ST. PAUL (AP) — Wildfire smoke from Canada prompts Minnesota officials to issue a record 23rd air quality alert for much of the state through late Wednesday. Smoke from wildfires in Ontario and Quebec moved into Minnesota late Monday. Ground-level smoke is expected to linger across southern, east-central and northeastern Minnesota. The previous record for air quality alerts in the…
BECKER CO., Minn. (KVRR) — The search is on for a man suspected of gunning down a man in his vehicle Sunday night in the village of Pine Point, about 30 minutes northeast of Detroit Lakes. Authorities are looking for 40-year-old Michael Croud of Ogema for second-degree murder with intent. Becker County Sheriff Todd Glander says anyone who has harbored…
Daniel Keezer, James Burnette III & Robert Keezer Jr.BELTRAMI CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Three men from Detroit Lakes, Mahnomen and Waubun face charges after an 18-year-old was assaulted and stabbed multiple times in Bemidji. Officers arrived around 3:30 a.m. Saturday to find 18-year-old Andrew Fisher of rural Bemijdi dead at the scene. Witnesses were able to provide descriptions of the…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – A Fargo man was arrested Monday night following a high-speed chase that began north of Moorhead. Clay County Sheriff Mark Empting says it started around 9:17 p.m. when a deputy attempted to stop a driver in a stolen vehicle on Highway 75 near Georgetown. The driver fled, reaching speeds of up to 100 miles per hour….
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Moorhead Police reveal the name of the 13-year-old that died from a gunshot wound on Friday night off of 19th street south. Police say the shooting that killed Zain Mezher was accidental. They say a group of kids had gotten a handgun and were handling it near some trees when it went off and hit the…
Moorhead City Council Member Steve LindaasMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Changes are coming to the Moorhead City Council. It has accepted the resignation of Ward 4 Council Member Steve Lindaas and declared the seat vacant. The MSUM physics professor is leaving to work with the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. But he told the council he will return to Moorhead….
PERHAM, Minn. (KVRR) — Bongards Creameries announces a major investment in its Perham plant. The expansion will increase overall plant capacity to 5.5 million pounds of milk per day. The latest investment includes expansion of the milk intake bays, cheese packaging equipment, whey drying and packaging equipment, whey warehousing, and wastewater treatment. The work is being done by local Perham…
Angelina Amerigo/Miss Minnesota Scholarship OrganizationWELCH, Minn. (KVRR) — A Minnesota State University Moorhead student is crowned Miss Minnesota. Twenty-two year-old Angelina Amerigo beat out around two dozen other women from across the state for the title Friday night at Treasure Island Casino. Amerigo picks up a crown and $10,000 scholarship and moves on to compete for the title of “Miss…
Drayton Dam(March)/HSG Park Joint Venture, LLCPEMBINA CO., N.D. (KVRR) — Work to replace the Drayton Dam in Pembina County is nearing the halfway point as the Corps of Engineers completes its demolition this week. The two year project started last July as part of the larger Fargo Moorhead Flood Protection Project. The $7.7 million Drayton project features a new dam…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — National Weather Service is surveying damage from a number of tornadoes on Saturday in northwestern Minnesota. One near Mahnomen was rated an EF3 with sustained winds between 136-160 miles per hour. Sheriff Josh Guenther says the roof of a house just east of the Mahnomen Country Club was torn off and a shed on the property…
