ULEN, Minn. (KVRR) — A woman in Ulen, lost her house and her brother in a fire, now a GoFundMe is aiming to help. Abigail Collins of Fargo started the account over the weekend with a goal of raising $2,400 for her aunt Sandy. The fire happened on Friday at 160th Avenue North in rural Clay County and took the…
MINNESOTA (KVRR) — 1.2 million people in Minnesota rely on Medicaid, according to the Minnesota Department of Human Services. But funding for over one million people is being withheld of up to $515 million quarterly unless the state takes more actions against fraud. “What CMS is saying here is they’re going to basically withhold possibly up to $2 billion annually…
FARGO (KVRR) – A former federal prosecutor who spent years enforcing U.S. Immigration laws says the confrontations involving ICE officials in Minneapolis and elsewhere are nothing like he’s ever seen before. “They have nothing in common with the law enforcement agencies that I had experience with 15 years ago, dedicated professionals who followed the law,” said former North Dakota U.S….
D’Angelo HuntFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The attorney for D’Angelo Hunt is requesting a six-month delay for his trial which is set to start on February 10 in U.S. District Court. Mark Meyer says he has not received any of the discovery which he is told is extensive and like nothing the assistant U.S. Attorney has seen before. Meyer is asking…
ST. PAUL (KVRR/FOX 9) — The face of Minnesota fraud investigations has resigned. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson is among six prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota who quit in the wake of a reported investigation into the widow of Renee Good, the woman shot and killed by an ICE agent last week. Thompson was the lead…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — The 10th and final Frostival is planned to be held on Saturday, January 31 in Moorhead. To honor the final time the event will be held, all Frostival programming will take place in Moorhead and Viking Ship Park will serve as the home base. It was started by Visit Fargo-Moorhead as a way to get people…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — The North Dakota Democratic-NPL will hold its state convention in Bismarck Friday, March 6 to Sunday, March 8, 2026. They say all official business will take place on Saturday, March 7. Delegates to the state convention are elected at their legislative district conventions. If a district does not fill its slate, it may allow the district…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Great Plains Food Bank is now under the new leadership of Ann Prifrel. She brings more than a decade of executive leadership experience in hunger relief, nonprofit management and large-scale fundraising. Prifrel most recently served as Chief Development Officer of Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida. She is a Midwest native. “I’m proud to be the…
BENSON CO., N.D. (KVRR) — A Leeds, North Dakota man is dead after crashing into a semi hauling corn that had just turned onto U.S. Highway 2. North Dakota Highway Patrol says the crash happened around 10 a.m. on Monday, about six miles east of Leeds. The 72-year-old man was taken to CHI St. Alexius Health in Devils Lake where…
NEW YORK MILLS, Minn. (KVRR) — A three-year-old boy mauled to death by a dog west of New York Mills, Minnesota on Sunday has been identified as Beckett Brown. His 51-year-old grandmother, Kristen Nelson, is in a Fargo hospital after suffering serious injuries while trying to stop the attack. Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says Beckett entered an outside enclosure…
