ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota’s senior care homes are struggling with record staff shortages as people leave the industry faster than they can replaced. The Long-Term Care Imperative says there are 23,000 unfilled senior caregiver positions across Minnesota. That compares with 8,000 last March. And the industry lost 2,000 more workers in August. Burnout from the pandemic is often cited….
MINNEAPOLIS – A Minnesota company says it will expand its ownership in a fleet of oil wells in North Dakota. Minnetonka-based Northern Oil and Gas will pay Texas-based Comstock Resources $154 million on the new properties, which are expected to produce 4,500 barrels of oil per day. Comstock Resources is controlled by Jerry Jones, who owns the Dallas Cowboys football…
FARGO (KVRR) – Surveillance video shows two people with what appears to be a wheeled container being pushed down the sidewalk near Duffy’s Tavern at about the same time police believe the bar was burglarized Thursday morning. The video, obtained by KVRR News, shows 6:23 a.m. Fargo Police spokeswoman Jessica Schindeldecker says investigators believe the break-in occurred at 6:20 a.m….
UPDATE: Fargo Attorney Tim O’Keeffe of O’Keeffe O’Brien Lyson Attorneys released the following statement on behalf of his client Jack Glasser, the owner of Glasser Images: “Jack Glasser, owner of Glasser Images says he understands what people may be feeling who had arranged for his firm to capture their wedding day memories with photographs and video, capturing family and wedding…
FARGO (KVRR) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol arrested a man Friday after he led authorities on a high-speed chase before he lost control of his vehicle and crashed in Fargo. Thirty-one-year-old Grant Goodsell of Halstad, Minnesota was arrested for DUI, fleeing, resisting arrest and reckless driving. A state trooper was parked along I-29 near the 32nd Ave interchange when…
FARGO (KVRR) – A man accused of illegally transporting a black bear carcass from Canada to North Dakota has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors. Court documents say Joseph Stolarczyk, of Mosinee, Wis. brought the bear across the Pembina Port of Entry after he exceeded the Manitoba bag limit by killing two bears in the same year. Acting U.S….
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Some Minnesota government employees say that a month into the COVID-19 vaccine policy for state workers, their agencies are ramping up discipline for employees who either won’t get the vaccine or submit to weekly testing. State officials say more than 500 employees have declined both options, Employees who decline to be vaccinated or tested can be…
MINNEAPOLIS – Police say a woman riding a scooter on a sidewalk was struck and killed by one of two vehicles involved in an exchange of gunfire in downtown Minneapolis. Dispatchers took several calls about the gunfire Wednesday about 11 p.m. The gunshots ended when both vehicles crashed. One of the vehicles left the street and struck the woman on…
FARGO (KVRR) – A longtime south Fargo watering hole was the target of a burglary overnight. The break-in occurred at Duffy’s Tavern at 16 12th St S. Two glass doors on the front of the building were shattered. It wasn’t immediately clear if anything inside was stolen. Police say no arrests have been made. The burglary is believed to have…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) – The Minnesota State Patrol says two people were injured when the SUV they were riding in collided with a bear in Mahnomen County. Sgt. Jesse Grabow says the compact SUV was traveling south on Highway 59 near County Road 25 when the black bear was hit. The incident happened shortly after 10:00 p.m. Wednesday. The…
