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Minnesota GOP Chair Ignores Calls To Resign After Friend & Donor is Arrested

Courtesy: MNGOPEDINA, Minn. — Minnesota GOP Chair Jennifer Carnahan is fighting back as several Minnesota lawmakers call on her to step down after a close friend and donor was indicted and arrested on underage sex trafficking charges. Carnahan released a statement saying that she does not plan to resign and wrote that it is “disappointing that leaders in our party…

Minnesota 19-year-old arrested on sex trafficking charges reportedly linked to Anton Lazzaro case

(FOX 9) — A 19-year-old Minnesota woman was arrested in Florida on sex trafficking charges that are reportedly connected to the alleged underage sex trafficking operation linked to Minnesota Republican strategist Anton “Tony” Lazzaro. Lazzaro was recently charged with five counts of sex trafficking of a minor, a count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors, and another count of…

77-year-old pedestrian in critical condition after getting hit by pickup in Valley City

UPDATE: 08/14/21 AT 6:15 P.M. – North Dakota Highway Patrol has released the names of the pedestrian and driver involved. Authorities say 19-year-old Savannah Drake of Valley City is the driver of the pickup truck. Seventy-seven-year-old Conrad Hoff of Oriska is the pedestrian. VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – A pedestrian is in critical condition after being hit by the driver…

Fargo Cass Public Health asks city & county leaders to follow CDC guidelines

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Fargo Cass Public Health officials are drafting a letter to send to Fargo, West Fargo and Cass County leaders urging them to follow CDC guidelines regarding masks. The decision comes a day after Cass County was placed in the high risk category for COVID-19 transmission rates. In communities with high levels of transmission, the CDC recommends…

Drought conditions causing economic hardships

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis says biggest impact will be on agriculture.

MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) — A lack of rain is more than hurting farmers’ and ranchers’ bottom lines. Officials from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis are releasing their findings saying the biggest impact of the drought will be on agriculture. Some of those impacts could mean the cost of goods going up as supplies for wheat, small grains and livestock may…