CROOKSTON, Minn. – Police responded to a child custody dispute at around 10:00 Friday morning. According to the police report, 24-year-old Benjamin Strom was upset for not being allowed to see his daughter. Around 40 minutes after he was trespassed from 137 Marine Avenue, police received a call about a man on that street with a knife. They believe Strom…
SAINT PAUL, Minn. – State Rep. Paul Marquart of Dilworth is the only House Democrat to vote against a police reform bill. Marquart calls the death of George Floyd inhuman and atrocius. He agrees the officers in that case should be prosecuted. However, he feels the Minnesota Police Accountability Act is too broad. It requires the Attorney General’s office to…
FARGO, N.D. — The Final Four is here for the 2020 DJ Colter High School Play of the Year Academic Bracket. The second match-up to determine the champion of the fall sports season is between Moorhead’s Maria Zanotti and Grand Forks Red River’s Brady Dvorak. First play comes from the Spuds and Zanotti, Zanotti scored an impressive goal against Alexandria….
FARGO, N.D. — On Tuesday, the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks named Chris Coste interim manager after releasing the contract of Jim Bennett. Coste is a former RedHawks player, a World Series Champion with the Philadelphia Phillies and was the Bench Coach the last two seasons. Heading into the 2020 season opener on July 3rd, KVRR’s Nick Couzin caught up with Coste to…
St. Paul, Minn. (FOX 9) – Under new guidance issued on Friday, the Minnesota Department of Health will allow outdoor youth sports leagues to resume in full starting June 24. Team practices, scrimmages, and games between teams will all be allowed to start on June 24 for outdoor sports, leaders say For indoor leagues, the state says practices will be allowed to resume…
MOORHEAD, Minn. – (MSUM Athletics) Former Minnesota State University Moorhead football coach Ross Fortier is listed on the 2021 College Football Hall of Fame ballot. Fortier is one of 33 coaches from the divisional ranks to be listed on the ballot, which also includes seven coaches from the Football Bowl Subdivision. Fortier is in the MSUM Hall of Fame and…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The NCAA on Friday expanded its policy banning states with prominent Confederate symbols from hosting its championship events, one day after the Southeastern Conference made a similar declaration aimed at the Mississippi state flag. The current NCAA ban, in place since 2001, prevents states from hosting what the NCAA calls predetermined championship sites, such as for men’s basketball tournament games. Mississippi…
Thursday we ran a story on a quarantine cat film festival to help support independent theaters that had to close during COVID-19. It’s an entire film stitched together with short cat videos, and it sounds like a comforting thing right about now. We implored you to send your quarantine cat videos in as well, and Tracy came through for…
Invite some guests to your home that you won’t mind spending time with while we’re social distancing. We tell you how to bring hummingbirds to your yard in this week’s Melinda’s Garden Moment. Bring the hummingbirds into your garden and keep them happy with a season-long supply of their favorite nectar plants. Early blooming lungwort is a shade tolerant…
FARGO, N.D. — As Victoria Johnson of Fargo took to the podium at Fargo City Hall, she began with a quote. “‘I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land’ by Harriet Tubman.” She continued, “That’s how we feel. We…
