DOUGLAS CO., Minn. — A driver and passenger in a car that failed to stop at a stop sign are both dead in a crash in Douglas County. The sheriff’s office reports it happened around 5:30 Sunday morning at the intersection of County Road 3 and Hope Road near Osakis, Minnesota. They say the driver of the car, a 24-year-old…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – People take to the streets of downtown Fargo to show their support for Palestine and stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people. “Treat Palestinians as humans and not animals basically,” one protester said. “We care about them, we see them and we are acting in solidarity with them,” Braden Thue said. People gathered in Island Park…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – A young Grand Forks man is accused of driving under the influence and causing a multiple-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon. Grand Forks Police say 18-year-old Austin Bicker was driving north on Cherry Street when he ran a stop sign and hit a pickup on the driver’s side. The two vehicles then hit an SUV traveling south…
WASHINGTON (KVRR) – A federal judge has denied a request by the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribes to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline pending the outcome of an environmental review. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg announced his decision Friday. Attorneys for pipeline owner Energy Transfer, argued that stopping the flow of oil in the pipeline would be…
Kim PotterST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison says he will lead the prosecution of a former suburban police officer who is charged with second-degree manslaughter in the death of Daunte Wright. Former Brooklyn Center Officer Kim Potter is accused of fatally shooting Wright on April 11. The city’s police chief, who has since stepped down, had said…
PARK RAPIDS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – A search is underway for the driver and a car involved in a deadly hit and run in Hubbard County. Deputies found the body of a man on a county road south of U.S. Highway 2 early Thursday. The victim was 27-year-old Dominic Cloud of Cass Lake. The Hubbard County Sheriff’s Office, Minnesota State Patrol,…
BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota Supreme Court has ruled that Gov. Doug Burgum had the authority to close businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. Somerset Court LLC and salon operator Kari Riggin in April sued Burgum and then-State Health Officer Mylynn Tufte in an effort to allow the assisted living facility’s in-house hair salon to continue providing services to residents….
A year after George Floyd’s murder at the hands of a white police officer sparked global protests and a racial reckoning, a majority of Americans say racism and police violence are serious problems facing the nation. Yet relatively few believe attention in the past year to the issues has led to positive change. A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center…
LAKEVILLE, Minn. (FOX 9) – The Lakeville, Minnesota school district closed all of its schools and facilities on Friday while police investigate an “active threat.” District officials sent out a message to families and staff Friday morning informing them that all K-12 students will participate in distance learning from home and follow their previous distance learning schedule. All staff were…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The first of two open houses regarding downtown Fargo’s Mid America Steel building took place at the Sky Commons Conference Center Thursday evening. Following two arson cases in March and April, and a variety of contamination issues, the Mid America Steel building is expected to be torn down within the next few months. “Part of what…
