GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. – Authorities are looking for a hit-and-run driver who struck several sled dogs on a recreational trail in Itasca County, putting a likely end to their racing days. The dogs were hit by a vehicle on the Circle T Snowmobile Trail last Saturday evening while training. The dog team belongs to longtime Beargrease mushers and veterinarians John…
WADENA, Minn. (KVRR/KDLM) – Firefighters battled an apartment fire Wednesday in Wadena. The fire was reported around 11 a.m. It was located above All Around Divas and Brinks Jewelry. Firefighters from Wadena and Verndale battled the blaze from a nearby rooftop. Everyone inside the building was able to escape. The cause of the fire is under investigation. (video by…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) – Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday announced a further expansion of rapid testing availability at community sites across Minnesota. Beginning today (Oct. 20) the state will offer rapid tests at existing testing locations in Moorhead and St. Paul. Tests will be offered in Duluth and Brooklyn Park beginning Friday. Sites in Crookston and Hutchinson will open…
R Kelly, Cook County, Illinois booking photoCHICAGO (AP) – A federal judge has ordered R&B superstar R. Kelly, facing child prostitution charges in Minnesota, to stand trial in Chicago on child pornography and obstruction of justice charges next year after the scheduled sentencing for his conviction in an earlier sex trafficking trial in New York. U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber…
Alfred ThompsonMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – A Moorhead man is facing charges in connection with a burglary and assault Tuesday morning. Police say they responded at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday to a report of a potential burglary to a car dealership in the area of the Holiday Gas Station located on 30th Ave. S. Officer checked the area and located forced entry…
BECKER COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) – A man and a woman are arrested after a chase of a stolen vehicle reaches speeds of 100 miles per hour in Becker County. Deputies received a report of a vehicle parked in the road on 220th Street in Detroit Township with the driver asleep at the wheel. They found the car was stolen out…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A grief team and counselors are being made available at Horizon Middle School in Moorhead after the unexpected death of a student. The district sent out a letter to parents. They are not releasing any information on the student out of respect for the family’s wishes. The grief team and counselors will be available to Horizon…
Mitchell OttingerST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) – Federal prosecutors say a Carver County man has pleaded guilty to charges related to a years-long sextortion scheme. Twenty-five-year-old Mitchell Ottinger, a former substitute teacher and paraprofessional, engaged in a scheme to obtain sexually explicit images and videos of minors and adults by using false online personas. Ottinger threatened to distribute the images and…
DENVER (KVRR) – According to a study led by the University of Colorado Denver, states that used lotteries to entice residents to get COVID-19 vaccines had little or no effect on vaccination rates. “Statistically speaking, our research points to a disappointing outcome” according to Dr. Andrew Friedson, associate professor of economics. “There was no significant association found between a cash-drawing…
FARGO (KVRR) – Two major blood suppliers are reporting a critical blood shortage and urging all eligible donors to make an appointment to donate blood as soon as possible. Vitalant says Type O blood, which is the most transfused blood type, and vital to helping patients in emergencies, has plummeted to under a two-day supply, the lowest level since May…
