DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) — WE Fest is coming “Alive in ’25”. WE Fest’s 2025 lineup is out and the headliners are Hardy, Jon Pardi and Cody Johnson. Other acts include Ashley McBryde, Gretchen Wilson, Kip Moore, Megan Moroney and a whole bunch of newcomers. Tickets, ad-ons, camping and parking passes all go on sale Thursday, September 26 at we…
Donald Merrill Jr. OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Vergas, Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to the burglary of Billy’s Corner Bar and Grill in Vergas. 25-year-old Donald Merrill Jr. admitted to breaking into the bar in late March and stealing a handgun. According to court records, surveillance video shows a man smashing the front window and taking the…
MINNEAPOLIS — It’s the premiere of a new play at one of the nation’s top children’s theatre companies. And now, the Children’s Theatre Company is drawing on local talent for their upcoming production. The original play, “Drawing Lessons,” opens October 8th in Minneapolis. It’s about a Korean-American adolescent who uses her graphic novel skills to find a path through the…
BATTLE LAKE, Minn. (KVRR) — The fire at Stub’s Dining and Gunpowder Bar was reported around 9:25 pm Monday. It took about six hours to get the fire under control. “We had Battle Lake was our primary then we had seven mutual aid departments,” said Tom Minten, Battle Lake Fire Chief. The fire caused the roof to collapse, along with…
BATTLE LAKE, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – An iconic bar and restaurant in Battle Lake east of Fergus Falls has been lost to fire. Police Chief Eric Dison says the blaze at Stub’s Dining & Gunpowder Bar was reported at about 9:30 Monday night. He says the roof collapsed and there’s significant interior damage. At the height of the blaze, Dison says…
GLYNDON, Minn. (KVRR) — The green flag is about to drop again at Interstate Raceway in Glyndon. Rolie Racing LLC has taken over the racetrack and are planning to bring events back, including drag racing. The Rolie brothers have been into racing since they were kids, and they’re hoping to share that passion by offering driver lessons and junior drag…
GRAND FORKS (KFGO) – A Grand Forks man is facing charges after assaulting both his current wife and ex-wife early Monday. Police responded to a home just before 2 a.m. Monday for a report of a domestic assault. Court documents say when officers arrived, a woman outside told them she’d been hit in the head by her ex-husband. She told…
BECKER COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — Two people are injured after a motorcycle crash in Becker County. The sheriff’s office says 58-year-old Curtis Hermanson, of New York Mills, was driving north on County Road 135, south of Two Inlets, Minnesota. When the road turned to gravel at the intersection of 285th Street, Hermanson lost control of his motorcycle. Both Hermanson and…
POLK CO., Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — One person is dead after a single-vehicle crash in Polk County on Sunday. Polk County Sheriff’s Office responded to the crash on Polk County Road 41 in King Township near McIntosh around 3:30 p.m. First responders found a vehicle in flames. Alcohol is believed to be a factor. The body was sent to UND Forensic…
DASSEL, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – Authorities in Meeker County are investigating a weekend explosion that left a man from Dassel dead. The sheriff’s office says Jeffery Holmquist, 46, was the victim of a gas explosion inside a fish house that caused severe burns to his body. Deputies say Holmquist was airlifted to the Hennepin Healthcare Burn Center Saturday morning, where he…
