ST. PAUL (KVRR/KFGO) — The Office of Cannabis Management indicates that Minnesota will need at least 381 cannabis dispensaries to meet guidelines approved under state law. That is the agency regulating marijuana policy in Minnesota. It is the first estimate of how many dispensaries could eventually be licensed in the state. Officials say the state legislature could decide to increase…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — The widespread utility infrastructure damage caused by the severe ice storm in southeast and south central North Dakota has been repaired. But, the cost of that damage is another story with early estimates around $15 million. Josh Kramer of the North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives says that damage is spread out over six distribution…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Josh Duhamel and Audra Mari announce on their Instagram pages the arrival of their new addition. The post shows a picture of the baby’s little feet with the caption, “Shepherd Lawrence Duhamel… 1/11/24.” The couple announced in September they were expecting. This is the first child for the couple that were married in Fargo in 2022….
(AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)RAFAH, Gaza Strip (KVRR – AP) – A shipment of medicine for dozens of hostages held by Hamas was en route to Gaza on Wednesday after France and Qatar mediated the first agreement between Israel and the militant group since a weeklong cease-fire in November. The medicines arrived in Egypt and were on the way to the border. A senior Hamas official said…
JERUSALEM (KVRR – AP) – Houthi rebels fired a missile, striking a U.S.-owned ship Monday just off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden, less than a day after they launched an anti-ship cruise missile toward an American destroyer in the Red Sea, officials said. The attack on the Gibraltar Eagle, though not immediately claimed by the Houthis,…
CARRINGTON, N.D. (KVRR – KFGO) – A Jamestown woman has entered a guilty plea to a charge of murder in the death of a five-month-old. The Foster County State’s Attorney says Patricia Wick was arrested nearly a year ago after an investigation by Carrington Police and the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation. Court documents say in September 2022, police…
UND PHOTO/Russell Hons GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND ATHLETICS)– No. 4 North Dakota struck for a pair of goals in the third period to secure a 3-1 win over Omaha on Saturday night from Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D. With the UND (15-6-1, 6-4-0 NCHC) secures a series victory with four-of-six possible points in the league standings and move…
UPDATE: U of M says the Chippewa County Sheriff located the suspect “and have him contained in their county,” so activities on campus have resumed normal operations. Authorities “contain” a man suspected of issuing a social media threat to shoot people on the University of Minnesota campus. The suspect, 41-year-old Joseph Rongstad of Watson, Minnesota, was located at a home…
CLOQUET, Minn. (KVRR/FOX21) — The names of those involved in a deadly shooting at Super 8 in Cloquet, Minnesota on Monday night have been released by authorities. Cloquet Police identify the shooter as 32-year-old Nicholas Lenius of Ramsey, Minnesota. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police say Lenius fatally 22-year-old hotel clerk Shelby Trettel of Cloquet and a man…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Two anglers are credited with rescuing a Jamestown man after his snowmobile plunged through thin ice on Jamestown Reservoir. Authorities say it happened around noon Monday when Cody Deese’s snowmobile broke through the ice. Skylar Schmeichel and Shane Weiss, who were fishing nearby, saw Deese struggling in the icy water, called 911, and started a rescue,…
