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Girl, 16, Has Serious Injuries After Golf Cart Crash in Dent, MN

DENT, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO ) — Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a golf cart crash Saturday night that injured a 16-year-old girl. It happened on Fair Oaks Road near Dent, Minnesota. The teen was flown to Sanford Medical Center in Fargo with serious injuries. Her name and condition have not been released. Categories: Local News, Minnesota News, North Dakota…

LIVE: Heritage of India Day

MOORHEAD — If you’re looking for food, fun and fashion, plus a little taste of culture, you’re in luck this weekend in the metro. The Indo-American Association of the Great Plains is teaming up with NDSU Association of Students from India for a major celebration of Indian heritage Saturday at the Hjemkomst Center. It will feature Indian traditional clothing styles,…

One person injured in crash with semi near Fergus Falls

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – One person was injured in the crash of a car and semi near Fergus Falls Sunday shortly after 7 a.m. The Minnesota State Patrol says an International semi pulling a flatbed trailer and an Acura sedan were both traveling eastbound on I-94 at Highway 59 when they collided. The driver of the car, 18-year-old Eben…

Two Honor Flights From Fargo Land In Washington, D.C. To Honor Area Veterans

  WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Veterans from our area are getting the luxury treatment, with not one, but two Honor Flights to the nation’s capital. It’s the first time two honor flights have taken off from Fargo at the same time. Veterans from around the region departed from Hector International Airport on a trip to the nation’s capital honoring their…

Moorhead Police Using New Technology To Further Investigate NDSU Murder

MOORHEAD, Minn (KVRR) — The investigation team at the Moorhead Police Department are re-examining clues and asking the community for help with the unsolved murder of the North Dakota State University student Tom Bearson. “We’re just readdressing to people that what they may have seen, heard, knowledge they have that they may have assumed that someone else had called in…

Salvation Army Now Collecting Kids Winter Clothing At Hornbachers

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Salvation Army is now collecting Winter gear at Hornbacher locations across the Fargo-Moorhead area. Donations that are needed for this year are new or gently used kids winter gear. Tracy Bjerke of the Salvation Army states that the gear they would like donated would be something you would send your kids out to keep warm…

13-Year Old Taken Into Custody Following Reports of School Shooting Threats

PONSFORD, Minn. (KVRR) — At approximately 7:02 p.m. last night, the Becker County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a possible school shooting threat at the Pine Point School. Shortly after, the school canceled school for the day after the report was made. The Becker County Sheriff’s Office investigated the complaint, and a 13-year-old female was later taken into custody…

New advancements being used to re-examine 2014 death of Tom Bearson

A designated phone line and email address have been set up to share information about the case

Tom BearsonMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Investigators looking for clues in the unsolved murder of a North Dakota State University student in Moorhead are using new technology to re-examine the case. Eighteen-year-old Tom Bearson was last seen with friends in the early morning hours of Sept. 20, 2014. Later that day, law enforcement was contacted after Bearson didn’t show up for a…

United Way and Hornbacher’s Host 17th Annual “Gobble it Up”

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — United Way teams up with Hornbacher’s for the 17th annual “Gobble It Up” benefit luncheon. At Hornbacher’s locations all across the metro, area volunteers handed out lunches. They included a Jennie-O hot turkey sandwich, Old Dutch chips, Kemps frozen treat and a Pepsi or Aquafina for a suggested donation of $7. Businesses like Family Fare were…

Minnesota’s top elections official says ‘glitch’ in automatic voter registration system is fixed

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — While there was a “glitch” in Minnesota’s new automatic voter registration system, Secretary of State Steve Simon said Thursday that nobody who was ineligible voted in the August primary as a result of the problem. That had been one of the questions that Minnesota Republicans last week said was still hanging after Simon and other state officials…