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LIVE: FM Pride Week 2020

Turning rain into rainbows may never have meant so much.

You’ve been seeing the rainbows, but not the crowds. F-M Pride Week is wrapping up Sunday with a couple more online events to bring in the F-M LGBTQ community and their friends and family closer together, social-distancing style. Organizers say with Pride Week being held entirely online this year, they’re seeing a lot of reminiscing going on. Happy memories like…

Walz Extends Peacetime Emergency And It’s Upheld By Democrat-Controlled House

Senate Denies Confirming His Pick For Commissioner of Labor and Industry

ST. PAUL, Minn. (8:15pm Update) — Gov. Tim Walz is dealt a blow by the Republican-led Minnesota Senate during today’s special session. They voted to deny the confirmation of Nancy Leppink as Commissioner of Labor and Industry. Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka said she wasn’t working out and that he asked Walz to find her another role. The Senate also…

Absentee Voting higher then last election during Minnesota Primary Election

In-person voting during the Minnesota primary election this year isn't as popular as it has been in previous elections, according to election officials.

MOORHEAD, Minn. – As we creep closer to the General Election in November, the Minnesota State Primary may be able to show us a preview of what voting will look like. In-person voting during the Minnesota primary election this year isn’t as popular as it has been in previous elections, according to election officials. At Bethesda Lutheran Church in Moorhead,…

LIVE: Parenting in a Pandemic

You're probably socially distancing. But you're not definitely not alone -- especially when it comes to the struggle.

It’s an online event so popular in our region they’ve had to add two more just to keep up with demand. And while the next one coming up is already full, you can still get in on the following “Parenting in a Pandemic” session from Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota. The sessions feature live discussion time with LSSND’s licensed…

Moorhead Public Schools outlines plans for upcoming school year

The district revealed details for the Return to Learn plan

MOORHEAD, Minn. — Moorhead Public Schools will operate the coming school year in one of three ways; in-person learning, distance learning or a hybrid of the two. Which one the district chooses will be based on state recommendations. Minnesota is using a 14-day county level case rate to determine what kind of learning should be done. There are five different…

Benefits to change for thousands of unemployed North Dakotans, Minnesotans

President Donald Trump signed coronavirus relief executive orders on Saturday

MINNESOTA & NORTH DAKOTA –  Millions of Americans are still out of a job amid the pandemic. As lawmakers continue to debate what kinds of unemployment benefits to approve, President Trump signed an executive order, which will impact hundreds of thousands of North Dakotans and Minnesotans. Those at Job Service North Dakota say the people they’re helping want their jobs…

LIVE: Home is Where the Heart Is

Have a heart and support a great cause -- the American Heart Association and all the hard work they do here in our home region.

With the coronavirus pandemic stretching now into its 6th month, health has been on most of our minds like never before. And while it’s transmissible disease that’s dominated the conversation, heart disease is still a leading killer among Americans. That’s why the people at the American Heart Association are pushing us all to get up and get moving with their…

LIVE: Zoo Homeschooling

Give your little critters a chance to learn from some real ones -- and get school credit -- at the Red River Zoo.

It’s possible that some parents might be forgiven, in these days of keeping kids at home, for feeling a bit like they’re keeping little wild animals of their own. After all, children haven’t been in school since March thanks to the risk of spreading the novel coronavirus. However, even after all these months of remote learning, some parents are still…

14 Minnesota bars and restaurants caught violating Executive Order

ST. PAUL, Minn.–The Minnesota Department of Public Safety sent 14 warning letters to bars and restaurants caught violating Gov. Tim Walz’s Executive Order 20-74. According to the Executive Order, bar and restaurant employees are required to wear masks, place tables more than six feet apart and serve to no more than 50 percent capacity. Between July 4 and July 13,…

30 people test positive for COVID-19 after Lake Park, MN funeral

"I don't regret making the choice to be there for my friend… I wish this virus wasn't happening," Family Friend Kathleen Keen Said.

LAKE PARK, Minn. — “I don’t regret making the choice to be there for my friend. I wish this virus wasn’t happening,” Kathleen Keen said. People were wearing masks and socially distancing during her friend’s father’s funeral. Keen says it wasn’t until the social hour after the service that people started to take off their face coverings and come together….