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Moorhead Police Staffing Shortages Force Them To Pull School Resource Officers For the Fall

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Due to lack of officers, Moorhead Police Department is withdrawing all school resource officers from Moorhead Public Schools. That’s for at least the first half of the academic year. Moorhead Public Schools each have stationed a school resource officer within their building, but due to staffing shortages those titles have been stripped. “Going back to 2014…

Simone Biles and Team USA earn ‘redemption’ by powering to Olympic gold in women’s gymnastics

Members of Team USA celebrate after winning the gold medal in the women’s artistic gymnastics team finals round at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles and Sunisa Lee spent the night before perhaps the biggest gymnastics meet of their lives restless. There was a…

Minnesota Twins returning to Midco beginning Thursday

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KFGO) – Minnesota Twins are returning to Midco. Comcast, part owner of Midco, and Diamond Sports announced Monday that 15 regional sports networks will be available on Thursday after being blacked out for three months. The Bally Sports networks were no longer available to Comcast subscribers on May 1 due to a contract dispute. Under the agreement, subscribers to…

Trial canceled in North Dakota abortion ban lawsuit as judge ponders dismissal

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A trial looming in a lawsuit challenging North Dakota’s abortion ban was canceled Monday as the judge in the case weighs whether to throw out the lawsuit. It was not immediately clear why the trial was canceled. State District Judge Bruce Romanick issued a notice to parties regarding the trial saying the Aug. 26-30 trial is…

UPDATE: Missing Moorhead man taken into custody

UPDATE:  Richard Folden was located and taken into custody in Fargo.   MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A warrant is issued for the arrest of a missing person. Moorhead Police says 67-year-old Richard Folden is a Level 3 Predatory Offender. The MN Department of Corrections issued the warrant for his arrest after the Fargo Police Department issued the missing persons alert….

Culver’s and JJ Watt Team Up for JJ’s Way Meal

PRAIRIE DU SAC, Wis. (KVRR) — Two Wisconsin favorites are teaming up to help after-school athletics programs at middle schools across the nation. Starting August 5 at Culver’s you can order the JJ’s Way Meal with $1 donated to the JJ Watt Foundation. Football legend Watt grew up in Wisconsin, which is where the restaurant chain was born. His special…

Trump and Vance team up to campaign in Minnesota, a state that hasn’t backed the GOP in 52 years

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in St. Cloud, Minn. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — As the presidential campaign enters a critical final 100 day stretch, Republican nominee Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, rallied supporters on Saturday in a state that hasn’t backed a GOP candidate for the…