Shelly Carlson / Erika YoneyMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Moorhead Mayor Shelly Carlson says she is staying in the race for Minnesota House District 4A and plans to take part in the Democratic primary on August 11. Carlson lost the DFL endorsement over the weekend to political newcomer Erika Yoney. She is a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and says there are no…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Dozens of cleanups are taking place throughout the week in the metro to celebrate Earth Week. River Keepers, a local non-profit, has partnered with Moorhead, Fargo, and local park districts to provide garbage bags and pickers for volunteers to use. Many local businesses, from Scheels to Wells Fargo, have signed up to clean alongside the Red…
FARGO — It’s still not quite warm enough to start breaking ground on the veggie garden for tomato lovers… but there is something that’s already growing fast this spring. That’s the latest expansion of the nonprofit project, Growing Together Community Gardens. And this year, their latest lot — at up to more than ten locations and counting — is sprawling…
FARGO (KVRR) — As the number of Flock cameras and similar license plate readers continues to grow, we tried to find out how many Flock cameras are in the metro–and who controls them. But the answers aren’t easy to find. You most likely have driven past a Flock camera at some point without even realizing it. Flock is a private…
DILWORTH, MN (KVRR) – A special concert held this weekend shined the spotlight on women in the Fargo-Moorhead music scene. “Celebrating Women in Music” took place at the TAK Music Venue in Dilworth. Longtime organizer of the event Deb Jenkins recently stepped aside, leading Kari Marie to take up the mantle. She says that there were times, coming up in…
DILWORTH, MN (KVRR) – Minnesota state Senator Rob Kupec gathered local mayors and other officials for a news conference Sunday with the goal of gathering support for a bonding bill. The conference was held at the Dilworth Fire House as an example of what bonding bills can accomplish, as about half of the fire house’s $9 million price tag was…
MOORHEAD, MN (KVRR) – There was a sense of triumph in the air outside the building on Center Avenue in Moorhead on the morning of April 18. “This is a library of the twenty-first century,” said Moorhead Mayor Shelly Carlson. The Loop – a building so named for its indoor walking track, and so long in construction and development –…
OTTER TAIL COUNTY, MN – Two Fergus Falls residents are in the hospital with serious injuries following a rollover crash in an off-highway vehicle. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says the incident took place on private property just before 7:00 P.M. on April 18. 38-year-old Jeffrey Rutten was driving with passenger 29-year-old Jennifer Anderson when the OHV rolled, throwing…
BATTLE LAKE, MN (KVRR) – A Battle Lake man is in custody at the Otter Tail County Jail after law enforcement says he recklessly discharged a firearm in a Battle Lake trailer park. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says that they responded to a call coming from that trailer park just after 4:30 P.M. on April 17. Upon investigation,…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Moorhead Police Chief Chris Helmick says police received a shots-fired call at 4:45 am. Nothing was located at the time. But soon, police responded to a call thirty minutes later, where they soon located a rifle on the front steps of a nearby residence. “They were also able to make phone contact with the individual inside…
