DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) — A crash on South Shore Drive in Detroit Lakes has killed 53-year-old Mark Knutson. Knutson was riding his bike just after 7 a.m. when he was hit by a pickup towing a boat. Life saving measures were performed on Knutson at the scene. He was flown by helicopter to Sanford Medical Center in Fargo where…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The F-M community enjoying a car show while supporting its veterans at the Fargo Air Museum. The museum teams up with Twisted Royalty for Wings and Wheels in its fourth year behind the event. In previous years, the organization has raised hundreds of thousands for ALS research, addiction awareness and St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. This year,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The 9th season of the Red River Market officially began Saturday in Fargo, and thousands took advantage of the flawless weather downtown. Every year, the market takes place every Saturday right near Broadway Square. Around 100 vendors came by on opening day. You name it and the market has it; from food and pantry items to…
It’s the ten-day stretch of games, rides, food, fun and 4H some people in the region look forward to all year long. It’s the Red River Valley Fair, and it’s not just a chance to catch carnival rides, hear concerts by Flo Rida, Lynyrd Skynrd, and Dan ‘N’ Shay while chowing down on all the fried food your tummy can…
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO/KNOX) – While the sale of recreational marijuana becomes legal in Minnesota on Aug. 1, it will not be legal yet in East Grand Forks. The city council on Wednesday voted unanimously in favor of a moratorium. City attorney Ron Galstad said the state law allows a city to do that for up to two years….
Fargo police are investigating after people near Essentia Health on 32nd Ave. S reported what they believed were gunshots Thursday evening. Officers responded shortly before 7:30. Officers were near an apartment building across the street east of Essentia near Ed Clapp Elementary School. A department spokesperson told KVRR Local News that those involved had left the scene. Police say Essentia…
MINNESOTA (KVRR) – A massive project is underway in lakes country, as the Minnesota Department of Transportation begins the work on Highway 34. The project is a 21-mile stretch between Osage and Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. “So this is just a reconstruct project, milling, overlay and the replacement of culverts,” said Aundie Curtiss, project engineer with MNDOT. “21 miles for a…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – A Moorhead woman is going after Delta Airlines through social media for apparently damaging her daughter’s electric wheelchair. Marisa Loerzel is calling on Delta Airlines to improve accommodations for passengers with disabilities to avoid similar incidents for other passengers. Her daughter, Addie has Spina Bifida and they both traveled to Maine where Addie participated in a…
BEMIDJI, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – Nearly 50 residents of a federally subsidized apartment complex in Bemidji have until 4 p.m. Thursday to vacate the premises after inspections found serious structural issues. A city-issued evacuation order was given last Friday at Red Pine Estates which houses many elderly and disabled residents. At a recent city council meeting residents directed their anger at…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) — It’s messy and smelly for the hard workers at an Otter Tail County Recycling Facility where people are dumping fish guts into recycling bins Otter Tail County officials say every summer people are tossing fish guts into their recycling bins. This year, the county is saying no more. They say the proper way to dispose…
