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Update: Attic fire damages home in south Moorhead

Eric Bolin, KVRR Local NewsUPDATE: MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Firefighters are on the scene of a house fire in south Moorhead Thursday morning. The fire at 2415 13th St. S. was reported by people working on the home at around 11:15 a.m. According to the Moorhead Fire Department, HVAC contractors were working in the attic at the time the fire started….

Senate passes bill reining in homeowners’ associations

Sen. Susan Pha, DFL-Brooklyn Park, and Sen. Eric Lucero, R-Saint Michael, present their bill aimed at reining in HOAs at a meeting of the Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention committee on March 12, 2025. Photo by Madison McVan/Minnesota Reformer.ST. PAUL (Minnesota Reformer) — A bipartisan bill limiting homeowners’ association fees, implementing new transparency and conflict-of-interest rules and establishing a path…

Immigration enforcement near MN schools can continue, federal court rules

A masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent knocks on a car window in Minnesota on Jan. 12, 2026. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – A federal court has denied a request on behalf of several Minnesota school districts to block immigration enforcement activity around public schools, effectively allowing any ICE activity to continue as a lawsuit moves toward trial. Filed…

Over a hundred volunteers take part in the 4th annual Barnesville Day of Caring

BARNESVILLE, Minn. (KVRR) — Over 100 Barnesville High School students pitched in to help members of their community for the 4th Annual Barnesville Day of Caring. The event, hosted by the Barnesville Area Community Fund, invites volunteers to help with various outdoor projects at the homes of senior community members. Projects consist of cleaning gutters, raking leaves, washing windows, small…

ICE denies humanitarian parole request for Minnesota woman in detention with ovarian cyst

Andrea Pedro-Francisco was arrested on her way to work and sent to a Texas detention center a week before she was scheduled to have surgery to remove a large ovarian cyst. (Courtesy photo)WASHINGTON (Minnesota Reformer) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it will not release a Minnesota woman facing deportation on humanitarian parole to receive surgery to remove a…

Committee wrap-up discussion ends with vote to subpoena emails from Rep. Ilhan Ohmar

House Committee on Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy. 5/5/26.ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) — Minnesota’s House committee on Fraud Prevention met for an end of session wrap-up discussion. They began by hearing testimony on issues regarding the Department of Human Services. The committee took a vote to subpoena emails from Rep. Ilhan Omar related to communications between her office…