GRAND FORKS, N.D. — A middle school student stabbed outside of West Elementary School in Grand Forks is found in University Park. The victim was taken to Altru Hospital for treatment of a single stab wound. Police tell us the student knew the juvenile male suspect who was located at a nearby home. They say the investigation is continuing and…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — All 9th grade public school students in Moorhead are put under a quarantine starting Wednesday due to several positive COVID-19 cases. Moorhead High School Principal Dave Lawrence says with 7 positive cases and around 160 students already in quarantine, this was the right step to take. The students will return to learning from home during the quarantine…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) – Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is weighing in on the recent vandalism at a mosque in Moorhead. Police were called Sunday morning to the Moorhead Fargo Islamic Center at 2215 12th Ave. S. Someone sprayed painted “Death to Islam” and other hate messages on several portions of the building. Ellison says the Moorhead incident, plus…
Daesha Heard NORTH DAKOTA (KVRR) – An Airman who pleaded guilty in military court in the death of a fellow airman at Grand Forks Air Force Base has been sentenced and given a bad conduct discharge. Daesha Heard will serve 100 days in prison. She gave fellow Airman Carlos Torres the gun he used to shoot and kill Airman First…
FAITH, S.D – After several years, a high school rodeo club in the small South Dakota town of Faith has ended its annual “Slave/Branding Auction.” The Faith High School and the rodeo club were facing a large amount of backlash on social media and around the region. The idea behind the fundraiser is that members of the club would work…
Late April might seem a little early to get out on the water in lakes country, but it turns out it’s the perfect time for a regatta. That’s because this Friday, April 30th, you can see 150 sailboats in a single location before they launch toward their new permanent homes all over the city of Detroit Lakes. Detroit Lakes sculptor…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) – Critics of Minnesota’s COVID-19 restrictions on youth and school sports are raising new concerns about last fall’s shutdown. The activist group Let Them Play Minnesota released a series of pandemic-related emails during a Senate Education committee hearing Monday. The emails show officials in Gov. Tim Walz’s administration tried to justify a sports shutdown by…
BEMIDJI, Minn. (KVRR) – Police in Bemidji says the Beltrami County Dispatch Center received information from the Minnesota State Patrol regarding a suspicious 911 call that appeared to originate in the Twin Cities. Police say the caller stated that they were going to “blow up Bemidji Area Schools”. When pressed by the State Patrol Dispatcher, the caller stated that they…
WASHINGTON (KVRR) – Sen. Kevin Cramer says he’ll attend to family matters this weekend following the recent death of his mother. Clarice Cramer died Saturday at Villa Maria Nursing Home in Fargo. She was 79. “Over the weekend, my Mother Clarice Cramer peacefully passed away after having lived with Alzheimer’s Disease” Cramer said. “Our family appreciates the messages of comfort…
The Moorhead City Council is announcing a new member. They picked Heather Nesemeier to take over a vacant spot as Ward 2 Council Member. She’ll be sworn in on May 10th. Nesemeier replaces Shelly Carslon, who became mayor when former mayor Jonathan Judd took a job as a district court judge. Nesemeier beat out five other candidates, who made their…
