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National Weather Service says microburst was to blame for storm damage in Bemidji and Beltrami County

June 29, 2025

KVRR Staff,

BELTRAMI CO, Minn. (KVRR/FOX9) National Weather Service confirms the Bemidji area was hit by a microburst with winds that reached up to 120 miles per hour last Saturday. The survey summary states a severe thunderstorm created “a 10-mile-wide swath of destructive straight-line winds”. It hit downtown Bemidji and through the southern and eastern areas of Lake Bemidji. Homes and vehicles…

Boelter Makes First Court Appearance

The alleged shooter of multiple Minnesota lawmakers could possibly face the death penalty if convicted.

June 28, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

ST. PAUL, MN (KVRR) – The alleged gunman in the Minnesota lawmaker shootings appeared in federal court Friday, June 27. Vance Boelter is accused of killing Minnesota’s former Speaker of the House and her spouse and seriously injuring another state lawmaker and his wife. Boelter’s attorney requested a delay in proceedings, saying her client’s sleep deprivation due to jail conditions…

LIVE: School Supply Drive Scoop

June 27, 2025

Emily Welker,

FARGO — Minnesota-based Target is vowing to hold prices on back-to-school goods steady at 2024 prices in spite of inflation and tariff pressure. And local United Way of Cass-Clay officials say it’s coming just in time. Their school supply drive is heading into its second month. It’s the earliest start and the highest goal yet for he annual drive. This…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Bobbi and Wayne

June 26, 2025

Emily Welker,

This week’s Pet Connection is a couple of bonded cuties who come as a package deal, so prepare to fall in love not once, but twice. The spicy young lady is named Bobbi, and she and her brother Wayne come to us from Natural Pet Center courtesy of Cat’s Cradle Rescue here in town, and in an unusual and welcome…

LIVE: Night Bazaar — Renaissance

June 26, 2025

Emily Welker,

FARGO — If you feel like you’re juggling work, home, family, kids — but somehow keep dropping the ball on community — now’s the time to change that. Because tonight in downtown, it’s the return of the Night Bazaar “Renaissance,” and everyone’s invited. Starting at five, come gather in Broadway Square for an evening of live entertainment from local performers,…

Victim of house fire in Fosston, Minnesota identified, GoFundMe account is raising funds

June 26, 2025

TJ Nelson,

Courtesy: GoFundMeZach Haugen and daughtersFOSSTON, Minn. (KVRR) — Fosston Police Department has identified the man killed in a house fire on Wednesday as 60-year-old Kevin Haugen. His son, 31-year-old Zach Haugen, and two grandchildren ages 4 and 8 were injured. Another grandchild was not injured. The fire was reported around 4:30 a.m. in their house near the bus garage. The…

LIVE: Stepping into the Light with the Red River Children’s Advocacy Center

June 26, 2025

Emily Welker,

FARGO — For more than two decades it’s been one of the best-kept secrets in the region. And now, the Red River Children’s Advocacy Center is stepping into the light to share how they help local kids going through one of the darkest times of their lives. It’s a one-stop shop of sorts for child crime victims. Anything from sexual…

Remembering Melissa Hortman: Republicans and Democrats say her power came from her selflessness

June 26, 2025

KVRR Staff,

Speaker Melissa Hortman stands behind the dias during the regular legislative session Monday, March 27, 2023. (Nicole Neri for the Minnesota Reformer)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — Heading into the momentous 2023 legislative session, then-House Speaker Melissa Hortman was dealing with big, fractious and ideologically diverse personalities in her caucus. “Dave Lislegard and I had been in a hot war…

Moorhead brewers, Enderlin natives raising funds for recovery

June 26, 2025

Alex Bertsch,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – As the recovery efforts in Enderlin continue after last week’s devastating storms, a pair of Moorhead brewers are making an effort to help out their hometown. Swing Barrel Brewing will be donating two dollars for every pint sold tonight to the recovery efforts. The brewery’s own Sean Syverson and Kyle Thilmony are natives of Enderlin, and…

The Trump administration is suing Minnesota over breaks in higher education for immigrant students

June 25, 2025

kvrr-apiuser,

Minnesota became the latest state Wednesday to face a lawsuit from the Trump administration seeking to force it to give its high school graduates who entered the U.S. illegally as immigrants the same lower tuition rates reserved for in-state citizens. The U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit also seeks to strike down a law that allows the same immigrant students to receive scholarships…