Max returned to KVRR in October, 2022 as Chief Meteorologist after previously spending 2018 to 2020 as the weekend meteorologist here in Fargo. From 2020 to 2022 he was at KMVT in Twin Falls, Idaho as the morning meteorologist. Max grew up in a suburb of St. Paul, Minnesota, where his love for cameras helped him discover his love for…
Tou Thao and J. Alexander KuengMINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Two former Minneapolis police officers charged in the killing of George Floyd are heading to trial on state aiding and abetting counts in what will be the third and likely final criminal trial stemming from the Black man’s death. Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of J. Alexander Kueng and Tou…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A federal appeals court late Friday issued an administrative stay temporarily blocking President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel billions of dollars in federal student loans. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals issued the stay while it considers a motion from six Republican-led states to block the loan cancellation program. The stay ordered the Biden administration not to act…
MAPLEWOOD, Minn. (AP/KVRR) – A man accused of beating and burning his girlfriend’s 17-month-old daughter to death in a Maplewood apartment has been charged with second degree murder. Authorities say Terrance Leslie, who was jailed on $2 million bail, filmed some of the abuse on his cellphone. The device recorded the 26-year-old Leslie, of Maplewood, saying he was upset that…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KFGO/KVRR) — The cause of a fire that destroyed Maplelag Resort near Detroit Lakes last week is undetermined. Becker County Sheriff Todd Glander said a state fire investigator told him that he was not able to determine a definitive cause for the blaze. Glander said there was no indication that the fire was suspicious. Owner Jim Richards…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Fargo City Commission has approved a plan to save a house listed on the National Register of Historic Places. John and Sherri Stern are the owners of the house designed by the granddaughter of Frank Lloyd Wright. It is in the way of a flood levee. The new approved plan is to build a $1.1 million…
ST. PAUL (KVRR) — Enbridge Energy agrees to pay Minnesota and Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa $11 million for spills and breaches caused by its Line 3 pipeline. It also agrees to pay a $1,000 fine after admitting a breach of an aquifer in Clearwater County. Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a misdemeanor count on behalf of…
WASHINGTON (FOX NEWS/AP) – Applications for federal student loan relief are live on the government’s student aid website — sort of. The government has launched a beta version of the student loan forgiveness application to get ready for its official launch later this month. The U.S. Education Department said the application forms will be on and off on the site until the formal launch….
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Minn. (FOX 9) – An 80-year-old man from St. Louis County faces several charges Wednesday for the alleged sexual abuse of two children while a prominent church member during the 1970s. According to court documents, Spencer Main, 80, was charged with two counts of sodomy of a child, four counts of indecent liberties, and one count of…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A campaign over whether to impose term limits on North Dakota lawmakers and the governor is a mismatch so far – at least financially. Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Term Limits, has contributed more than $810,000 in the past two years to get the ballot proposal before voters. Lawmakers and opponents complain they can’t keep up with out-of-state…
