DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — The Becker County Sheriff’s Office has reported a motorcycle crash leading to life-threatening injuries. According to the sheriff’s office, they received a report of a single motorcycle crash on County Road 56, east of County Road 117 with two people injured. When emergency personnel arrived on scene, they found the driver, identified as 26-year-old Jacob Jerome…
BEULAH, N.D. (KVRR) — A signing ceremony is held to celebrate Talon Metals securing a site for its proposed Beulah Minerals Processing Facility. It’s on the former Westmoreland Mining coal mine near Beulah, about an hour northwest of Bismarck. The facility will process high-grade nickel and copper ore from the Tamarack mine in Minnesota and other sources to produce minerals…
(UPDATE 4PM) Steve Anthony Shand, got 6 1/2 years Wednesday with two years’ supervised release. FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) — More than three years after a family of four from India froze to death while trying to enter the U.S. along a remote stretch of the Canadian border in a blizzard, the alleged ringleader of an international human smuggling plot was sentenced…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR/FOX9) –Attorneys for Sen. Nicole Mitchell have filed a motion to dismiss an added charge of possession of burglary tools following an incident in Detroit Lakes in April 2024. That is when Mitchell is accused of breaking into her stepmother’s home to steal some personal items from her late father. The Democrat from Woodbury has pleaded not…
Izak SchermerhornFERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) – A man is in custody and another is dead after what sheriff’s officials are calling a drunk driving crash in lakes country Memorial Day. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s office says dispatch got a call about the crash late Tuesday at about 10:45 PM near the intersection of 370th Street and 640th Avenue. When…
OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR) — An RV goes up in flames south of Ottertail and Long Lake and is considered a total loss. Otter Tail Dispatch got the call Friday night around 8:30 to the 45 thousand block of Cozy Oak Drive. Deputies along with Ottertail and Henning Fire Departments arrived to put out the fire. They say an…
FARGO — Downtown’s Rosewild restaurant is saying “Yeh” for food this week. That’s where Food Network and northern valley phenom Molly Yeh’s launching her latest cookbook. It’s a meet and greet and signing, with a dinner featuring recipes from her new book, “Sweet Farm.” The three courses are a collaboration between Yeh and the culinary team at Rosewild. The dessert…
Customers wait outside Waabigwan Mashkiki cannabis dispensary in Moorhead. Monday, May 26, 2025.MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Two days after the official opening of the Waabigwan Mashkiki marijuana dispensary in Moorhead, customers are steadily flocking to the store to buy recreational marijuana. Customers can buy marijuana flower in either jars or bags, or they can by buy it pre-rolled and ready…
St. Paul / Friday, May 23ST. PAUL (KVRR) –Working groups at the capitol in St. Paul are off this holiday weekend and will return on Tuesday to push through the final budget bills. “Mr. Chairman we will not be meeting over the weekend. Um, we will meet again on Tuesday and we’ll let you know when,” Sen. Ann Rest, a…
MOORHEAD, MN – The Moorhead Police Department has issued a statement saying that former Captain Deric Swenson is no longer under their employment. Swenson was serving as acting Deputy Chief when he was placed on administrative leave on March 24, 2025. This was following a complaint the city received regarding Swenson. The department says that because his employment expired while…
