FARGO , N.D. (KVRR) – With the start of school coming up quickly on the calendar, parents are turning to sleep physicians for some extra help to get their kids’ sleep schedules back on track. Sleep physicians recommend sunlight as soon as you wake up in the morning to slow down your body’s production of melatonin. They also say to…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KVRR/CNN) — The Minneapolis City Council voted to approve a new rideshare protections ordinance. The vote passed 7 to 5. The ordinance will set a minimum wage for rideshare drivers with Lyft and Uber. Lyft sent a letter to the city council earlier this week and said it will be forced to cease operations in the city on…
RED LAKE, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — The Red Lake Nation in northwestern Minnesota plans to roll out a mobile dispensary. The on-reservation NativeCare was the state’s first recreational marijuana store to open this month. The dispensary, which will resemble a food truck, will allow the tribe to expand its cannabis business into other markets, but only on tribal lands. It’s estimated…
BECKER COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Frazee man has been charged in Becker County District Court with felony illegal possession of a firearm and receiving stolen property. Twenty-two-year-old Allen King was arrested after emergency dispatchers received a report of a man with a gun in the Jimmy John’s parking lot in Detroit Lakes. Shortly afterward, an employee at Masterpiece Alternatives…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Ninth grade football players from Moorhead High School are attending a new program to teach young athletes valuable life skills. Teiken Academy aims to provide a variety of classes for students to grow in a team setting and as an individual. The academy is possible from generous donations from both the Teiken family and Sanford Health…
HORACE, N.D. (KVRR) – U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-Minnesota) made her way to the east side of North Dakota to tour the Fargo-Moorhead Diversion project. The senator along with Moorhead’s Mayor Shelly Carlson, got an inside look of what is being built south of Horace, ND. “I know what a huge difference this is going to make for the folks…
Annual Corn Feed, August 2023MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Concordia College hosts its annual Cobber Corn Feed. The event is open to everyone from alumni and students to the general public. It’s an all-volunteer effort to shuck 3,500 ears of corn for tonight’s feast. Not only are they serving up free corn, they have live music and inflatables for kids. This…
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — East Grand Forks is the latest Minnesota city to approve an ordinance prohibiting the use of THC products in public. Without discussion, the council gave final reading Tuesday night to the ban that would make the use of cannabis products in public a petty misdemeanor. It includes all forms of the product from cannabis…
RED LAKE, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — Business is booming at Minnesota’s first recreational cannabis dispensary in Red Lake. The NativeCare dispensary was the first cannabis business to open following the state’s legalization of recreational marijuana on August 1. It served over 300 customers on the first day of business. The dispensary still seeing hundreds of customers every day. Tribal officials plan…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Income tax rebates of $260 for individuals and up to $1,300 for families of five are already starting to show up in the bank accounts of about 2.1 million Minnesota residents, officials said Wednesday. The rebates, adding up to about $1 billion, are part of legislation signed by Democratic Gov. Tim Walz in May to…
