State Sen. Nicole Mitchell (D) Woodbury, Minn.DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (AP)– A Minnesota state senator has pleaded not guilty to burglarizing the home of her estranged stepmother after her father’s death.Sen. Nicole Mitchell, a Democrat from the St. Paul suburb of Woodbury, was charged in April. She told police at the time that she broke into the home in Detroit Lakes…
ST. PAUL (KVRR) — MnDOT is hosting sessions across the state to talk about installing electric vehicle charging stations along I-94. One of those gathering will be held in Fergus Falls on September 5 from 2 to 4 at Otter Tail County Government Services Center. A new grant as part of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program will reimburse up…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Classes are underway and enrollment is up but just slightly at Fargo Public Schools. First day enrollment is at 11,402 students in kindergarten through 12th grade. That is an increase of just 24 kids from the first day of school last year. In comparison, West Fargo added nearly 300 students for a first day number last…
Timothy WindelsFARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Court records say a man arrested by Fargo Police for tampering with infrastructure may have caused thousands of dollars of damage to internet and cable lines in Fargo. Timothy Windels, 36, is accused of cutting Midco lines at seven different locations around the city, causing significant outages to residential and business customers. Some businesses affected were…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Police want help finding two suspects of a felony robbery and assault. Police say 31-year-old Francisco Vargas Jr. and 32-year-old Kaitlyn Smith are suspects in an incident that happened Monday morning around 6:15 in the 3000 block of 33 Street South. An adult male victim says Smith, brought him to a location where two males physically…
FARGO (KVRR) – Major funding changes appear likely for a program that fights childhood hunger by providing students with food to take home for meals on weekends. The Great Plains Food Bank fully funds its “Backpack” program for students in Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo, but other school districts served by the food bank cover the entire cost for themselves….
FARGO — The organizers of Golden Drive for Homeless Kids is asking you to help them sock it to homelessness in the region. They’re launching their sock drive at the start of September. When we think of helping homeless children, food and school supplies usually come to mind. But the weather in the region is changing soon, and children need…
OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A picture of a man in a fishing boat on West Lost Lake north of Underwood, Minnesota leads to burglary charges against a Fargo man. 40-year-old Ryan Bohn is accused of breaking into a cabin in May and stealing a pizza oven, toolset, and mechanical decoys. He has been charged with burglary in Otter…
Seven-year-old Harper Perkins, center, and her sister Brielle, of Princeton, Minn., cool off in a misting fountain at the Minnesota State Fair in Falcon Heights, Minn., on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — Visitors to the Minnesota State Fair sought relief from soaring temperatures under misters Monday while some Midwestern schools dismissed classes early or…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Hundreds of first year and transfer students at Concordia College are kicking off the school year by giving back with “Hands for Change”. They are volunteering at 22 different community organizations including CCRI where they helped landscape a new accessible home. Others gave their time at Emergency Food Pantry and Moorhead Public Library. The goal of…
