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State workers to start mowing areas along highways

BISMARCK, N.D. – State transportation workers are getting set to begin mowing areas along state highways this week. The mowing will focus on weeds and areas where hay has been collected. State Department of Transportation Director Wayde Swenson says typical summer mowing has been delayed to give property owners more time to collect hay during the drought. Fall mowing will…

Dozens of homes evacuated as Minnesota wildfire spreads

Northeastern Minn. wildfire (U.S. Forest Service)LAKE COUNTY, Minn. – The U.S. Forest Service says dozens of homes have been evacuated as a wildfire in northeastern Minnesota continues to spread. The fire near Greenwood Lake in the Superior National Forest has expanded to about 3.1 square miles by Tuesday as crews fought the fire on the ground and from the air….

Former Navy diver returns medals in Line 3 protest

MINNEAPOLIS – A former U.S. Navy diver who helped efforts to search for bodies in the Mississippi River after the I-35W bridge collapse in 2007 has returned his awards to protest the Line 3 oil pipeline. John Miller, a native of Monticello who now lives in Hawaii, asked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to stop construction on the pipeline replacement project…

Woman killed in hit-and-run was Perham High School graduate

(Minn. Cross Country, Track & Field)ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR/KDLM) – A woman hit twice in a fatal hit-and-run in the Twin Cities was a 2010 graduate of Perham High School. Around 7:00 p.m. Saturday, Abby Anderson was walking near the University of Minnesota soccer fields in Falcon Heights when a truck crashed into a parked car, sending both vehicles into…

Man’s body found in Devils Lake

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – Deputies recovered a man’s body that was found floating in Devils Lake Tuesday. Ramsey County Sheriff Steve Nelson says the sheriff’s office responded shortly after 7:00 a.m. Nelson says the man, from Grand Forks and believed to be in his early 60’s, was fishing from shore and ended up in the water. An autopsy will…

People Who Are Immunocompromised Encouraged To Get Booster Shot

FARGO, N.D. — Additional doses of COVID-19 vaccines are now recommended for people with moderately to severely compromised immune systems. North Dakota Department of Health is urging those North Dakotans to consider getting the additional dose to increase their immunity to COVID. Included in CDC’s recommendation are recipients of organ or stem cell transplants, people with advanced or untreated HIV…

Suspects who fled into cornfield arrested near Argusville

The property is under close watch due to suspicious activity

  ARGUSVILLE, N.D. (KVRR) – The search has ended for two people wanted after they were found on private property and slammed into a car near Argusville. Around 8:00 Monday morning, Cass County Sheriff Jesse Jahner says a man and woman drove onto the property. The owner doesn’t live there so he has relatives watching over the property. “The individuals…

End of Watch Ride honors Officer Cody Holte

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – A nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness of first responders lost in the line of duty rolls into Grand Forks. Beyond the Call of Duty End of Watch Ride made at stop at the main entrance plaza of Ralph Engelstad Arena to honor Grand Forks Police Officer Cody Holte. He was killed in the line of…