Three-month-old Amur tiger cubs Amaliya and Andrei explored their outdoor enclosure for the first time with their mother Dari at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley, Minn. on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (AP photo/Mark Vancleave)APPLE VALLEY, Minn. (AP) — A pair of rare Amur tiger cubs are making their public debut at the Minnesota Zoo, raising hopes for preserving an…
MIDDLE RIVER, Minn. (KVRR) — A Middle River, Minnesota man is accused of touching a child inappropriately multiple times. 50-year-old Calvin Rybakowski is charged with criminal sexual conduct. Court records reveal the 8-year-old victim told authorities that Rybakowski had touched her numerous times since she was six. While being interviewed, Rybakowski didn’t recall what happened and claimed he was high…
09/11/24 AirNow.govFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Throughout the past week we have been seeing a lot of smoke around the region once again. It has been coming from wildfires in South Dakota and Montana, blowing east due to the flow of air in the upper atmosphere. The smoke has covered the skies and led to poor air quality that can lead…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — State and local election officials from across the country on Wednesday warned that problems with the nation’s mail delivery system threaten to disenfranchise voters in the upcoming presidential election, telling the head of the U.S. Postal Service that it hasn’t fixed persistent deficiencies. In an alarming letter, the officials said that over the past year, including…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — The all-clear has been given at Alerus Center in Grand Forks following a lockdown. Grand Forks Police say it was caused by a suspicious device dropped off in the parking lot by a white SUV around 1:30 p.m. Grand Forks Regional BOMB Team was activated. It was determined that the device was a concrete pressure…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo teen already in jail on multiple felonies is accused of having sex with a girl before and after her 15th birthday. 19-year-old Carter Hammer is charged with felony gross sexual imposition. According to court records, Hammer had sex with the girl multiple times between late May and his August 13 arrest, but the girl…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Essentia Health will no longer accept Medicare Advantage insurance plans administered by United Healthcare and Humana. Essentia has started to inform patients that, due to excessive prior authorization requirements and denial of care, it will no longer serve as an in-network provider effective January 1. They say UHC and Humana delay and deny approval of care…
James Earl Jones (AP)NEW YORK (AP) — James Earl Jones, who overcame racial prejudice and a severe stutter to become a celebrated icon of stage and screen — eventually lending his deep, commanding voice to CNN, “The Lion King” and Darth Vader — has died. He was 93. His agent, Barry McPherson, confirmed Jones died Monday morning at home. The…
FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – A Moorhead man arrested in Fargo Thursday for a June stabbing has now been charged. According to court records, 35-year-old Joshua Potter was wanted for attempted murder after he stabbed a man in south Fargo. After the stabbing, the victim and his girlfriend told officers a person they didn’t know tried to rob the victim and slit…
Hockey star Brianna Decker, former NHL players Kevin Stevens and Matt Cullen, late Chicago Blackhawks founder Frederic McLaughlin and the 2002 Olympic gold medal-winning paralympic sled hockey team are being inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. USA Hockey revealed the class on Thursday for enshrinement at a ceremony Dec. 4 in Pittsburgh. Cullen is a Moorhead High School…
