GRANT COUNTY, Minn. — An Elbow Lake, Minnesota woman has been sentenced for illegally voting in the November, 2016, general election. 21-year-old Rebekah Salter was sentenced to 30 days in jail in Grant County with credit for 14 days already served. Salter turned in an absentee ballot and was later found to be ineligible to vote due to a previous…
Believe it or not, Moose is an Old English sheepdog. That’s right, the beloved and familiar face you remember from Barkley on Sesame Street is right in front of you, but minus about 2 pounds’ worth of ill-kept long fur, mats, mange, tangles and ticks. Moose was rescued from a situation in which the big guy didn’t ever get to…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The wars may be over, but the memories live on for the veterans who fought in them. You could see it in more than 80 of them who went on this year’s honor flight to D.C. Joe Jimenez was just 20 years old when he enlisted as an Army clerk serving in Vietnam. Little did he know he…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A high school employee in Minneapolis was critically hurt in an attack by a teenager. Authorities say a paraprofessional suffered significant injuries in the attack Tuesday at Harrison Education Center. He was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center where he is in critical condition. Prosecutors have charged 18-year-old Corey Burfield with two counts of assault. He knocked…
Conservative commentator Tomi Lahren says she is disheartened and embarrassed but not broken after a woman threw water on her at Union Bar and Grill in Minneapolis. “I think that those that threw the water, that were applauding and laughing about it, wanted to get their 15 minutes of fame by making a video of me,” said Lahren. “I think…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A former Minnesota Teacher of the Year has lost her position on a state licensing board. St. Paul teacher Amy Hewett-Olatunde came under fire after using an expletive in a social media post criticizing President Donald Trump. She says the president’s use of an expletive to describe African counties earlier this year has had a painful…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KMSP/KVRR) – Governor Mark Dayton vetoed the tax conformity and supplemental budget bills at the Minnesota State Capitol Wednesday. Dayton vetoed the first GOP-backed tax measure last week because he wanted $138 million for school districts facing budget deficits. He vetoed the tax bill for the second time on Wednesday despite the $225 million in school funding Republicans added shortly before passing it on Sunday, hours before…
When you think of art, chances are, you think of a painting or a sculpture. But the art we probably consume the most is created by people we hardly ever think about at all. If it wasn’t for writers, 90 percent of the TV and the movies we watch — in fact most of our modern-day entertainment wouldn’t exist at…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. —When you think of summer nights in Detroit Lakes, most people will mention a memory out on the Pavilion. “I just remember when I was a much younger person going down to the Pavilion to go to dances on the weekend, and boy there were a lot of great bands that played at the Pavilion back in…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Thousands of used plastic bags are scattered in areas across the metro. According to the F–M Plastic Bag Task Force, more than 50,000 pounds of plastic bags are used by grocery stores each year. “In Clay County we have our landfill, and I know in Fargo they have a landfill, and the litter around the landfill is for…
