Author: KVRR Staff

Update: Ada fire ruled accidental, cause unknown

ADA, Minn. (KFGO) – One home was destroyed and another heavily damaged by fire in Ada Sunday. Shortly after 11:30 a.m., Ada firefighters were called to the 505 Clover Lane. A passerby had spotted the flames and alerted the residents. Once on scene, crews called for mutual aid from the fire departments in Borup, Twin Valley, Halstad and Hendrum. Crews…

Pedestrian Struck and Killed on I-94 Near Casselton Identified

UPDATE: The North Dakota State Highway Patrol has identified the man killed as 35-year-old William Schneeman of Bismarck. The driver of the semi, a 36-year-old St. Cloud man, has not been charged in connection with the crash.   THURSDAY – Shortly after 3:00 Thursday morning, a 35–year–old man was driving east on I–94 when he crashed into the median of the…

Bill matching state & federal tax codes passes MN House

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The Minnesota House has passed a bill matching the state’s tax code with new federal tax cuts. The GOP-backed proposal that cleared the House Monday includes modest income tax rate cuts for more than two million Minnesotans and a slight increase to the standard deduction. But it would also cause slight tax increases for some…

Superior, WI oil refinery fire extinguished, Evacuations remain in place

Courtesy: Fox 21 DuluthUPDATE at 7:40 PM Thursday (AP) – Authorities say a smoky refinery fire that forced many residents of Superior, Wisconsin, to evacuate is out. Douglas County officials posted an update Thursday evening saying the fire is extinguished but asking residents in the evacuation area to stay away from their homes for at least another two hours. An explosion…

Sheriff: Lois Riess will be extradited to Fla. before standing trial in Minnesota

Riess was arrested on South Padre Island last Thursday

Lois Riess(KMSP) – The Dodge County, Minn., Sheriff’s Office confirmed Tuesday that Lois Riess, the Minnesota grandmother arrested last week in Texas for the alleged murder of her husband last month and another woman just a few weeks ago, will be extradited to Florida before returning to Minnesota to face trial. Riess was arrested on South Padre Island last Thursday after a tipster…

Fugitive Lois Riess arrested in Texas

SOUTH PADRE, TX (KMSP) – Fugitive Lois Riess was arrested Thursday evening in South Padre Island, Texas, according to a spokesperson for the U.S. Marshal Service, ending a nearly month-long manhunt for the Minnesota woman. She is believed to have killed her husband, David Riess, in Blooming Prairie last month. Authorities have also connected her to the murder of Pamela Hutchinson, 59,…

Former First Lady Barbara Bush dies at age 92

HOUSTON (FOX News) With her cloud of snow-white hair, signature three strand pearls and compelling presence, Barbara Bush’s image was what she laughingly called “everybody’s grandmother.” But the feisty, outspoken Bush was also a tireless advocate for literacy , an author, experienced campaigner and both wife and mother of a U.S. president. Bush, 92, died Tuesday, shortly after her family…