CROOKSTON, Minn. (KVRR) — A Crookston man is dead after being hit by a BNSF train. Polk County Dispatch was notified around 2 Thursday afternoon. Authorities say the 28-year-old man was walking on the railroad tracks and did not respond to the trains horn before he was hit. It happened near 411 North Main Street in Crookston. His name is…
FARGO (KVRR) – Cass County Prosecutors are accusing a Fargo man of striking and choking an 11-year-old girl during a confrontation earlier this week. Court documents say on Tuesday, the girl and four boys had been playing basketball in the 2700-block of 33-1/2 Ave. S. when 73-year-old Larry Baldner called them the “n” word and told them to get off…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) – A Moorhead man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of illegally possessing a gun after a child was shot and killed with the gun in the man’s home. According to court documents, 34 year-old Phillip Neal Jones, Jr. kept a .40 caliber pistol in his Moorhead residence. While Jones was away, a visiting 6-year-old…
FARGO (KVRR/KCND) – Xcel Energy has filed for a natural gas rate increase. The company wants to raise the basic monthly charge for natural gas service from $18.48 a month to $24.28. North Dakota Public Service Commissioner Brian Kroshus says Xcel has the right to file for an increase, but he says it comes on the heels of natural gas price…
It was a super-big day at the Morning Show Thursday, because for the first time in more than a year, we got to do Pet Connection our favorite way — with a live adoptable animal and volunteer in the studio. The aptly named Drax (because he’s built like Dave Bautista from Guardians of the Galaxy) joined us with rescue worker…
MINNEAPOLIS – Two large hospital systems in the Upper Midwest say fully vaccinated people make up a minority of COVID-19 hospitalizations and an even lower number of people needing intensive care and ventilators. Minneapolis-based Allina Health reported 176 patients were hospitalized with COVID-19 this week and that 22% are vaccinated against the coronavirus. Sanford Health, based in Sioux Falls, reported…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) –As parts of the country experiences a labor shortage, employers are readily seeking candidates to join the workforce. NDSU Career and Advising Center is partnering with area businesses to connect them with qualified students at their Fall Career Expo. The career fair provides students from various majors, colleges and universities along with NDSU alumni to network and…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — An attempted traffic stop turns into a high-speed chase and ends in a crash in Grand Forks. Police say they attempted to stop 34-year-old Bruce Austreng around 8:30 Tuesday night. But Austreng took off onto 32nd Avenue South where he hit two vehicles and then tried to flee on foot. Austreng is facing charges of…
RED LAKE, Minn. (AP) — The Red Lake Nation in northern Minnesota is requiring all people who come to the reservation for work or other business purposes to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or show weekly test results. The Red Lake Tribal Council says the mandate does not apply to pregnant women, people with documented medical conditions, children under 12 and…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Sen. Amy Klobuchar introduces a fellow Minnesota native at a Senate Foreign Relations committee confirmation hearing. Tom Nides was nominated by President Joe Biden to become the U.S. Ambassador to Israel. The native of Duluth told the committee that his top priorities will include expanding economic relations between the U.S. and Israel and helping the country…
