EMERSON, Manitoba (KVRR) – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police says a resolution has been reached to end the vehicle blockade at the Emerson Port of Entry, near Pembina, North Dakota. Truck drivers and activists set up the blockade of semis, pickups, RV’s and snowmobiles last week to protest Canada’s mandatory vaccinations for commercial truck drivers. At one time, an estimated…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s killing says he was relying on his fellow officers to care for Floyd’s medical needs as he controlled onlookers as police tried to arrest him. Former Minneapolis Police Officer Tou Thao is one of three former officers charged in federal court with violating Floyd’s constitutional rights when…
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – The Super Bowl is over, the 2021 NFL season is done and it appears that the Minnesota Vikings have their next head coach in place. The Vikings have not made anything official, but according to an ESPN report, the team is planning to introduce Kevin O’Connell as the next head coach on Thursday. The Vikings’ ownership…
DES MOINES, Iowa – Farms that raise turkeys and chickens for meat and eggs are on high alert, fearing a repeat of a widespread bird flu outbreak in 2015 that killed 50 million birds across 15 states and cost the federal government nearly $1 billion. The new fear is driven by the discovery announced Feb. 9 of the virus infecting…
Kayla CrossMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – An assistant Moorhead fire chief who was accused of drunken driving after she was involved in a crash that seriously injured a woman is no longer employed by the city. Moorhead Assistant City Administrator Mike Rietz says Kayla Cross’ last day of employment was Feb. 10. Cross is charged with DUI refusal. She has pleaded…
ST. LOUIS CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A snowmobiler killed in a crash with an ambulance Saturday afternoon is identified as 61-year old Jeffrey Blom of Thief River Falls. St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office says the ambulance was on its way to a medical call when the crash happened along Ash River Trail just east of Highway 53. Deputies say it…
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – As prosecutors wrapped up their case against three former Minneapolis Police officers, they called to the stand a use of force expert from Virginia to further hammer home points already made by other witnesses in the trial. Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng, and Thomas Lane are charged with violating George Floyd’s constitutional rights by not providing medical aid…
WASHINGTON (KVRR) – Minnesota companies, agriculture and trade groups speak with Senator Amy Klobuchar about their issues with importing and exporting. Klobuchar has introduced the Ocean Shipping Reform Act to make it more difficult for carriers to turn away goods at ports ready to ship them overseas. The president of the Minnesota Corn Growers Association is concerned seeds and seed…
FARGO, N.D. – North Dakota’s only food bank experienced the second-highest demand in its 39-year history in 2021 as the coronavirus pandemic surged. Great Plains Food Bank, based in Fargo, provided 12.6 million meals for those in need in 2021. The non-for-profit organization helped 121,000 people, more than in any year before the pandemic. As the pandemic gathered steam in…
The past couple years in the pandemic have been tough for a lot of folks on a variety of levels: pandemic deaths and the risk of Covid-19. Civil rights, demonstrations and unrest, and public safety issues. Loneliness and isolation. The increasing severity of the opioid crisis. The list goes on — and on. It’s enough to make you want to…
