020 to produce pornographic images. The 13-year-old victim used her school-issued laptop to message the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and told them Thompson had been…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — The search for a homicide suspect comes to Moorhead. Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and law enforcement served a warrant at an apartment complex on 18th Street South in Moorhead Tuesday night. They were looking for 40-year-old Michael Croud of White Earth, but he was not located. Croud is wanted in connection to the shooting death…
BECKER CO., Minn. (KVRR) — The search is on for a man suspected of gunning down a man in his vehicle Sunday night in the village of Pine Point, about 30 minutes northeast of Detroit Lakes. Authorities are looking for 40-year-old Michael Croud of Ogema for second-degree murder with intent. Becker County Sheriff Todd Glander says anyone who has harbored…
MOUNTRAIL, N.D. (KVRR) — A 14-year-old male from White Earth, North Dakota is dead after his vehicle was hit by a train. The crash in Mountrail County happened Wednesday afternoon just before 4 at 66th Street Northwest. North Dakota Highway Patrol says the teen failed to yield at the intersection, drove through the crossing and was hit by a BNSF…
WHITE EARTH, Minn. (KVRR) – A White Earth, Minnesota man will spend 10 years in prison for assaulting a child on the White Earth Indian Reservation. U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger says 30-year-old Edward Duane Fairbanks intentionally shoved the child into a table, causing a serious head injury. The child was taken to the hospital where doctors diagnosed a large skull…
