BENSON CO., N.D. (KVRR) — A Maddock, North Dakota woman is dead after a crash just before noon in Benson County. Highway Patrol says the 67-year-old woman disregarded a stop sign at the intersection of Highways 19 and 281 and was hit by a semi. Her name has not yet been released. The 46-year-old semi driver from Minnewaukan has minor…
PIERRE, S.D.(KVRR/AP) — Sixteen and 17 year olds can still wed in South Dakota, with consent, after a legislative committee shot down an effort to raise the age to 18 by a vote of 8 to 5. The bills sponsor, Democratic Rep. Kadyn Wittman of Sioux Falls, says between 2000 and 2020, 838 minors got married in the state. 81…
ST. PAUL (KVRR) — Three music superstars, a couple of movie references and Barbie are the big winners in this year’s Name a Snowplow contest in Minnesota. After more than 32,000 votes were cast your local winners include “Taylor Drift” in District 2 in the northwest and “Beyonsleigh” in District 4 in west central Minnesota. Other notables among the 8…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Country music star Blake Shelton is coming to the Red River Valley Fair. Shelton will perform on Friday, July 12. Tickets go on sale Friday, February 2. Shelton has 28 No. 1 singles and has sold nearly 15 million album equivalents. He has earned six ACM Awards, three AMA Awards, 10 CMA Awards and 11 CMT…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) – A Minnesota man was charged with murder Monday after authorities say he posed as a package delivery driver, entered a home and demanded money before he shot three people in the head, including at least one at point-blank range. Alonzo Pierre Mingo, 37, was charged with three counts of second-degree murder, with intent, for Friday’s killings in a…
POLK CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Polk County Sheriff’s Office says a 17-year-old female was found tied up along 410th Avenue Southwest in Bygland Township, south of East Grand Forks. She was found by a local resident around 4:30 Monday afternoon. The teen told deputies that she had been abducted and brought to that location. She was checked and medically cleared…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — There are many ways that you can get help with your taxes. AARP Foundation Tax Aide will be offered starting on Thursday. Appointments are required at all three sites in the metro: Moorhead Public Library, Fargo Public Library and Hjemkomst Center. In East Grand Forks at Campbell Public Library and in Devils Lake at Dakota Prairie…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota has won up to $160 million in federal funding to support innovation, jobs and economic growth in Ag-Tech. The winning team was led by NDSU and four other partners of the FARMS Engine Coalition. The grant starts as a two-year award of 15-million dollars from the U.S. National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engines Program….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/AP) — A potato farmer and former North Dakota state senator is running for the U.S. House seat held by Rep. Kelly Armstrong. Tom Campbell of Grafton previously ran for the seat in 2018 after switching from the state’s U.S. Senate race. But he withdrew before the crowded GOP primary election that year. Armstrong is running for governor…
FINGAL, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A fire tears through a bar in Fingal, North Dakota. Valley City and Fingal firefighters worked to put out the flames that started inside the Roadhouse Bar and Grill. The town is southeast of Valley City. The fire was reported shortly after 2 p.m. According to social media posts, the owner, Brad Ertelt, got out okay…
