FARGO (KVRR) – Fargo police are investigating an apparent assault that was reported by the Old Broadway and allegedly occurred in the early morning hours of July 11. Police say a video appears to show a male being held on the ground and struck by another male. Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the video and working to identify the…
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – An inmate at the jail in Devils Lake was injured during an escape attempt. Lake Region Law Enforcement Center Admininistrator Rob Johnson says the man was in an outside recreational area when he tried to scale the fence, which has razor wire on the top. Staff quickly stopped the escape attempt. The prisoner was treated…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Gov. Tim Walz has signed an executive order aimed at banning conversion therapy. Walz says it’s just a start and called on the Legislature Thursday to make it permanent. Minnesota is now one of about 24 states that restrict mental health professionals from seeking to change a person’s sexual orientation. Eleven Minnesota cities already have bans, including…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Tribal and environmental groups opposed to Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 oil pipeline have asked the Minnesota Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision affirming the approvals of the project. The state Commerce Department, which was part of the earlier appeal, is not joining in the appeal this time. The legal move comes as protests continue…
PARK RAPIDS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – The Hubbard County Sheriff’s Office has released a report from a fiery crash earlier this month where a suburban Twin Cities area man told a deputy that he stopped at multiple bars before the wreck. Fifty-one-year-old David John of Lino Lakes left a county road and went into the ditch. The 1978 Ford Bronco that…
FARGO (KVRR) – A Barnesville woman who was recently accused of vandalizing a statue of Jesus and driving over gravesites at a Fargo cemetery is back in jail. Fargo Police say 28 year-old Blair Whitten was arrested around 5:00 p.m. Tuesday in the 1200 block of 4th St. N. According to police, officers responded to a report of a disturbance…
DALTON, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – The Dalton Fire Dept and other first responders are preparing to remember a longtime firefighter who died last weekend in an ATV crash near Dalton. Assistant Fire Chief Jason Kirchner had been a member of the department for 18 years. The department is expecting that people will line the streets on Friday, the day of Kirchner’s…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Newly released body camera video shows a Black Minnesota lawmaker accusing a St. Paul police officer of racially profiling during a traffic stop in which he was ticketed for driving on a suspended Wisconsin license. The police video shows a sergeant stopping Democratic Rep. John Thompson, of St. Paul, in downtown St. Paul early on July…
Willow River/Honor the EarthBRAINERD, Minn. – The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says it’s investigating a spill of drilling fluid into the Willow River in Aitkin County last week during construction on the Enbridge Line 3 oil pipeline. The agency says about 80 to 100 gallons of drilling fluid, or mud, were inadvertently released on July 6 at a construction site….
BURNSVILLE, Minn. – Officials in a Twin Cities suburb say they’re finding more giant goldfish, prompting a plea to stop dumping unwanted fish into ponds and lakes, which is illegal in Minnesota. The goldfish, which grow to the size of a football, compete with native species for food and increase algae in lakes. Burnsville officials found 10 fish in Keller…
