Author: Jim Monk

Update: 1 of 2 twins found locked in hot vehicle has died

HIBBING, Minn. –  One of two twin 3-year-old boys found locked in a hot vehicle in Hibbing has died. The other twin has been released from a hospital. Hibbing police say the boys were reported missing Monday evening. Neighbors joined police in a search for the twins. About an hour later a citizen found the twins locked inside a vehicle…

Fargo Public School Board approves mask mandate

FARGO (KVRR) – Face coverings for all staff, students and visitors, regardless of vaccination status or community transmission rates will be required in Fargo Public Schools. The Fargo School Board approved the policy Tuesday.  The vote was 6-3. A letter from Superintendent Rupak Gandhi says masks are also required for all riders and drivers on Fargo Public Schools transportation, including…

Update: Small airplane crashes near West Fargo

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a plane crashed just after leaving the area of the West Fargo Municipal Airport after hitting a row of trees. The plane went down in a soybean field near the West Fargo city lagoons on 12th Avenue North. The call came in at 3:50 Tuesday afternoon and took first…

Cramer, Cruz, introduce bills to ban federal mask and vaccine mandates

WASHINGTON (KVRR) – Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz have introduced legislation that would prohibit federal mandates requiring face coverings and COVID-19 vaccines. Cramer says the “No Mask Mandates Act” would end President Biden’s executive order related to mask mandates on public property, end the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s  mask mandate affecting transportation, while…

Group sues for right to carry guns at Minnesota State Fair

ST. PAUL, Minn. – A gun owners’ group is suing the Minnesota State Fair and Ramsey County, demanding that permit holders be allowed to carry handguns on the fairgrounds during the Great Minnesota Get-Together. The lawsuit by the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus argues that the State Fair’s ban on weapons violates the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms….

Crop spraying airplane crash kills pilot near Strasburg

STRASBURG, N.D. (KVRR) – The pilot of a crop spraying airplane died Tuesday morning after the aircraft struck a high voltage transmission line in Emmons County. The crash occurred three miles west and three miles south of Strasburg.  The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the impact with the transmission line disabled the aircraft, causing it to crash into a nearby field. …

Burgum asks for federal help in dealing with storm damage

BISMARCK, N.D. – Gov. Doug Burgum has requested federal help for counties dealing with recent storms that caused more than $2 million in damage to roads and other infrastructure. The storms during the second week of June produced tornadoes and up to baseball-sized hail, caused flooding and included damaging winds of up to 93 mph. Burgum is asking that the…

University of Minnesota to require COVID-19 vaccine for students once it gets FDA approval

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX9) – The University of Minnesota will require students to get the COVID-19 vaccine once it receives full FDA approval, which is expected to happen in the coming weeks, according to a letter from University President Joan Gabel. Gabel said the COVID-19 vaccine will be added to the list of immunizations already required for students, with some exemptions. Details…

North Dakota National Guard soldiers returning from Washington

BISMARCK, N.D. – Members of a Bismarck-based North Dakota Army National Guard unit who were called to active duty in Washington, D.C. late last year have begun returning home. About 70 soldiers with Company C, 2nd Battalion of the 285th Aviation Regiment were deployed last November to the nation’s capital. The unit flies the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, and the…

Minneapolis Police offers reward in shooting of three children

MINNEAPOLIS –  The Minneapolis Police Department is offering a $180,000 reward in the investigations into the shootings of three children. The reward is the largest in Minnesota history and will be featured in a billboard campaign launching later this week. The three children were unintended targets of gun violence between rival gangs, according to the department. Minneapolis has experienced a…