ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) — Minnesota is releasing new laws at the start of 2024. The state is unloading the largest tax-cut package in state history including cuts for social security tax for couples under the 100,000 dollar threshold. If you’re a renter, tenants will have more rights. Landlords need to give notice before entering apartments, a 14-day eviction notice,…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Moorhead Police are investigating a gunshot injury. Officers responded to the 1200 block of 34 Street Circle South at 5 p.m. to male who had been shot in the leg. The 17-year-old was taken to local hospital and his condition is not known at this time. Police say there is no known threat to the general…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A holiday boost is given out to dozens of families before Christmas this year. Lend A Hand Up announces they were able to give out $1,200 each to 34 families in Cass, Clay and Becker counties the week before Christmas. That’s on top of the $2 million raised for 70 families this past year. Lend a…
FAIRMOUNT, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — The Fairmount Fire Department received a report of a house on fire around 10:30 Saturday night in the 200 block of 2nd Street South. When the fire crew arrived, the house was fully engulfed. Fairmount Fire requested mutual aid from the Hankinson Fire Department. No one was hurt in the fire. The homeowner was home at…
BELTRAMI COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — Vehicles are barred from going on Upper Red Lake. The move went into effect at sunset on December 30. Beltrami County officials say this decision has been made after several incidents where people became stranded after breaking ice. The restriction is in place until the Sheriff rescinds the order. Authorities say snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles and…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – Governor Doug Burgum declared a statewide emergency due to this week’s ice storm. Burgum also plans to request a presidential disaster declaration in order to get federal funding to help pay for response costs and infrastructure repairs. The Governor’s Office says the storm caused the first Ice Storm Warning in North Dakota since 2016, toppled more…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – The North Dakota Supreme Court has denied the latest appeal of a Gardner, North Dakota man convicted in the 2001 murder and dismembering of Timothy Wicks. Dennis Gaede was sentenced in 2006 to life in prison without parole. In the ruling released this week the state’s high court dismissed the petition for post-conviction relief saying Gaede’s…
LITCHFIELD, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – The Meeker County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the shooting death of a woman at a rural home near Litchfield. Just after 10 a.m. Thursday, the sheriff’s office received a 9-1-1 call from a man who said he had shot his wife and requested a law enforcement response. Sheriff’s deputies responded to a home in the 22000…
UPDATE: The victim has been identified as 78-year-old John Frey of Prairie Du Sac, Wisconsin. BAUDETTE, Minn. (KFGO) – Lake of the Woods County Sheriff’s Office in northern Minnesota says a man’s body has been recovered from Lake of the Woods. Deputies were first notified of a potential drowning at the Northwest Angle near Flag Island shortly after 8…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR)- The Feed My Starving Children FargoPack plans to make 10 million meals for starving children all over the world, but they need your help to reach that number. Amy Okeson, Executive Director of FargoPack Feed My Starving Children, said, “It’s going to take over 50,000 volunteers, we’re a little over half way there for now but we…
