MAHNOMEN, Minn. (KVRR) — White Earth Nation opens its recreational cannabis dispensary for adults 21 years and older. This comes after the legalization of recreational marijuana in Minnesota on Tuesday. The dispensary grows its own plants and is currently offering buds and pre-rolled joints. During the opening, there was a line out the door of people traveling from all over…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Here’s a special treat for all you classical music fans out there. That is the New York Kammermusiker and its back in our region for the group’s 16th annual Winds of Change Concert Series. The nonprofit ensemble reintroduces instruments and music of the double-reed band to modern audiences. A North Dakota native and director behind the…
STUTSMAN CO., N.D. (KVRR) — A Medina, North Dakota woman is dead after her vehicle ended up submerged in a slough in Stutsman County. North Dakota Highway Patrol says Stutsman County Dive Rescue Team arrived this afternoon and located the vehicle in the slough about 7 miles south of Cleveland. They were able to pull the 64-year-old woman’s body from…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota lawmakers and higher education leaders are beginning to chart a path for how to respond to neighboring Minnesota’s upcoming program that will offer income-based free tuition to thousands of students. Higher education leaders on Wednesday detailed the situation to an interim legislative panel. A state senator also presented a bill draft proposing a North…
(Crow Wing Co. Sheriff’s Dept.)BRAINERD, Minn. (KVRR/KNOX) – Authorities have arrested two men in connection with a large drug bust in Brainerd. The Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office says Dazaughn Ellis West of Brainerd and Devaughn Ellis West of Detroit were arrested by local drug agents. Investigators seized an estimated 13,000-15,000 suspected fentanyl pills, more than 200 grams of suspected…
MAHNOMEN, Minn. (KVRR) — A Mahnomen man is accused of illegally selling marijuana out of the Asema Tobacco and Pipe Shop in Mahnomen. Sheriff Josh Guenther says a warrant was executed at the smokeshop owned by 53-year-old Todd Thompson and at his home and large amounts of marijuana were seized. Thompson was posting on Facebook that he was open for…
STUTSMAN CO., N.D. (KVRR) – The pilot of a crop duster escapes injury after a failed takeoff west of Jamestown. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the 29-year-old pilot from Louisiana was taking off from a private airstrip west of Jamestown around 9 a.m. The pilot failed to gain enough speed to create enough lift to takeoff and ran into…
FARGO — We have a really sweet guest for Pet Connection this week. Halo the tuxedo cat was here on the Morning Show, thanks to Homeward Animal Shelter’s Heather Klefstad. He’s practically an angel, he’s so well-behaved — hence the name. And the eight-and-a-half-year-old domestic medium hair isn’t just sweet in disposition. His blood sugar’s sweet, too, because Halo has…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) — People heading to WE Fest’s 40th anniversary in Detroit Lakes encountered jam packed traffic, stopped at times according to social media posts, and filled lots on day one. The three day country music festival features headliners Morgan Wallen, Kane Brown and Brad Paisley and so many other artists. Not only is there live music but…
This isn’t your grandma’s knitting. This weekend’s free Fiber Arts Festival shows off the wild side of creature comforts. You can learn about the entire process from taking materials from animals or plants to the finished product. You can buy fur and yarn from things as varied as camels, rabbits and bamboo. There are free classes and demonstrations ,…
