Sen. Tina Smith D-Minn., speaks about the Boundary Waters in northern Minnesota, on the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (Senate television via AP)WASHNGTON (AP) – Congressional Republicans have sent President Donald Trump a resolution that would lift a federal ban on mining near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, hoping to clear the…
Bruce Laverdure (Lake Region Law Enforcement Correctional Center)PETERSBURG, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – The Nelson County Sheriff’s Office says a man is jailed in Devils Lake and facing a number of charges, including impersonating a law enforcement officer. A sheriff’s deputy made a traffic stop on a stolen vehicle near Petersburg in northeast North Dakota around 10:40 p.m. Wednesday. The vehicle was…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP/CNN) — State prosecutors have charged an ICE agent with assault for pointing his gun at the occupants of a car on a highway in Minneapolis. The criminal case announced Thursday is believed to be the first brought against a federal immigration officer involved in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr. is charged with two counts…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A Moorhead business owner is ending his campaign for Minnesota House and throwing his support behind Mayor Shelly Carlson. In an online statement, Abdishakur Mohamed said he made the decision to withdraw from the Minnesota House District 4A race but will remain engaged in the work that matters most to the community. Mohamed is the founder…
Allen Burgad, interim president of Valley City State University. (Photo courtesy of the North Dakota University System)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The search for the next president of Valley City State University has been suspended, the North Dakota University System announced this week. A search committee appointed by the State Board of Higher Education decided to pause its work…
U.S. Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-N.D.WASHINGTON (North Dakota Monitor) – U.S. Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-N.D., is pushing for a bill that would prohibit federal lawmakers from receiving paychecks during a government shutdown. Fedorchak and Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-N.H., along with 18 other freshman members of the House, sent a letter to Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., on Tuesday…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Work will begin Monday in Grand Forks on the 42nd Street and Demers Avenue Intersection project. City staff says the initial phase of the underpass project will have minimal impacts to traffic. They say larger impacts to traffic will occur later this summer. It will be the beginning of a two year project that will…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Minnesota U.S. Sen. Tina Smith is holding the floor of the Senate in opposition to legislation that would allow copper-nickel mining in the watershed of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Smith says that would be devastating to the pristine wilderness area. Her office says a recent poll showed that 70% of Minnesotans agreed that protecting the…
FILE – The Ticketmaster logo is seen along the sideline of the field before an NFL football game, Sept. 15, 2024, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)NEW YORK (AP) — A jury found Wednesday that entertainment giant Live Nation, which hosts tens of thousands of concerts a year, and its Ticketmaster subsidiary had a harmful monopoly over big…
Clay County CourthouseMOORHEAD, MN (KVRR) – Two men are each facing up to twenty years in prison after allegedly being caught smuggling narcotics into the Clay County Jail. Jack Halvorson and Loren Smith stand accused of sneaking suboxone into the jail for sale and distribution amongst fellow inmates. The charging documents state suspicion arose when inmates in Smith’s orbit began…
