MAPLEWOOD, Minn. – 3M is joining the growing list of multinational companies that have suspended business operations in Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. The Maplewood-based company has a corporate office in Moscow and two production plants in Russia. 3M’s announcement comes as companies across a variety of industries have suspended some or all of their Russian operations in recent…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A man was taken to a hospital after he was struck by a vehicle in downtown Fargo. Police say the man was hit shortly before 9:00 p.m. Wednesday at the corner 5th St. North and NP Ave. in front of the Fargo bus depot. The man’s injuries are not life-threatening. The driver was not cited or arrested. …
BISMARCK, N.D. – Traffic fatalities in North Dakota reached triple figures for the third straight year. The state Department of Transportation says 101 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2021, following back-to-back years of 100 fatalities. Of those who died last year, 43 were not wearing seat belts. Alcohol was involved in 31 fatalities and excessive speed was a…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR) – A Richland County Sheriff’s deputy was injured during a traffic stop Tuesday when her squad car was struck by a vehicle along Interstate 29. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the deputy was conducting a traffic stop in the southbound lanes of I-29 when the driver of a pickup failed to move over and struck the…
PIERRE, S.D. – More than a year after President Biden revoked the federal permit for the Keystone XL oil pipeline, lawyers for the project are asking South Dakota regulators to consider nearly all activities in the state officially ended. Parent company TC Energy has filed a motion with the state’s Public Utilities Commission asking the three-member panel to release a…
Minneapolis teachers on strike (Fox 9)MINNEAPOLIS – Teachers have hit the picket lines at public schools across Minneapolis, calling their strike a fight to ensure “safe and stable schools” for students and for better wages for the lowest-paid support staff. Many families of the 29,000 students in the district are worried. They fear an extended walkout by the nearly 3,300 teachers…
BURNSVILLE, Minn. – Police responding to a report of a weapon at a suburban Minneapolis high school gave the all-clear after a three-hour search found nothing suspicious. A lockdown was put in place at Burnsville High School about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday when the search began. Authorities said no weapon was discovered and there were no injuries. All after-school activities were…
FARGO (KVRR) – Federal prosecutors in Fargo say a settlement has been reached with a bus company that was accused of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. Interim U.S. Attorney Nick Chase says the agreement resolves an allegation that a Jefferson Lines bus driver refused to allow a passenger with a walker to use the bus’s lift to exit the…
Serge Zevlever (Fox News)FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A man who split his time between the St. Louis area and Ukraine, helping arrange adoptions of children with medical needs, has died amid the fighting in the war-torn country. Serge Zevlever was killed when he volunteered to check on a commotion outside a Kyiv bomb shelter on Feb. 26, his daughters said. That…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A Horace, North Dakota man has been arrested in connection to a series of six commercial and industrial burglaries that took place in West Fargo last December. Twenty-four-year-old Shelby Whitt was taken into custody on multiple felony burglary charges. Additional charges are possible. Police say Whitt was responsible for a series of targeted commercial and…
