ST. PAUL (KVRR) — The final day of Minnesota’s legislative session fizzled out late Monday without finishing and voting on budgets for commerce, education, energy, health, human services, transportation and more. Conference committees became working groups this morning to finish work on the budget bills. Both chambers also failed to vote on an omnibus tax bill. It made it to…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — The White Earth Nation is opening its first off-reservation tribal cannabis dispensary. This follows the signing of a landmark cannabis regulatory compact with the State of Minnesota. Waabigwan Mashkiki will open soon in the former JL Beers in Moorhead, off Highway 10. A retail store is also being opened in St. Cloud. Zach Wilson, CEO of…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Vikings fans in North Dakota may soon be able to show their support for the team with custom license plates. The Vikings Foundation is working with the North Dakota Department of Transportation to make custom license plates similar to those available in Minnesota. However, they need at least fifty people to sign up for the plates, or…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A Minnesota State Patrol trooper’s vehicle gets hit by another vehicle while heading to assist police in south Moorhead with an uncooperative person. The trooper was driving southbound on 20th Street South when they drove into the intersection of 30th Avenue South and was hit by an SUV. It happened around 10:40 a.m. and the roads…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A man has been sentenced to four years in prison for sexually coercing a minor in Otter Tail County. Prosecutors say 22-year-old Jose Ramires of Freeport, Minnesota was temporarily living with a family in Otter Tail County last May. That is when he coerced their 13-year-old daughter into acts of a sexual nature. The victim…
HENNING, Minn. (KVRR) — Otter Tail County SWAT is called out to a house in Henning, Minnesota after a man involved in a domestic assault refused to surrender. Otter Tail County deputies arrived at the house around 12:45 a.m. and found an injured woman in the driveway. They contacted 45-year-old Joseph Olson by phone and he refused to come out….
WEST FARGO — Fans of the FM Kennel Club are going to have to find their way to a new location soon. That’s because they’ve outgrown their old space and are moving to a bigger facility on Fargo’s north side. Kennel club officials are getting ready for the move amid last-minute preps for their annual All-Breed dog show at the…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) — Clarence Clark, Jr. has been found guilty by a federal jury of two counts of sexually abusing a minor on Red Lake Indian Reservation. Court documents and evidence presented at trial, reveal the 37-year-old sexually assaulted a minor who was physically incapacitated at a home in the early morning hours of March 1, 2024. Another…
FARGO (KVRR-Prairie Public) – Otter Tail Power Co. electric customers in North Dakota will see a credit on their bills. North Dakota Public Service Commissioner Sheri Haugen-Hoffart says Otter Tail will be receiving “production tax credits” for repowering wind farms in North Dakota. “A residential customer consuming 1,000 kilowatts per month will have a monthly credit of $2.88, which is…
UPDATE: Bemidji Police Detectives say that the adult female and child had been treated and released from Sanford Hospital. The deceased male has been identified as Benjamin D. Martinez, age 41 of Bemidji. Martinez appears to have died from a drug overdose. BEMIDJI, Minn. (KFGO/KVRR) – Police are investigating a suspicious death after a man was found dead in…
