Author: Jim Monk

Clay County asking for info from residents vaccinated outside Minnesota

MOORHEAD, Minn. KVRR) – Clay County Public Health is asking Clay County residents who received a COVID-19 vaccine from an out-of-state pharmacy or from the Fargo VA Medical Center to inform them with their vaccine information. Residents can call the Clay County Public Health vaccine hotline at 218-299-7204 and leave a message with your name, birth date, address, phone number,…

Supreme Court orders new civil trial in 2015 crash

BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota Supreme Court has ordered a new civil trial for a driver who caused a Bismarck expressway crash that killed two women, injured a third and produced a jury award of more than $1 billion in damages. The 2015 crash killed 21-year-old Taylor Goven, and 22-year-old Abby Renschler, and caused a traumatic brain injury to…

Update: Suspect in custody after stabbings and police standoff in downtown Fargo

FARGO (KVRR) – A police standoff involving a female suspect who barricaded herself inside a vehicle near a downtown Fargo restaurant is over. Fargo Police say three people suffered non life-threatening injuries when they were stabbed Thursday afternoon in the parking lot at Mexican Village at 814 Main Ave. Debra Schreiner of Fargo told KFGO how she was able to…

Lawmakers returning to North Dakota Capitol for study

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…

Post-it Notes inventor dies at age 80

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…

Fallout from video forces Moorhead Police to temporarily deactivate Facebook page

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…

Jim Klobuchar, columnist and US senator’s father, dies at 93

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…

Burgum wants to make North Dakota carbon-neutral by 2030

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…

Ruling paves way for longer sentence in George Floyd’s death

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…