MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota’s legalization of recreational marijuana went into effect Tuesday, allowing people 21 and older to legally possess and grow their own marijuana for recreational purposes, subject to limits as the state establishes a legal cannabis industry in the coming months and years. The midwestern state is the 23rd in the country to legalize recreational marijuana. Surrounding states — including Wisconsin,…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — The Moorhead 14U baseball team is heading to the Babe Ruth World Series. After falling in the Regional Championship game, the team still received the invite to represent the Midwest. “It was kind of a roller coaster set of emotions,” said Head Coach Wyatt Gunkel. “We are like, ‘Oh, we’re so close.’ But then…Nebraska won, didn’t…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – With summer’s end creeping up on us quick, it’s time for some people to start thinking about going back to school. “What we know is that when students show up on the day one this fall and they have the tools that they need to succeed they show up confident, they show up ready to learn,…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) – There are many news laws going into effect on August 1 across Minnesota. This ranges from cannabis to background checks on firearms. INFO FROM THE MINNESOTA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: PUBLIC SAFETY: The law prohibits private transfers of pistols and semiautomatic military-style assault weapons without a firearms eligibility background check of the recipient. Chief law enforcement…
MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) — Minnesota State Patrol requests the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigate a fatal use of force incident on I-94 in Minneapolis. A trooper pulled over a vehicle with no taillights around 2 a.m. The trooper learned the driver was wanted for a felony in Ramsey County. The driver then refused to get out of the vehicle and drove…
BELTRAMI CO., Minn. (KVRR) — The body of a 13-year-old girl from Moorhead is recovered from Lake Julia, north of Bemidji. Law enforcement learned the girl had just removed her lifejacket while on the ladder of a pontoon when she went under the water and did not resurface. Emergency crews were called in around 5 Sunday afternoon to search for…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Law enforcement in Moorhead will be doing active shooter response training on Tuesday and Wednesday. The training will be held at Probstfield Elementary School and include members of the police, fire and sheriff’s departments along with Sanford Medical. People will see multiple first responder vehicles at the school from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. each day…
FRAZEE, Minn. (KVRR) – What a way to close out the summer months, it’s Turkey Days in Frazee, Minn. This ongoing tradition has been going on for close to seven decades, growing and growing every time. “There’s just been a lot of great events that have been added,” said Brittany Wake, the chairperson for Turkey Days. “Tabiatha’s been great at…
WHITE EARTH, Minn. (AP) — At least two tribal nations are expected to open Minnesota’s first recreational marijuana dispensaries in August as recreational marijuana becomes legal to possess and grow in the state on Tuesday. Following a council vote on Friday, the White Earth Nation in northwestern Minnesota legalized recreational cannabis and will begin selling it sometime in the first…
CROW WING CO., Minn. (KVRR) — An amber alert issued Saturday night out of Becker, Minnesota, near St. Cloud, was canceled after a three hour long standoff with the suspect in Crow Wing County. 41-year-old Scott Henrikson was arrested and the missing two-year-old boy, who has the same last name, was found safe around 4 a.m. They were both in…
