CHANHASSEN, Minn. — A section of Highway 5 near Paisley Park is now known as “Prince Rogers Nelson Memorial Highway” in honor of the Minnesota music icon. Gov. Tim Walz signing the bill outside Prince’s home in Chanhassen. He was joined by Lieutenant Governor Flanagan, legislators and friends and family of Prince. The newly minted 7-mile section of highway runs…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Local coaching legend Doug Simunic is being honored by the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks. The club has announced Simunic’s number 33 will be retired during a ceremony on June 9. He managed the RedHawks from the team’s inception in 1996 until 2017, winning 1,202 games. He also managed in Rochester and Winnipeg and spent 42 years in professional…
ST. PAUL (KVRR/AP) — Tuition at Minnesota’s public colleges would be free to those whose families earn less than $80,000 annually, under an agreement reached by legislative negotiators. It is part of of a broader higher education budget bill which has yet to be voted on. The “North Star Promise” free tuition program would cost about $117 million in the…
(FOX) – Joe Kapp, a one-time Pro Bowl quarterback who led the Minnesota Vikings to an NFL Championship and Super Bowl appearance during the 1969 season, has died. He was 85. Kapp had suffered from Alzheimer’s disease these last few years. Kapp’s son, J.J., told The San Francisco Chronicle late Monday night that his father had died “after a 15-year…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Senate approved a plan Monday to entitle workers across the state to paid leave when they’re sick or caring for relatives who are ill. While Senate Democrats hold only a one-seat majority, paid family and medical leave has been a priority of the party for several years, and the final 34-33 vote followed party lines. The proposal passed…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A long-eared German shepherd puppy found in a crate last month has been taken in by two Clay County deputies. The crate was found east of Dilworth on the entrance ramp to Highway 10 from Highway 336. A trooper called a Clay County deputy to take the dog to a vet in Hawley. “It was dehydrated,…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/AP) — North Dakota’s biennial legislative session wrapped up it’s work last weekend but Gov. Doug Burgum is still signing bills. It is now law for public school teachers and state government employees to ignore the pronouns their transgender students and colleagues use. The bill requires teachers to tell a parent or legal guardian if the student identifies…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVVR) — One of the best selling rock n roll bands of all time is heading to Fargo’s Scheels Arena on Wednesday night, May 10, with its Greatest Hits Tour. But Foreigner will not be taking the stage alone. They’ll be joined by some rather young vocalists. They nabbed the spot through a contest at The Eagle….
GLENWOOD, Wis. (AP) — A suspected drunken driver shot and killed a Wisconsin sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop before running into some nearby woods and killing himself, authorities said Sunday. During a conversation about field sobriety tests, Jeremiah Johnson was “evasive,” drew a handgun and shot St. Croix County Deputy Kaitie Leising in Glenwood, about 60 miles east of…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Some say the state of the economy has been unsteady since the pandemic has hit. Even though it happened a few years ago, its economic impacts are still being felt. “Now, just now, we are seeing the results of the pandemic and of course it has caused a lot of closings overtime, but unemployment rate is…
