Minnesota News

Surrealist art exhibition coming to Rourke Art Museum

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Rourke Art Museum in Moorhead is preparing for its 65th annual Midwestern Invitational Exhibition of Fine Art. This year’s exhibit celebrates the 100th anniversary of the inception of the surrealist art movement. Artists from around the region were encouraged to dive into Surrealism and submit their pieces to the exhibition. Rourke says it will be an…

Vehicle Bursts Into Flames During High-Speed Chase Through Three Counties, Suspect Eventually Caught

RICHLAND CO. N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — There is not much left of a vehicle involved in a high-speed chase through three counties before it was abandoned and started on fire, igniting a grass fire in Richland County. The chase involving 43-year-old Mark Crompton started around 5 p.m. Wednesday near Felton, Minnesota. He led officers through Clay, Cass and Richland Counties before…

Audit finds Minnesota agency’s lax oversight fostered theft of $250M from federal food aid program

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota agency’s inadequate oversight of a federal program that was meant to provide food to kids, and its failure to act on red flags, created the opportunities that led to the theft of $250 million in one of the country’s largest pandemic aid fraud cases, the Legislature’s watchdog arm said Thursday in a scathing report. The Minnesota Department…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Willow

FARGO — Willow here is just about five weeks old but she’s already had some hard knocks in life. The little brown medium-hair tabby came in to her rescue over memorial day weekend, when someone came in with her to a local coffee shop looking for someone to rehome her, essentially abandoning her. Not only that, but Willow should not…

Senate Panel Holds Hearing on State Sen. Mitchell Ethics Complaint

ST. PAUL (KVRR/KFGO) — A Senate Ethics committee holds another hearing on Minnesota DFL State Senator Nicole Mitchell in St. Paul. Mitchell did not appear at the brief hearing. Many in the Minnesota DFL party, including Gov. Tim Walz, have called for her resignation after her arrest for burglary at her stepmother’s home in Detroit Lakes in April. Mitchell told…

LIVE: Goat Yoga

Wellness and cute critters? We're not maaa-aaad about it.

FARGO — Do you want to get someone’s goat this weekend? Now’s your chance. Of course, you’ll have to give it back afterward. But you could get some serenity for yourself, while you’re at it. They’re doing goat yoga in Dilworth at the Rail District, courtesy of That’s the Dream Farm and Yuj Yoga. And they gave the Morning Show…

It’s a First! Baby Bison Born at Red River Zoo

  FARGO — The Red River Zoo has a brand-new bouncing baby bison named “Fargo”, the first in the zoo’s history. The zoo posted the birth announcement via Facebook, saying the baby was born to mom Marge. Marge came to the zoo from the Wind Cave National Park in 2021. She’s part of the zoo’s conservation herd, along with bison…