FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Turning Point USA brought speaker Riley Gaines to campus. Gaines is an activist seeking to “reclaim feminism.” Gaines has spoken across the country about barring transgender women from women’s sports, on the basis of safety and fairness. Gaines was a college swimmer at the University of Kentucky, who came to prominence for criticizing Lia Thomas’s participation…
Two tribal nations are accusing social media companies of contributing to the disproportionately high rates of suicide among Native American youth. Their lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles county court names Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta Platforms; Snapchat’s Snap Inc.; TikTok parent company ByteDance; and Alphabet, which owns YouTube and Google, as defendants. Virtually all U.S. teenagers use social media,…
MINNETONKA, Minn. (KVRR/FOX9/CNN: 8pm UPDATE) — Two Hennepin County sheriff’s deputies were shot while serving a warrant and a suspect was killed during an exchange of gunfire in the Minneapolis suburb of Minnetonka. The shootout happened just before 11:20 a.m. One deputy was taken to a hospital with injuries that were “very serious” but not life-threatening according to Sheriff Dawanna…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – April is National Donate Life Month, as a flag was raised at the Sanford Medical Center to commemorate those that are organ donors of the past and present. According to Sanford, there were over 1,900 children under the age of 18 in the U.S. that received a transplant in 2023. Some of these transplants help with…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota Tourism wrapped up their annual Travel Industry Conference with the Governor’s Photo Contest and Travel and Tourism Awards in Fargo. Governor Burgum and Lt. Governor Tammy Miller presented the awards, which recognize efforts by North Dakotans to drive travel and tourism to the state by The Photo Contest highlighted the best photos showcasing North…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Red Lake Nation’s Red Lake, Inc. will be participating in a trade mission to New Delhi, India at the end of the month. Red Lake is one of nearly four dozen businesses and organizations that will join USDA Under Secretary Alexis Taylor on the mission. They will be the only representative from a Native or Tribal…
NEW ROCKFORD, N.D. (KVRR/AP) — A Jamestown woman is sentenced to 20 years in prison in connection with the death of a baby and injury of another boy that authorities tied to her unlicensed home child care center. Patricia Wick pleaded guilty in January to felony charges of murder and child abuse and a misdemeanor of operating an unlicensed day…
Brandon RognessDEVILS LAKE, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO/KZZY) – Court documents provide more disturbing details on three felony animal cruelty charges filed against 31-year-old Brandon Rogness of Devils Lake. The investigation started on March 29 when a deputy responded to a report of a dog locked in a camper in rural Crary. The deputy rescued one dog with ribs and a spine showing…
Seamus Duffy & Matti AdamST. PAUL (KVRR) — Minnesota’s Ninth Judicial District is getting two new judges. Gov. Tim Walz has appointed Matti Adam and Seamus Duffy to the bench. They will be replacing Judge Darlene Rivera Spalla in Mahnomen County and Judge Shari Schluchter in Beltrami County. Duffy is the Pennington County Attorney while Adam is the Itasca County…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Three local schools are teaming up to fill the void left behind by the closure of Tri-College University. NDSU, Concordia and MSUM are hosting high school counselors from the Twin Cities to visit each campus and experience the region. Admission teams from each university are offering up campus tours, panel discussions and a meal. The goal…
