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Spotlight on Solos: FM Symphony Orchestra’s “Masterworks 2”

FARGO — It’s about to get cold outside, but this weekend, there’s music to warm your heart. And this time, it celebrates how the strength of each individual musician comes together to make a symphony sound beautiful. The Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra is performing its “Masterworks 2: Music From Within” this weekend. Symphonies are usually all about teamwork and the collaboration…

Tribe explains why it impounded a plane after an emergency landing in October on Red Lake Reservation

RED LAKE, Minn. (KVRR) — Red Lake Tribal Council says an investigation continues into the emergency landing of a plane on the reservation that was then impounded by the tribe. They say Darrin Smedsmo was piloting the plane that made an emergency landing on Red Lake Reservation on October 15. They also say they are glad Smedsmo is safe and…

No jail time for man accused of running over bicyclist last March in downtown Fargo

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Hawley, Minnesota man accused of running over a biker in downtown Fargo in March will serve no jail time. 43-year-old Jeremy Jorgenson reached a deal and pleaded guilty to misdemeanor reckless endangerment. The judge gave Jorgenson 360 days of probation and a $325 fine. He was initially charged with one count of duty in accident…

Search for Fergus Falls woman last seen on Halloween

  **Fergus Falls Police Department has canceled the alert for the Missing and Endangered Persons-Renee Kilde.   FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) — The Fergus Falls Police Department is asking for help finding a woman who was last seen on Halloween. Renee Kilde, 63, was last seen Friday in Fergus Falls. A clothing description is unknown at this time. Kilde is…

Around 70 school districts across Minnesota have referendum votes on Tuesday

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Tuesday is election day and Minnesota School Boards Association says 70 school districts have referendums on the ballot, amounting to $1.6 billion in potential tax levies. The association points to a number of factors behind the rise in school referendums including inflation, state Paid Family Leave requirements and uncertainty over federal funding. Among the school districts…

Midwest’s largest battery energy storage site to be built in central Minnesota

BECKER, Minn. (KVRR) — Xcel Energy has announced plans to build the Midwest’s largest battery energy storage site. It’ll be at the Sherco Energy Hub in Becker in central Minnesota. The proposal, filed with Minnesota Public Utilities Commission last Friday, would double the amount of battery storage adjacent to the Sherco coal plant which is scheduled to retire by the…

Trump administration says SNAP will be partially funded after judges’ rulings

President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday that it will partially fund SNAP after a pair of judges’ rulings required it to keep the food aid program running. The U.S. Department of Agriculture had planned to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program starting Nov. 1 because it said it could no longer keep funding it due to the shutdown. The program…