BISMARCK, N.D. – A group of lawmakers will return to the North Dakota Capitol next week to decide study topics that may result in legislation for the 2023 session. The Legislative Management committee is a 17-member panel of lawmakers that supervises business between sessions. The panel will meet May 19 to select the topics the Legislature will study during the…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The inventor of the adhesive used on one of 3M’s best-known products, the Post-it Note, has died at his home in Minnesota. Spencer Silver died May 8 at age 80. According to 3M, Silver was working in a company lab in 1968 when he discovered an adhesive formula that allowed notes to be easily attached to…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – The Moorhead Police Dept. had to take down its Facebook page Wednesday after someone posted a YouTube video of police encounter that went viral. Capt. Deric Swenson says the action was necessary because of an overwhelming number of social media comments and phone calls received “from around the world.” The group later began posting its links…
MINNEAPOLIS – Jim Klobuchar, longtime Minnesota newspaper reporter and columnist and father of U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, has died after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 93. His daughter, U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, said that throughout his life her father was “a champion of those on the outside” and used his words to stand up for people. In…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Two Minnesota counties in the Red River Valley have some of the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the state. According to the Minnesota Dept. of Health, just 31% of Clay County’s residents have received at least one dose of the vaccine. In Wilkin County, it’s 30%. Among residents 16 and over, 40% of Clay County residents…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – Gov. Doug Burgum issued a challenge during the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference on Wednesday to make North Dakota a carbon-neutral state by the end of the decade. “North Dakota is among the best positioned to help our country and our world transition in an economically feasible way to a carbon-constrained future while providing reliable, resilient and…
Derek ChauvinMINNEAPOLIS – A judge has found aggravating factors in the death of George Floyd, paving the way for a longer sentence for former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin. Chauvin was convicted in April on murder and manslaughter charges. He’s scheduled to be sentenced June 25. Under Minnesota sentencing guidelines, he would have faced a presumptive sentence of 12 1/2 years…
MINNEAPOLIS – A judge has denied media requests to allow cameras at an upcoming hearing for a former Brooklyn Center, Minn. police officer charged in Daunte Wright’s death. Kim Potter is charged with manslaughter in Wright’s death during a traffic stop April 11 in Brooklyn Center. The city’s police chief at the time said he believed Potter mixed up her…
FARGO, N.D. — A multi-business plaza going up in flames in South Fargo. “At 1:20, we had a report of a fire here at 3242 20th Street South. When crews did arrive to find smoke showing and fire in the attic of the building. They struck a second alarm to bring in additional crews and as you see here, there’s…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – A Moorhead man charged with vandalizing a Moorhead mosque made another court appearance Tuesday. Twenty-two-year-old Benjamin Enderle is charged with aggravated harassment because of bias and criminal damage to property because of bias. Enderle is accused of spray painting hate messages including “Death to Islam” and “Go to Hell” at the Moorhead Fargo Islamic Center. According…
