Fletcher Merkel (left) and Harper Moyski were killed in the shooting at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis on Aug. 27, 2025. (Photos provided by the families)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — The two children killed in the mass shooting at Annunciation Church in south Minneapolis on Wednesday are 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel and 10-year-old Harper Moyski, their families shared with the public…
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (right) call for a ban on assault rifles and high capacity magazines at a news conference with fellow Democrats and gun safety advocates in Minneapolis City Hall on Aug. 28, 2025. (Photo by Max Nesterak/Minnesota Reformer)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — Federal, state and city Democratic lawmakers joined gun safety advocates…
North Dakota Supreme Court Justices, from left, Douglas Bahr, Daniel Crothers, Jon Jensen, Lisa Fair McEvers and Jerod Tufte hear arguments Dec. 18, 2023, in a case involving Summit Carbon Solutions and landowners. (Photo by Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota Supreme Court has ordered a lower court to take another look…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — People in south Fargo were invited to attend a public input meeting on the proposed interchange on 64th Avenue South onto I-29. The proposal comes after reports of traffic congestion at 52nd Avenue South have been rampant. It is considered to be the highest within the state. The project consists of adding ramps to the 64th…
The planned data center near Harwood, North Dakota. (Courtesy of Applied Digital)FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – The City of Fargo has taken action to annex land near Harwood where the $3 billion Applied Digital artificial intelligence data plant may go. During the Aug. 4 city commission meeting, commissioners voted unanimously to begin the annexation process, without any mention of the AI data…
KENT, Minn. (KFGO) – The Wilkin County Sheriff’s Office says a West Fargo man was life-flighted to Fargo after being found in a ditch between Kent, Minnesota and Abercrombie, North Dakota late Tuesday morning. A 911 caller called dispatch and reported 58-year-old Jon Brogren had been in the ditch since around 6:30 p.m. Monday after his motorcycle had a possible…
MOORHEAD (KFGO) – School resource officers are returning to Moorhead Area Public Schools. Moorhead Police Department and school district say the officers will be back in district buildings on Tuesday, the first day of the new school year. Two officers will be on-site, one assigned to Moorhead High School and one at Horizon Middle School. Later this fall, a third…
Nicole MitchellWOODBURY, Minn. (KVRR/FOX9) — A special primary is underway as candidates battle for the Minnesota Senate seat once held by Nicole Mitchell in Woodbury. The primary is for the DFL since there are two candidates: State Reps. Ethan Cha and Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger. There is only one Republican running for the Senate District 47 seat, St. Paul teacher Dwight Dorau…
BARNESVILLE, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – The state patrol says a Barnesville man died after a two-vehicle crash near Barnesville Tuesday morning. Sergeant Jesse Grabow says the head-on crash took place about 5 miles east of Barnesville on Highway 34. One of the drivers, Burton Swenson, 89 was killed in the crash. The other driver, 64-year-old Cary Zepper of Hawley was taken…
State Sen. John Hoffman, DFL-Champlin, gives a thumbs-up to Democratic National Committee members as he takes the stage in his first public appearance since he was shot nine times in June. (Photo by Madison McVan/Minnesota Reformer)MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — In Sen. John Hoffman’s first major public appearance since he and his family were the survivors of attempted political assassinations…
