Tou Thao and J. Alexander KuengMINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Two former Minneapolis police officers charged in the killing of George Floyd are heading to trial on state aiding and abetting counts in what will be the third and likely final criminal trial stemming from the Black man’s death. Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of J. Alexander Kueng and Tou…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Gov. Doug Burgum is making it clear that North Dakota schools will not make it mandatory to get the COVID-19 vaccine to attend school. At the end of the week, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices added the vaccine to the 2023 childhood and adult immunization schedules. The CDC also made it clear that whether…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Bruins are giving back. The Fargo South Bruins football team hosting their annual “Rent an Athlete” service project. They perform different chores and requests for the community, and they see it as away to support those who support them. It’s started out with just the football team but now more teams are involved. “So our…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Salvation Army of Fargo celebrates 125 years of helping those in need. Staff, volunteers and the community gathered at Broadway Square. The mayors of Fargo, West Fargo and Moorhead proclaimed Friday “The Salvation Army Day.” Staff also gave tours of emergency response vehicles. The Salvation Army served more than 80,000 people in 2021 through church…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – The Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber is urging North Dakota voters to oppose an initiated measure that would impose term limits on the governor and state legislators. Measure 1 would limit the governor to two terms and limit state legislators to eight years in the state House and eight years in the state Senate. “If passed,…
FARGO — Being bad never felt so good as it will this Friday at the Fargo Theatre. That’s when Grindflicks Horrorfest takes over the town and fans of the worst of cinema and the best of times are taking over the screen. Billed as “a double feature of schlock and shock,” this year’s festival features bad-movie icon Greg Sestero, who’s…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — More religious organizations and law enforcement groups are speaking out against Measure 2 which would legalize recreational marijuana in North Dakota. The North Dakota Catholic Conference declined an on-camera interview but released a statement saying Catholics have an obligation to “protect human life and the common good.” North Dakota Sheriffs and Deputies, Police Chief’s and Peace…
THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) — Pizza Ranch has signed an agreement to develop a new location in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. An opening date was not given in the company’s August franchise news release. It is part of the popular pizza chain’s effort to accelerate growth. They have opened a new location in Gillette, Wyoming and signed other development…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The CDC is pushing back on a claim being made by some conservatives about mandated COVID-19 vaccines for schools. It’s advisory committee on Thursday voted to add COVID-19 vaccines to the recommended immunization schedules for both children and adults. But the CDC says whether schools require the COVID vaccine can only be made at the state…
MAPLEWOOD, Minn. (AP/KVRR) – A man accused of beating and burning his girlfriend’s 17-month-old daughter to death in a Maplewood apartment has been charged with second degree murder. Authorities say Terrance Leslie, who was jailed on $2 million bail, filmed some of the abuse on his cellphone. The device recorded the 26-year-old Leslie, of Maplewood, saying he was upset that…
