ALEXANDRIA, Minn. (AP) — Tastefully Simple is named the winner of the 2023 Product Innovation Award through the Direct Selling Association. The Alexandria-based company won for its 12 Days of Dips to Dinner. It features 12 individual product packets featuring recipes that enable a prepare to prepare it as either a Dip or a Dinner. This innovative product exceeded the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Jacob Sundberg, a senior at North Dakota State University, was given the Astronaut Scholarship heading into the next school year. This will give Sundberg a lot of resources as he furthers his education in mechanical engineering. “I got the email when I was sitting in my truck when I got home and I just sat done…
BECKER CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Becker County authorities identify the person hit by a vehicle in Lake Park Township early Sunday morning as 29-year-old Hunter Standfield of Dilworth. They say the driver of the vehicle, 32-year-old Samantha Qualley of Lake Park, called around 4 a.m. to report that she thought she hit someone laying in the middle of County Highway…
DOUGLAS CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Authorities in Douglas County release the name of a teen killed in a rollover crash near Alexandria early Friday morning. He is 17-year-old Logan Pfeffer of Alexandria. The sheriffs office says he rolled his vehicle on County Road 73 near the intersection with Berglund Mile around 3:30 a.m. Pfeffer was pronounced dead at the scene….
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — In Minnesota, new protections are now in place to protect election workers from threats, harassment, and intimidation. The new law makes it illegal to intimidate election workers, interfere with the administration of an election or tamper with voting equipment or a ballot box. The state joins a growing list of other states that have enacted…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — Many of the 70 fire deaths in Minnesota last year were the result of lifestyle and behavioral decisions. According to Interim State Fire Marshal Amanda Swenson, unattended cooking is the number-one cause of all fires. However, the leading cause of fatal fires is related to cigarette use. According to Swenson, some victims went to bed…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — Minnesota is in dire need of significant rainfall. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows 2% of the state in a severe drought compared to no areas last week. Around 19% of Minnesota is in a moderate drought, up from 12% a week ago. The areas of severe drought are in eastern and central Minnesota. There…
ALEXANDRIA, Minn. (KVRR) — One is dead in a fatal rollover crash in Alexandria. Douglas County Sheriffs say they were called to the report on County Road 73 North East near the intersection with Berglund Mile North East. When they arrived, they say the 17-year-old male driver was dead on scene. The incident remains under investigation. Categories: Minnesota News Tags:…
LONG PRAIRIE, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A search underway for the driver of a car that led a central Minnesota sheriff’s deputy on a pursuit and threw a log chain out the window in the process. A Todd County deputy tried to stop Kent Moscho outside Eagle Bend, leading to a 25 mile chase. The Todd County Sheriff’s Office was assisted…
CLAY COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — The future of a low volume wooden bridge severely damaged by fire this week near Sabin could be the topic of a future meeting between the Clay County Highway Dept. and the township board. A county official says the bridge was built from railroad ties and was rated as structurally deficient, spanning the Buffalo River…
