Author: KVRR Staff

Amazon To Build Distribution Center In Duluth

County records show the two large parcels of land purchased by Amazon are at the Atlas Industrial Park, between Morgan Park and Gary-New Duluth, along Commonwealth Avenue

DULUTH, Minn. (KQDS/KVRR) — Big development news out of Duluth.  Amazon is building a distribution center in the city. Location of Amazon site County records show the two large parcels of land purchased by Amazon are at the Atlas Industrial Park, between Morgan Park and Gary-New Duluth, along Commonwealth Avenue. Amazon will join Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank, which…

Lynn Helms To Retire as Director of North Dakota’s Mineral Resources Department

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — North Dakota Director of Mineral Resources Lynn Helms is retiring. He is the state’s expert on oil. He was appointed to lead the Oil and Gas Division in 1998. In 2005, that division merged with the North Dakota Geological Survey and was reorganized as the Department of Mineral Resources, where Helms has continued to serve as…

Police: Man Found Dead in Ice House on Norcross Lake Died of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

WHITE EARTH RESERVATION (KVRR/KFGO) — Authorities believe that an ice fisherman died of carbon monoxide poisoning on Norcross Lake on White Earth Reservation. White Earth Police Department says 37-year-old Nathan Ray of Borup was found unresponsive in a fish house Saturday and died at the scene. Officers are reminding anglers to have a carbon monoxide detector in their ice shelter…

Former Fargo Public School’s Athletic Trainer Changes Sexual Assault Plea to Guilty

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A former Fargo Public Schools teacher and athletic trainer contracted through Sanford Health has pleaded guilty to felony sexual assault of a15-year-old boy last summer. Levi Tande changed his plea at a hearing. According to court documents, the boy was suffering from hip pain last June and went to the training room at South High School….

House has Smoke and Fire Damage in Glyndon

GLYNDON, Minn. (KFGO) – A house in Glyndon, east of Moorhead, had smoke and fire damage from a fire Monday afternoon. The call on Park Avenue came in shortly after 4 p.m.. Clay County Sheriff Mark Empting says no one was hurt and a dog got out of the house safely. The cause has not been determined. The Glyndon and…

Cannabis Management Projects Nearly 400 Dispensaries Will Be Needed in MN

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…

Coops Work Toward FEMA Coverage After $15 Million in Ice Storm Damage Costs

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…