ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota is expanding the number of households that qualify for its Energy Assistance Program. The changes announced by the Department of Commerce make over 600,000 Minnesota households income-eligible for the program. During the previous program year, which ends Friday, about 116,000 Minnesota households applied and qualified. The Energy Assistance Program helps households pay for current and…
DULUTH, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – A Duluth man is accused of leading police on a chase Monday morning in vehicle that was reported stolen several days earlier in Fargo. A sheriff’s deputy saw a pickup speeding and driving recklessly in Duluth’s Canal Park Monday morning, but the driver refused to stop. The chase ended when the deputy used a PIT maneuver…
FARGO (KVRR) – Police say charges are pending against the driver of a vehicle that rolled over in north Fargo Sunday. The crash was reported at 6:28 p.m. in the 1900-block of 12th Ave. N. Police say the driver lost control of the vehicle at a high rate and rolled over. The vehicle crashed into an apartment building causing some…
MINOT, N.D. – Officials say an explosion and fire has caused significant damage to a house in Minot, but that its occupants are safe. Firefighters were dispatched to a home in southwest Minot about 1:30 a.m. Monday. Fire engulfed the rear of the house with flames spreading toward adjacent structures. Crews began search and rescue operations on all three floors…
WASHINGTON (KVRR) – The nation’s largest Muslim civil rights organization is calling for new hate crime laws in North Dakota following reports that an 11-year-old girl was assaulted this week in Fargo. “This horrific attack and the failure to prosecute it as a hate crime points to the need for clear legislation to deal with bias-motivated crimes in North Dakota”…
St. Paul, Minn. (KVRR) – The Minnesota Dept. of Health says Horizon Middle School in Moorhead is one of at least 94 Minnesota schools with an outbreak of at least five cases of COVID-19. Last week, just 26 schools reported outbreaks. Other schools in the region with at least five COVID-19 cases include Lake of the Woods Elementary in Baudette,…
FARGO (KVRR) – The city of Fargo’s COVID-19 briefing with local leaders and health care officials. Categories: Local News, North Dakota News Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19, FARGO, Pandemic
FARGO (KVRR) – Cass County Prosecutors are accusing a Fargo man of striking and choking an 11-year-old girl during a confrontation earlier this week. Court documents say on Tuesday, the girl and four boys had been playing basketball in the 2700-block of 33-1/2 Ave. S. when 73-year-old Larry Baldner called them the “n” word and told them to get off…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) – A Moorhead man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of illegally possessing a gun after a child was shot and killed with the gun in the man’s home. According to court documents, 34 year-old Phillip Neal Jones, Jr. kept a .40 caliber pistol in his Moorhead residence. While Jones was away, a visiting 6-year-old…
FARGO (KVRR/KCND) – Xcel Energy has filed for a natural gas rate increase. The company wants to raise the basic monthly charge for natural gas service from $18.48 a month to $24.28. North Dakota Public Service Commissioner Brian Kroshus says Xcel has the right to file for an increase, but he says it comes on the heels of natural gas price…
