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Supreme Court striking down Roe V Wade puts pressure on Red River Women’s Clinic

The Supreme Court overturning Roe versus Wade six to three sends shockwaves throughout the country impacting millions.

June 24, 2022

Site Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Supreme Court overturning Roe versus Wade six to three is stirring up emotions of people on both sides of the aisle. Social media is flooded with comments expressing strong emotions. People are angry, excited, surprised and scared. Protests and rallies broke out nationwide, here locally a rally was held in front of the Federal Courthouse…

Update: Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade

June 24, 2022

Jim Monk,

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years – a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court’s landmark abortion cases. Friday’s outcome overturning Roe v. Wade is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states. The decision was the culmination of decades of efforts…

Miss Minnesota wants to use platform for Native issues

June 23, 2022

Site Staff,

MINNESOTA (KVRR) – Twenty-five-year-old Rachel Evangelisto is the first Indigenous woman to wear the Miss Minnesota crown and is speaking out about the racism she faced while growing up. “It’s a historical moment. People keep messaging me, it’s just the sweetest things, that they feel seen. That they finally feel like they have somebody to look up to and I…

Former Officer Who Shot & Killed Woman Reporting Rape To Be Released

June 23, 2022

KVRR Staff,

MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis police officer Mohammed Noor is scheduled for release on Monday. Noor shot and killed Justine Damond five years ago after she called 911 to report a possible rape. Noor was initially sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison after third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter convictions. The state’s Supreme Court reversed the third-degree murder conviction and he…

Man reported missing in Beltrami Co. found

June 23, 2022

Jim Monk,

UPDATE: The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office says Gary Schyma was found in Waubun, Minnesota and has been reunited with his family. HAGALI TOWNSHIP, Minn. (KVRR) – Authorities are searching for a missing man in Beltrami County. Gary Schyma was driving a 2013 black Chevy Silverado with Minnesota license plate EJE313. Schyma was last seen wearing crocs, gray sweatpants, and…

Airboat Recovered From Bottom of Maple Lake in Mentor

June 23, 2022

TJ Nelson,

POLK CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A Polk County Sheriff’s Office airboat that tipped and sank in Maple Lake in Mentor on Wednesday morning is now out of the lake. Crews removed the airboat around 8 Wednesday night with the help of LePier’s Dock and Boat Lift Service and Advanced Tire out of Crookston. They say all fluid containers were intact…

Boy Dies Days After Being Pulled From Hotel Pool In Alexandria

June 23, 2022

TJ Nelson,

ALEXANDRIA, Minn. (KVRR) — A 6-year-old boy has died after he was pulled from the pool at Holiday Inn in Alexandria earlier this month. Police have identified the boy as Japheth Peng, but did not say where he was from. The boy was pulled from the pool on June 11th and bystanders were doing CPR when first responders arrived. He…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Leonard

Lovely Leonard is live in studio!

June 23, 2022

Emily Welker,

They don’t come much more lovable than Leonard — or more lovely, for that matter. He made the rounds asking all of us in the studio for pets and scratches when he came in with Homeward Animal Shelter’s Heather Klefstad. At about three and a half, Leonard is about the easiest age you can adopt a dog at. He’s done…

Two arrested following late night chase through Fargo and Moorhead

June 23, 2022

Jim Monk,

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Two people were arrested Wednesday night after a chase involving police from Fargo and Moorhead. It started shortly after 11 p.m. when a Fargo officer attempted to stop a pickup that had fled from Fargo police twice in the previous two days. The pickup drove into Moorhead where a Clay County Deputy attempted to use a tire…

Honor The Earth wants Walz Administration to drop charges against Line 3 protests

June 22, 2022

Site Staff,

MINNESOTA (KVRR) — Mark Ruffalo, Jackson Browne, Jane Fonda and more join Honor the Earth and other Indigenous leaders condemning the charges against more than 800 activists who were arrested one year ago for protesting the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline. “A lot of people support water protectors and a lot of people believe that water should be protected over the…