Alfonso Rodriguez FARGO (KVRR) – Defense attorneys claim federal prosecutors lacked jurisdiction when they recently appealed a federal judge’s order that overturned the death penalty for Alfonso Rodriguez. On March 3, prosecutors said they intend to ask a federal appeals court to overturn Judge Ralph Erickson’s order in September that threw out the death penalty and ordered a new sentencing…
ST. PAUL, Minn.- Gov. Tim Walz has released an updated plan for how to spend the state’s enormous budget surplus, including a proposal for income tax rebate checks of $1,000 per couple. The governor’s supplemental budget proposal follows last month’s announcement that the state’s budget surplus has grown to $9.25 billion. Walz wants to issue tax rebate checks of $500…
*** CANCELED*** CANCELED *** CANCELED*** THE AMBER ALERT FOR THE MISSING 2 YEAR OLD, ROBERT WILLIAM RAMIREZ, OUT OF POPE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE CHILD HAS BEEN LOCATED AND IS SAFE. ONE SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY. THE POPE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE WILL RELEASE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON FRIDAY. POPE CO., Minn. — Authorities are asking for the public’s help finding…
(FOX 9) – An American killed during a military strike by Russia in Ukraine was from Minnesota. Family members confirm to FOX 9 that 68-year-old Jimmy Hill was born in Eveleth, Minnesota and graduated from Mahtomedi High School, was killed in the City of Chernihiv in Ukraine while trying to find food. The State Department confirmed Thursday that an American…
MINNEAPOLIS – A federal judge has ordered a Detroit Lakes, Minnesota man to serve 7 years in prison and three years of supervised release for robbing a convenience store on the White Earth Indian Reservation. In November, 2020, 34-year-old Levi Jerome entered the M&W Convenience Store in Ogema, pointed a rifle at the clerk and demanded she open the cash…
Pinch us, because we can barely believe it’s happening. Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day 2022 celebrations, the Celtic Festival is finally returning to the Hjemkomst Center this weekend. The annual event draws in about 3,000 visitors each year, and because of the density of the crowd, it’s had to be either canceled or held virtually for 2020 and…
MINNEAPOLIS – A Minneapolis man who lost an eye when he was hit by a projectile fired by police during riots that followed George Floyd’s killing will get a $2.4 million settlement. Soren Stevenson was in a large group of people standing in a grassy area near an interstate on-ramp when he was hit by a 40 mm projectile on…
WASHINGTON (KVRR) – President Joe Biden provides details regarding additional assistance to Ukraine. Categories: Local News, Minnesota News, North Dakota News, South Dakota News
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Police say they have arrested the former boyfriend of a woman who died after she was set on fire at a St. Paul shipping warehouse. Authorities say 44-year-old Kelli Ranning Goodermont was killed at her workplace Tuesday. Her former boyfriend was arrested near his Bloomington home that had been set on fire. In a protection petition…
WASHINGTON – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy cited Pearl Harbor and the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 on Wednesday in appealing to the U.S. Congress to do more to help Ukraine’s fight against Russia. We need you right now,” Zelenskyy said in remarks livestreamed at the U.S. Capitol. He added, “I call on you to do more.” Lawmakers gave him…
