FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — It’s the second Scheels Arena Food Truck and Flea Market Festival of the summer and the F-M community treated themselves to goodies and sunshine. This is the first year Scheels Arena is hosting this festival and organizers say they plan to bring it back every month of the summer season. One of the more popular…
PARK RAPIDS, Minn. (FOX 9) – A handling mishap led to a bull getting loose and taking a stroll down Main Street in Park Rapids, Minnesota, on Thursday. “I was just at work. Heard the ‘moo’ and looked out the window. There was a cow! He was window shopping a few stores,” Hanna Buggert Markert said. Known for its parking down the…
MINNESOTA (FOX 9) – Employers hoping for an influx of summer workers in Minnesota have yet to see them, according to new data reporting that for the third month in a row Minnesota has the lowest unemployment rate ever recorded – falling to 1.8% in June. “It’s a great time to be a job-seeker and a hard time to be a business…
Agricultural producers in our region are under pressure like maybe ever before. It’s due in part to the food scarcity around the globe that’s leading to hunger here at home, and worldwide. And next week, farming leaders are gathering in Fargo to figure out how to handle it. Some of the same issues the average person is facing are hitting…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – A judge has sentenced former Minneapolis police Officer Thomas Lane to 2 1/2 years in prison on a federal civil rights charge for his role in the killing of George Floyd. U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson sentenced Lane on Thursday for his February conviction of depriving Floyd of medical care as he lay dying under…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Calling it a game changer for Minnesotans and Canadians, Sen. Amy Klobuchar announcing the return of the Remote Area Border Crossing Program. That allows U.S. travelers to enter Canada by water or ice, rather than land or air ports of entry. Klobuchar says it will help boost tourism and access to homes and businesses on both…
HUBBARD CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A Park Rapids, Minnesota man is arrested for DWI after hitting a teen walking on the shoulder of 170th Street in Henrietta Township earlier this month. Hubbard County Sheriff’s Office got a report of the hit-and-run on July 7. They say 18-year-old Isabelle Croskrey of Park Rapids was walking with her sister around 9:40 that…
WADENA CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A Verndale, Minnesota man is dead after being run over by a tractor and baler he was working on. Wadena County Sheriff’s Office says 63-year-old Raphael Kern was between the tractor and baler Tuesday morning around 11:30. It had broken down the day before and was left in gear. While working on the tractor, it…
BELTRAMI CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office says the body of 21-year-old Logan Roy has been found about three-quarters of a mile from his home, 30 miles north of Bemidji. The body was found around 8:30 Wednesday morning while deputies were doing a search. Roy was a vulnerable adult who set off an alert by the county when…
MINNESOTA (FOX 9) – The opportunity for Minnesota workers to receive a “frontline worker bonus check” closes Friday at 5 p.m., but those who have been denied for the benefit will have a window to appeal beyond that. Workers who believe they are eligible for a bonus check are currently able to submit an application for one before the Friday deadline. The size…
