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Frosted Food Truck Fest kicks off in support of local vendors

Foodies can enjoy tastings from 10 delicious vendors.

MOORHEAD, Minn (KVRR) – This is a call for all foodies. A food truck festival will keep your belly warm this winter while helping support local vendors. The Fargo-Moorhead Frosted Drive-Thru Food Truck Fest has kicked off at the Moorhead Center Mall. People looking to enjoy delicious food while staying warm need to look no further. Food lovers can stay…

Unclaimed Marine Corps veteran is laid to rest

"No soldier should ever be buried alone and it's our honor to have everybody out here to be with him, we are his family."

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – An unclaimed military veteran is honored for his service after serving in the Marine Corps during the Korean War. “We’re burying our brother today and this is the military way of saying our final goodbye,” Fargo Memorial Honor Guard Minister Russ Stabler said. With no immediate next of kin, unclaimed military veteran, Sheldon J. Bushroe is…

Suspect who shot police dog refusing to surrender in Duluth

DULUTH, Minn. – Duluth police have yet to arrest a man who fatally shot the department’s dog after officers responded to a report of a domestic assault. Police are asking local residents to avoid the Lincoln Park neighborhood early Friday because the armed man continues to be uncooperative and is refusing to surrender. Officers responded to a report of an…

1 Injured, 1 Arrested After Valley City Shooting

Shooting Happened Thursday Night

VALLEY CITY, N.D. – A shooting in Valley City ends up with one person behind bars and another in a Fargo hospital. Police responded just after 7 p.m. Thursday to the 500 block of 11th Avenue Southwest. Valley City Police Chief Phil Hatcher says they found a man with a gunshot wound in the torso. He was taken to Mercy…

Gov. Tim Walz announces next steps in Minnesota’s COVID-19 vaccine plan

People with specific high-risk health conditions and targeted essential workers will be eligible in April

MINNESOTA (KVRR) – Minnesota’s vaccine plan moving forward focuses on those who’ve been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic: the elderly, those with underlying health conditions, BIPOC communities, and essential workers. Gov. Tim Walz says he wants 70% of Minnesotans 65 years and older vaccinated by the end of March. Vaccine eligibility will be expanded once that goal is reached. “This…

Sanford Health installs region’s only digital PET/CT system

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Sanford Health has installed the region’s only digital PET/CT imaging system. The GE Discovery MI at the Broadway Medical Center in Fargo allows for faster scans with less radiation and improved diagnostic accuracy. This device visualizes the body’s biological activity, showing changes at the molecular level. It can also detect lesions as small as 4 millimeters,…

Moorhead Schools encourages students to get Covid-19 tests every two weeks

MOORHEAD, Minn. – Health officials with Moorhead Area Public Schools approve of the Minnesota Department of Health’s recommendation for students to get tested for Covid-19 every two weeks until the end of the school year. State health officials say 17 percent of the state’s Covid-19 cases have come from those under the age of 20. Moorhead district officials say they…

Update: Documents accuse North Dakota lawmaker of offensive behavior

BISMARCK, N.D. – Lawyers for the North Dakota Legislature have documented allegations of sexual harassment and threats against them and others by a Republican lawmaker and have forwarded a file to legislative leaders for potential action that may lead to possible censure or expulsion. Redacted documents outlining an alleged pattern of sexually aggressive, lewd, and threatening behavior by Dickinson Rep….