PARK RAPIDS, Minn. – A judge in Minnesota has ruled that sheriff’s officials had no right to block access to a camp set up in opposition to the Enbridge Line 3 oil pipeline. In an order issued Tuesday, Hubbard County District Judge Jana Austad ruled the pipeline protesters were using a private driveway, not a county trail, to access Camp…
WASHINGTON – MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell said Tuesday that federal agents seized his cellphone and questioned him about a Colorado clerk who has been charged in what prosecutors say was a “deceptive scheme” to breach voting system technology used across the country. Lindell was approached in the drive-thru of a Hardee’s fast-food restaurant in Mankato, Minnesota, by several FBI…
GRAND FORKS CO., N.D. (KVRR) — A head-on crash near Thompson, North Dakota has claimed the life of a Crookston man. It happened around 8:30 Tuesday morning on County Road 7, about 6 miles east of Thompson. Highway Patrol says 20-year-old Tyson Horton of Fertile crossed the center line and crashed head-on into a pickup. Horton was uninjured but the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – United Way kicks off its 2022 fundraising campaign to help underprivileged kids and families. They have been serving Clay and Class counties for 90 years raising money and giving back. According to United Way, one in nine people live in poverty and for kids it’s one in every seven. Recently they announced efforts to get school…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A frustrated Moorhead veteran appears before the Clay County Commission about the status of his home ownership. Gulf War Veteran Kevin Shores is in the middle of a property tax dispute where he received letters from the County’s Auditor’s Office informing him about missing deadlines for delinquent taxes. The state of Minnesota seized his home in…
THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) — The investigation into the cause of a mobile home explosion in Thief River Falls last week continues. A Minnesota State Fire Marshal’s Office spokesperson says they cannot release any information until the case is closed and the report is processed. The person who lives in the mobile home was not at home at the…
It’s been a long, dark and winding road for a lot of us for the past two-plus years of the pandemic, and everything from isolation to inflation has taken its toll. Health experts say mental health issues are creating a struggle for people of all ages. So before you reach the breaking point, you can make a connection. This weekend,…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP/KVRR) — A Hopkins, Minnesota man was sentenced to life in prison for selling fentanyl online that led to 11 fatal overdoses. A federal jury in March convicted 32-year-old Aaron Broussard of 17 counts including distribution of fentanyl resulting in death. Federal prosecutors said at trial that Broussard’s customers thought they were buying a stimulant similar to Adderall. On…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — The Veterans Honor Flight of North Dakota/Minnesota is in Washington, D.C. right now on it’s 11th mission. The flight departed Grand Forks International Airport on Sunday and will return Tuesday night at 7 for a big homecoming. Around 90 veterans are on this latest trip to see the war memorials in their honor. And it’s all…
GRANT CO., Minn. — One person was killed in a head-on crash near Elbow Lake in Grant County Sunday afternoon. 18-year-old Tyler Stone of Hoffman was driving a car that crashed with a pickup at the intersection of two rural roads. Stone died in the crash. The driver of the pickup, a 23-year-man from Brandon, was taken to the Elbow…
