MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) — Xcel Energy is starting to send over $130 million to its Upper Midwest customers from federal tax credits on the energy generated by the company’s nuclear fleet. That brings the total savings to over $330 million over the first two years of the credits. The company has two nuclear plants in Minnesota near Monticello and Red Wing….
BECKER CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Becker County Sheriff’s Office has released the identities of two people found shot to death in Holmesville Township, northeast of Detroit Lakes on Monday. They are 45-year-old Gene Bartnes and his son, 3-year-old Koltyn Bartnes, both of Detroit Lakes. Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled Koltyn’s death a homicide and Gene’s death a suicide….
VALLEY CITY, N.D. — Three ballot measures will be presented to North Dakota voters this year, but one group is organizing a campaign to tell residents to vote no. The first two would require citizen-initiated ballot measures to have a super majority to pass as well as restricting constitutional initiatives to a single subject. The third measure would alter the…
Northstar Coffee located at Second Ave. S. and 25th Street S.FARGO — It looks like a local coffee shop won’t be closing all of its doors after all. At least not all of them. Northstar Coffee was set to close all three of its locations, but the drive-up coffee chain will be keeping one of its locations running. Northstar Coffee…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — It’s an annual assessment for homeowners, and many still question how their property assessments rose substantially the previous year. “We gather all the sales that are happening in the real estate market. Whether they are commercial or industrial or residential apartments, whatever it is and we look at the difference between the assessed value and what…
Colt Long Jr., 16, was last seen on Feb. 23.MOORHEAD — The Moorhead Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in locating Colt Long Jr., 16, who was last seen on Feb. 23 and has remained missing after more than 30 days. Colt is described as being 5′ 8″ and 190 lbs. with green eyes and black hair. He was…
GARDNER, N.D. (KVRR) — A Gardner, North Dakota man is arrested after an alleged sexual assault of a juvenile victim. The victim identified the suspect as 34-year-old Kaleb Chase. Cass County deputies responded around 4:45 this morning to the small town about 20 miles north of Fargo. Chase didn’t come out of the home until 7:30 a.m. and he was…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A big surprise for workers inside Smiling Moose Deli in Grand Forks after a vehicle came crashing through the front windows. Police say it happened around 11 a.m. at the location on South Washington Street. They say the 18-year-old female driver parked in the deli’s parking lot after making a wrong turn. When she attempted…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — High school students pursuing careers in construction trades have the chance to receive a scholarship up to $1,000. B-I-A Foundation of the Red River Valley is offering its annual scholarship to students planning to attend Minnesota State Community and Technical College or North Dakota State College of Science. BIA is the charitable arm of the Building…
David WosickWILLOW LAKE, S.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – The South Dakota Highway Patrol says a Fargo man died of injuries suffered when a concrete beam on the semi he was driving shifted forward on the trailer, into the cab, pinning him. David Wosick, 62, slowed for a stop sign at an intersection in Clark County, east of Willow Lake, on March 17….
