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Man arrested for high-speed chase in Becker County

BECKER COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — Becker County deputies arrest a man involved a high-speed chase along Highway 10. The sheriff’s office says 20-year-old Bobby Newborn, of East Grand Forks, was driving over 100 miles per hour just west of Frazee around 4:30 this afternoon. When they tried pulling Newborn over, he took off going west bound. The vehicle went through…

Terminated Fufeng Project in Grand Forks Sparks Hearing on Chinese Investments in U.S.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (center) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley (right)WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is in agreement with North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer about the importance of considering foreign agricultural investments from a national security position. A hearing was held by the Senate Armed Services Committee to address Chinese…

Cold Weather Helps Keep Spilled Chemicals In Place At Richland Co. Derailment Site

RICHLAND CO., N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — The cold weather helped keep chemicals that spilled from a derailed Canadian Pacific train from spreading very far. Emergency Management Director Brett Lambrecht says with temperatures well below freezing, the leaked chemicals remained within about 100 feet of the derailment site south of Wyndmere. Liquid asphalt and ethylene glycol from six railcars mostly hardened and…

Brandon Public School Student Arrested for Making Terroristic Threats

BRANDON, Minn. (KVRR) — A Brandon Public School student is arrested for making terroristic threats. Douglas County Sheriff’s Office got a call from the school in Brandon, Minnesota Tuesday morning around 8:30. They were told the student was making threatening comments and was told to go to the principal’s office. When the student instead left the building, the schools in…

LIVE: Get The Garden Party Started

Gardenpalooza's the biggest gardener gathering of the early spring season -- and it's coming up fast.

To heck with the snow from today – you can get your garden on now, six-foot snowdrifts or not. As a matter of fact, you’d better get moving on the biggest garden party in town pronto. That’s because the final reservations are going fast for the second annual Gardenpalooza. It’s a daylong event next month that attracts gardeners from all…

Minnesota youth vaping trial of e-cigarette maker Juul opens

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison will personally open his state’s case against Juul Labs on Tuesday, the first of thousands of cases against the e-cigarette maker to reach trial. Minnesota is seeking more than $100 million in damages, Ellison said, accusing San Francisco-based Juul of unlawfully targeting young people to get a new generation addicted to nicotine….