MOUNDS VIEW, Minn. – Authorities say a male suspect died after a Ramsey County sheriff’s deputy used an SUV to hit him on Wednesday when he began shooting at officers who were investigating a domestic assault in Mounds View. The Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that authorities were looking for the assault suspect when he began firing…
MINNEAPOLIS – Two large hospital systems in the Upper Midwest say fully vaccinated people make up a minority of COVID-19 hospitalizations and an even lower number of people needing intensive care and ventilators. Minneapolis-based Allina Health reported 176 patients were hospitalized with COVID-19 this week and that 22% are vaccinated against the coronavirus. Sanford Health, based in Sioux Falls, reported…
FARGO (KVRR) – Fargo Public School district officials say there aren’t enough valid signatures to hold a special election to recall four members of the Fargo School Board. A spokesperson for the recall effort tells KVRR that they are looking at their options and will not be addressing the media at this time. The school district says business Manager Jackie…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – The North Dakota State Auditor says an audit of Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem’s State Crime Laboratory Division found that 34 DUI tests are invalid and can be dismissed in a court of law. Auditor Joshua Gallion says the audit involves 8,925 DUI tests during a two-year period which ended June 30, 2020. Gallion says if breath…
BEMIDJI, Minn. (KVRR) – Police in Bemidji are searching for suspects involved in an early morning shooting that left one man injured. Police responded at 3:22 a.m. Wednesday after callers reported hearing numerous gunshots near the Pine Ridge Apartment parking lot. One caller reported that he had been shot and was driving himself to the Sanford Hospital Emergency Room. Police…
FARGO (KVRR) – Fargo School Board member Dr. Tracie Newman has been getting national media attention regarding her support for students to wear masks to prevent COVID-19 from spreading in schools. Newman, a pediatrician, is one of four board members being targeted by a recall effort. She was recently profiled by the Wall Street Journal and has appeared on CNN…
FARGO (KVRR) – A former employee of a Fargo memory care facility who’s facing manslaughter charges has pleaded “not guilty” in connection with the death of a resident. Court documents say 59-year-old Rachel Cooper entered the plea on Sept. 16. On August 3, police were called to Maple View Memory Care at 4552 36th Ave. S. to take a report…
BISMARCK, N.D. – North Dakota lawmakers have moved to raise the threshold on new legislation that limits spending of federal money by a governor-led panel. The law was passed shortly before the Republican-led Legislature adjourned in April. The legislation came after the Emergency Commission, headed by GOP Gov. Doug Burgum, largely determined how to spend $1.2 billion in federal coronavirus…
FARGO, N.D. – The latest bout of legal wrangling over the collection of North Dakota oil and gas royalties has been won by the energy industry, over a bill it promoted and was passed by the 2021 state Legislature. A state judge last week ruled in favor of the law that limits how much interest companies have to pay for…
MINNEAPOLIS – A Minnesota man with a history of pretending to be a police officer is accused in federal court of falsely claiming to be a federal agent. Authorities said in a complaint filed Friday that 52-year-old Reyel Devon Simmons, of Dodge Center, used the fake name “Rey Reeves” and regularly held himself out as a federal agent on social…
