MINNESOTA (KVRR) — The Minnesota Nurses Association says a bill to require a minimum staffing number of nurses in a hospital would help stave off the waves of nurses leaving the profession. The Keep Nurses at the Bedside Act would set minimum nurse to patient ratios across the state. The MNA says the current ratios aren’t safe and put patients…
MOORHEAD, Minn, (KVRR) – A fitting tribute is coming this weekend for a man who spent his life bringing music to his community. Those are the Cropdusters, one of six bands playing a benefit and tribute show Saturday night for Chris Hanson. Hanson died late last year after a sudden stroke. He was just 45 years old. Hanson played music…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Moms Demand Action of Fargo-Moorhead host a Fed Up and Fired Up Rally in downtown Fargo. Activists gathered outside Fargo City Hall on the traumatic impact gun violence has on children and what city officials and state legislators could do to keep kids safe. The rally’s theme spreads awareness on how children exposed to gunfire affects…
BRECKENRIDGE, M.N. (KVRR) — The rapid melt continues and that is leaving some roads partially or totally covered in flood water. That includes a section of Wilkin County Road 16 northeast of Breckenridge. Crews are working to locate, barricade and flag troubled spots in the county. The scene of flooded fields and impassable roads was the normal in some spots…
CLAY CO., Minn. (KVRR) — This is just one more example of overland flooding that is impacting the region. This video from Clay County Sheriff’s Office is from Country Classic Cabinets, west of Barnesville and south of I-94. In a social media post, they say they switched from saws & sanders on Wednesday to shovels and sand bags. But the…
MINNESOTA (KVRR) — Keep Nurses at the Bedside Act would create committees made up of health care workers and management to set staffing levels on a unit-by-unit basis depending on a hospital. It puts a maximum on the number of patients for a nurse. The C-E-O of the M-H-A says there are already at least five thousand openings for nurses…
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP/KVRR) — A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a federal rule in 24 states that is intended to protect thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways throughout the nation. U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland in Bismarck, North Dakota, halted the regulations from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pending…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — Moorhead Police are investigating a reported armed robbery late Tuesday. Police say the victim reported being robbed at knifepoint when they walked into a business in the 2700 block of 40th Street South. The victim said their property was taken and they were hurt in the robbery, but did not seek medical attention. Police say no…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The continued incidents involving gun violence across the country has got the attention of a local group. Moms Demand Action of Fargo-Moorhead say city officials and legislators are not doing enough to keep our kids safe. They will hold a “Fed Up and Fired Up Rally” on Thursday at 6 p.m. outside Fargo City Hall. A…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — People in Moorhead are now allowed to have chickens in their backyard. Moorhead City Council voted 5-3 to approve having up to six female chickens. The council got nearly 30 emails about the issue with the majority of them being positive. There are concerns about the birds being a nuisance and what happens if they escape…
