WASHINGTON – Regulators are extending COVID-19 boosters to Americans who got the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine. They also said Wednesday anyone eligible for an extra dose can get a brand different from the one they received initially. The Food and Drug Administration announcement marks a big step toward expanding the U.S. booster campaign, which began with extra doses of…
Andrew BarrettWAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – A Fargo man is in the Richland County jail on a number of charges following a disturbance outside a Wahpeton liquor store late Monday night and a 45-minute pursuit. Wahpeton Police Chief Scott Thorsteinson says 40-year-old Andrew Barrett nearly hit a pedestrian before leading deputies and police officers on a pursuit that ended in a…
GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. – Authorities are looking for a hit-and-run driver who struck several sled dogs on a recreational trail in Itasca County, putting a likely end to their racing days. The dogs were hit by a vehicle on the Circle T Snowmobile Trail last Saturday evening while training. The dog team belongs to longtime Beargrease mushers and veterinarians John…
WADENA, Minn. (KVRR/KDLM) – Firefighters battled an apartment fire Wednesday in Wadena. The fire was reported around 11 a.m. It was located above All Around Divas and Brinks Jewelry. Firefighters from Wadena and Verndale battled the blaze from a nearby rooftop. Everyone inside the building was able to escape. The cause of the fire is under investigation. (video by…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) – Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday announced a further expansion of rapid testing availability at community sites across Minnesota. Beginning today (Oct. 20) the state will offer rapid tests at existing testing locations in Moorhead and St. Paul. Tests will be offered in Duluth and Brooklyn Park beginning Friday. Sites in Crookston and Hutchinson will open…
R Kelly, Cook County, Illinois booking photoCHICAGO (AP) – A federal judge has ordered R&B superstar R. Kelly, facing child prostitution charges in Minnesota, to stand trial in Chicago on child pornography and obstruction of justice charges next year after the scheduled sentencing for his conviction in an earlier sex trafficking trial in New York. U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber…
Alfred ThompsonMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – A Moorhead man is facing charges in connection with a burglary and assault Tuesday morning. Police say they responded at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday to a report of a potential burglary to a car dealership in the area of the Holiday Gas Station located on 30th Ave. S. Officer checked the area and located forced entry…
BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota Highway Patrol says it’s working to improve security measures after an audit found key card access to the building hasn’t been adequately monitored. The audit found that 13 state employees who had been terminated still had active access cards. The audit also found 28 active access cards for contractors who had completed work but…
BUXTON, N.D. – The University of North Dakota’s aerospace school has cancelled all flight activities after a student pilot from Chicago died in an airplane crash. The University of North Dakota plane went down about 8:30 p.m. Monday in a field near the Traill County community of Buxton, in northeastern North Dakota. UND identified the victim as 19-year-old John Hauser,…
Mitchell OttingerST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) – Federal prosecutors say a Carver County man has pleaded guilty to charges related to a years-long sextortion scheme. Twenty-five-year-old Mitchell Ottinger, a former substitute teacher and paraprofessional, engaged in a scheme to obtain sexually explicit images and videos of minors and adults by using false online personas. Ottinger threatened to distribute the images and…
