MOORHEAD, Minn. — The former principal of Glyndon-Felton Elementary School is sentenced to 30 days in jail for theft at Sam’s Club. Shannon Dahlberg of Moorhead pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft. Dahlberg will be able to serve her time on electronic home monitoring. According to the complaint, Dahlberg would use the self-checkout lane to scan low price items while keeping…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota labor officials have released a report with details on hourly wage employees in the state. The report states 15 percent of minimum wage workers in Minnesota make $9.50 an hour or less. At least 31 percent of 1.6 million hourly workers are working in eating and drinking places and at least 38 percent of…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A government watchdog group is trying to get Minnesota lawmakers their first raise since 1999, but a top political leader is trying to block it. A voter-approved council granted the $14,000 raise last fall but House Speaker Kurt Daudt said lawmakers didn’t set aside money to cover it. The Association for Government Accountability is filing…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The battle over admissible evidence in the trial of a St. Anthony police officer accused of killing Philando Castile has only just begun. Castile’s girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, began her testimony in court. Reynolds streamed the aftermath of the shooting LIVE on Facebook. She says she saw Castile leave the apartment that day with a gun….
MOORHEAD, MN – Rescue crews spent the afternoon searching the river after receiving a call that a man may have jumped in and never came back up. Around 1:30 this afternoon a witness called 9-1-1 after they claimed a male wearing dark clothes jumped into the river. Crews responded to the Oak Grove park pedestrian bridge where it meets the…
Two people are dead after being thrown from their ATV in northwestern Minnesota. The crash happened along on a county road south of Mentor on Saturday. Polk County authorities say a 34-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman hit an approach while driving and were both thrown from the ATV. Both were found unconscious when responders arrived and were pronounced dead…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Volunteers in Moorhead are finding a way to give back to people who put their lives at risk. They began building a home for one man who came back a different person. Sacrificing a Saturday morning came easy for one group of volunteers. Especially when it’s for a man who was willing to sacrifice it all. “The…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — A 50 year battle is over for a Fargo man who fought to keep his home along the Red River. Jim Papacek, 72, is moving out after accepting an offer from the city. In 2011, Papacek told KVRR the house’s history is too hard to leave behind. Homes are being removed in that area to build a…
ST. JOSEPH, Minn. — Patty and Jerry Wetterling have been granted a temporary restraining order in keeping documents of their son’s 27-year-old missing person case private. The Wetterlings say they want the information on Jacob’s case to remain private and not be released to the public. The documents were scheduled to be released Monday but a judge granted the restraining order…
MAHNOMEN COUNTY, Minn. — Bond is set for the Naytahwaush man accused in the shooting of two people. Andrew Boswell, 22, is charged with second degree assault. A judge set his bond at $100,000. He is accused of shooting a 21-year-old Minneapolis man and a 23-year-old female from Naytahwaush. The victims are in stable condition. Boswell will be back in…
