MOORHEAD, MINN. (KVRR) – Members of the Concordia college community came to show their support for the school’s new president, Dr. Colin Irvine. The prayer filled ceremony had musical performances by the Concordia Band and Choir. Irvine mentioned his commitment to institutional growth, program development, and promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion. Irvine said, “I believe our future is full of…
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KVRR) — Around 125 members of North Dakota National Guards 817th Engineer Company are headed south. A send-off ceremony was held in Jamestown as the soldiers deploy for a year-long mission to help U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the border with Mexico. Texas Governor Greg Abbot asked states to send available resources to help combat illegal activity…
Suzanne Somers, the effervescent blonde actor known for playing Chrissy Snow on the television show “Three’s Company” as well as her business endeavors, has died. She was 76. Somers had breast cancer for over 23 years and died Sunday morning, her family said in a statement provided by her longtime publicist, R. Couri Hay. Her husband Alan Hamel, her son…
CROOKSTON, Minn. (KVRR) — The body of a man whose vehicle ended up in Red Lake River in Crookston around 2 a.m. Friday has been identified. He is 26-year-old William Tuseth of Crookston. An autopsy is being done. Authorities say no foul play is suspected. They responded to a report of a vehicle crashing near the intersection of Houston Avenue…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Police in Moorhead continue to investigate a shooting on Friday night that left a man with a wound to his leg. The 56-year-old victim was taken to Sanford Medical Center with a non life-threating gunshot wound. Police say a suspect has been identified but no one has been formally charged. They were called to the 1900…
MORTON, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – Crews on the Lower Sioux Indian Reservation are using industrial hemp to build new housing. Project manager Danny Desjarlais said a product called “hempcrete” replaces insulation and drywall during construction. “It is just a lime-based binder mixed with some hemp hurd,” Desjarlais said. “The inside woody core of the stock looks like little pieces of wood…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – The Minnesota Supreme Court says former President Donald Trump’s campaign did not follow proper procedure and cannot intervene in a lawsuit that seeks to keep him off next year’s ballot because of his alleged involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. An activist group called “Free Speech for People” led in Minnesota…
FARGO (KVRR) – The Cass County Highway Department says County Highway 17 between 52nd Avenue South and 64th Avenue South near Horace is scheduled to reopen on Tuesday. The road will be reopened after five months of construction. Phase one of the project involved building a roundabout at the intersection of 64th Avenue South and County Highway 17, which was completed…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota lawmakers were already scrambling to fill a giant hole in state government operations left by a surprising state Supreme Court ruling that voided a major budget bill, and their job got even tougher this week when the court issued a new ruling rejecting a request to give officials more time to deal with the…
Ruby slippers. (FBI)MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man charged with the museum heist of a pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the “The Wizard of Oz” pleaded guilty Friday, pulling back the curtain on a whodunit mystery dating back 18 years. Terry Jon Martin, 76, was indicted in May on one count of theft of a major artwork….
