FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Local community and faith leaders are asking legislators to help secure the immediate release of a Minnesota woman who is being detained in Texas. The group met Andrea Pedro-Francisco, a Burnsville resident, on a visit they made to a Texas detention center through the Border Immersion Program. Andrea has lived in Minnesota for nearly seven years…
FARGO — If you’re ever wondering just how much hard work and heartbreak goes into animal rescue, you’ve got the answer in these five tiny, fragile, one-week-old kittens. They were discovered abandoned, no mother or caretaker in sight, in a cardboard box at a gas station, having been born premature and undeveloped. Their odds of survival are far from assured…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Activists hold a news conference in Moorhead to support Andrea Pedro-Francisco, who was detained by federal immigration agents in Minnesota on Feb. 5, days before a scheduled surgery and biopsy on an ovarian cyst. Pedro-Francisco is being held in El Paso, Texas. Categories: Local News, Minnesota News
MOORHEAD (KVRR-KFGO) – The Minnesota Department of Transportation says a Highway 75 resurfacing project in Moorhead will begin Monday. Fargo-based Border States Paving is the primary contractor for the $1.4 million project between 46th Avenue and the 60th Avenue S. roundabout. The work includes resurfacing, replacing culverts, ditch cleaning, and sidewalk upgrades. The road will remain open, but there will…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — This letter, sent to a recipient, shows that they received a final notice with a court enforcement action for an outstanding traffic violation. But, while it may look like an official notice, Cass County Sheriff Jesse Jahner says otherwise. “The way that this thing presents is that it says that it comes from the state of…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s acting attorney general on Thursday signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug, a major policy shift long sought by advocates who said cannabis should never have been treated like heroin by the federal government. The order signed by Todd Blanche does not legalize marijuana for medical or recreational use under federal law….
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Potentially millions of Americans suddenly have a much easier path to Canadian citizenship, prompting a rush of people to explore their ancestry and file paperwork seeking dual citizenship. For people like Zack Loud of Farmington, Minnesota, it was a surprise to learn that under a new law, Canada already considered him and his siblings citizens because…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Moorhead High School’s Career Academy was placed on lockdown Thursday for approximately 40 minutes following a report of a possible weapon. Police determined there was no weapon on campus and no threat to student safety. School officials say the report originated from a misunderstanding involving a student using a mobile phone in a manner that was…
FARGO — Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber of Commerce is looking to give people the opportunity to get training in high-paying, tech-related jobs. “Good Jobs Challenge” is funded by a nearly 10 million dollar grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration. It’s for training in fields including advanced manufacturing, cybersecurity/information technology, and precision agriculture. Students could qualify for up to…
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is working on a book inspired in part by the massive immigration enforcement surge in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area earlier this year and by the extensive pushback of local residents. “Good Neighbors” will be published next year, W.W. Norton & Company told The Associated Press on Wednesday. “Last winter, Minnesotans from all walks of life showed…
