MINNEAPOLIS – A second teen has been arrested in the homicide investigation that led police to the Minneapolis apartment where a SWAT team officer fatally shot Amir Locke while executing a search warrant. A 16-year-old boy is charged in Ramsey County juvenile court with aiding and abetting second-degree murder. Locke’s 17-year-old cousin has also been charged in the Jan. 10…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR Update 8:30pm 02/22/22) — The continued storm has led to a number of flight cancellations at Fargo’s Hector International Airport. As far as the roads, both I-29 and I-94 are back open but no travel is advised due to blowing snow and dangerously brutal wind chills. North Dakota Highway Patrol says speeds are reduced. A number of…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR Update 03/09/22) — Moorhead Police: Hassan is no longer considered a missing person. She was located and was safe. Thank you for your concern. **Original Story Below** Police in Moorhead are asking the public for help in locating a missing woman. They say 23-year-old Hamdi Hassan was last seen by family members on Sunday. Police say the…
WILKIN CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A collision between a semi and train is reported in Wilkin County. MnDOT temporarily closed Highway 55 near Nashua due to the crash around 4 Tuesday afternoon. There is no word on any injuries. Wilkin County Sheriff’s Office says visibility is still less than 100 yards in most of the county and they advise no…
FARGO (KVRR) – North Dakota U.S. Sens. Kevin Cramer and John Hoeven are co-sponsoring a bill that would exempt non-U.S. citizen commercial truck drivers from vaccination requirements when temporarily entering the United States from Canada or Mexico. The bill is called the Terminating Reckless and Unnecessary Checks Known to Erode Regular Shipping (TRUCKERS) Act. “Vaccine mandates for truckers to enter…
Rep. Jim HagedornST. PAUL, Minn. – Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday officially called a special election to fill a vacant congressional seat in southern Minnesota after U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn died last week following a battle with kidney cancer. A special primary will be held on May 24 followed by the special election on Aug. 9. Candidates for the special…
FARGO-MOORHEAD (KVRR) – The area sees its eighth blizzard of the winter which is double the normal average. “It’s more than I can take. It’s horrible. We’ve driven the last 100 miles doing 45 miles per hour. It was scary. It was very scary,” Wind Farmer Ross Smith said. The snowfall is making driving conditions extremely difficult. Roads are covered….
DILWORTH, Minn. (KVRR) – We have a follow-up to our story from December on the Twitter account of Dilworth Police Chief Ty Sharpe. Dilworth Vice Mayor Julie Nash says tweets sent from the @LordTySharpe Twitter account were reviewed by the city. She says the tweets were sent by Sharpe’s personal account while he was off-duty and they do not violate…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Defense attorneys in the federal trial for three officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights have rested their cases. Thomas Lane’s attorney, Earl Gray, rested his case Monday. Lane’s co-defendants, Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng, presented their cases last week. Lane testified Monday that he thought Floyd was doing OK while handcuffed, facedown on…
St. Paul shooting (Fox 9)ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) – Police in St. Paul say one person was killed and several others were injured in a shooting on the city’s west side outside a funeral home. At the scene there were numerous squad cars, yellow crime scene tape and evidence markers outside the Simple Traditions by Bradshaw Funeral Home. Mandy Fallon,…
