EDEN VALLEY, Minn. (KVRR) — A man is dead after a shootout with officers early Saturday in central Minnesota near St. Cloud. Eden Valley police tried to stop 34-year-old Stephen Poissant of Brainerd for a traffic offense around 2 a.m. He fled before hitting the ditch. Minnesota BCA says Poissant got out of his vehicle and exchanged gunfire with deputies…
Moorhead MN– MSUM Dragons complete the Senior night sweep on Saturday. Women’s Dragon:83 Beavers:63 Final Men’s Dragons:83 Beavers:77 Final Categories: College, Minnesota News, Moorhead, Top Sports Headlines Tags: MSUM Dragons Basketball, MSUM Men’s Basketball, MSUM Women’s Basketball
MINNESOTA (KVRR) – Minnesota frontline workers and Democrats call for immediate action in the legislature to deliver a $1 billion package giving them a pandemic bonus. The plan gives 667,000 health care, nursing home, maintenance, child care, and education workers $1,500 bonuses. To qualify, someone must have worked at least 120 hours between March 15th, 2020, and June 30th of…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – The Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Minnesota State Patrol have reopened all state and federal highways in west central Minnesota, except Interstate 94 from Moorhead to Fergus Falls. I-94 remains closed due to multiple vehicles blocking the highway. Crashes must be cleared before the road can reopen. Sgt. Jesse Grabow said earlier Friday, dozens of…
U.S. soldiers arrive in Poland (Fox News)WASHINGTON (AP) – A senior defense official says President Joe Biden has approved the deployment of 3,000 more U.S. troops to Poland. They will join 1,700 other members of the 82nd Airborne Division who have been heading to Poland in recent days. Combined, the 4,700 soldiers comprise an infantry brigade intended to reassure fellow…
EMERSON, Manitoba (KVRR) – Protesters continued to maintain a border blockade at the Emerson Port of Entry, just north of Pembina, N.D. Friday. Winnipeg Alternative Media reported that the number of participants appeared to be down because a winter storm was moving through the area. The protesters were sheltering from the storm in RV’s and campers. The demonstrators are opposed to…
MAPLE GROVE, Minn. – Great River Energy’s cooperatives have once again approved the sale of the company’s Coal Creek power plant in North Dakota and an accompanying power line, despite opposition from its largest member. The sale of Coal Creek, near Underwood, North Dakota, was initially approved last June with 27 member co-ops voting in favor and Connexus Energy, of…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The CIA has a secret, undisclosed data repository that includes information collected about Americans, two Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee said. While neither the agency nor lawmakers would disclose specifics about the data, the senators alleged the CIA had long hidden details about the program from the public and Congress. Sens. Ron Wyden of Oregon and…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — This spring, veterans on the Honor Flight are going back to Washington D.C. for their first visit since 2019. The American Legion in Moorhead hosts an Honor Flight event as part of Giving Heart’s Day to raise money so more veterans can attend. The Honor Flight takes veterans to the nation’s capitol to see memorials built…
BILLINGS, Mont. – A judge has restored federal protections for gray wolves across much of the U.S. after they were removed in the waning days of the Trump administration. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White said in Thursday’s ruling that the Fish and Wildlife Service failed to show wolf populations could be sustained in the Midwest and portions of the West…
