ST. PAUL (KVRR) — A coalition of 22 attorneys general, including Keith Ellison of Minnesota, issue a joint statement reaffirming their commitment to supporting and expanding access to abortion care. It comes after the U.S. Supreme Court handed the matter back to the states on Friday. In Minnesota, the right to abortion is protected under a 1995 Minnesota Supreme Court…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — As of 8:30 p.m. Monday, the GoFundMe for Red River Women’s Clinic move to Moorhead had surged over $728,000. More than 9,000 people have contributed to the fundraiser. **ORIGINAL STORY BELOW** FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A GoFundMe account created just two days ago to raise money to move North Dakota’s only abortion clinic to Moorhead has…
MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis police officer Mohammed Noor is scheduled for release on Monday. Noor shot and killed Justine Damond five years ago after she called 911 to report a possible rape. Noor was initially sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison after third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter convictions. The state’s Supreme Court reversed the third-degree murder conviction and he…
FOX News (Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The sale of prime North Dakota farmland to a group tied to Bill Gates has stirred emotions over a Depression-era law meant to protect family farms and raised questions about whether the billionaire shares the state’s values. State Attorney General Drew Wrigley has asked the trust that acquired the land…
ST. PAUL — Gov. Tim Walz is now appealing for rebate checks for Minnesotans of $2,000 per family and $1,000 for individuals. Walz says Minnesotans will consider them “gas checks” to deal with record-high prices. He is getting support for his latest rebate idea from DFL House Speaker Melissa Hortman. But the idea still lacks the bipartisan support it needs…
Jason Ravnsborg interviewed by police following fatal crash UPDATE (AP) – PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – The South Dakota Senate convicted Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg of two impeachment charges stemming from a 2020 fatal accident, removing and barring him from future office. The votes Tuesday were a stinging rebuke that showed most senators didn’t believe his account of the crash. Ravnsborg…
BRIDGEPORT, Texas (Fox News) – A fire tore through a Texas church on Friday, leveling the building and destroying nearly everything inside – except for a cross that was still standing among the charred debris. The fire broke out at the Balsora Baptist Church in Bridgeport and quickly consumed the structure, according to Wise County Emergency Services Department No. 2….
Jean-Pierre Petit / FacebookSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KVRR/AP) — A bicyclist from Winnipeg who was raising money for his granddaughter’s kidney transplant has died in a Sioux Falls hospital. Jean-Pierre Petit was on a long-distance ride and hit from behind by a cargo truck last Thursday while riding on the shoulder of Interstate 29. He had passed through Fargo earlier in the…
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) — One of four newcomers elected to the Fargo School Board is believed to be the first Black person elected to any office in Fargo’s history, according to local long-time political observers. Nyamal Dei says she was met with some hostility as she knocked on 4,000 doors in Fargo, but the good outweighed the bad. She is…
GRANT CO., N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — An angler from Bismarck has set a new bow-spear state record. Mitch Estabrook landed a 60 pound 8 ounce Buffalo from Heart Butte Reservoir near Elgin in Grant County on May 16th. It broke the previous record by 3 pounds, taken in the same reservoir in 2017 by Derek Larson of Mandan. Buffalo is a…
