ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Pollution Control Commissioner Laura Bishop resigns after being notified from Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka that the Republican-led Senate refuses to confirm her appointment. Deputy Commissioner Peter Tester will serve as the agency’s temporary commissioner. Republicans scheduled confirmation votes on four of Gov. Tim Walz’ commissioners over two days this week before they end the…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Foresters and landowners are concerned that a disease that kills oak trees is spreading farther north in Minnesota. Oak wilt was been around for decades and has been confirmed in 40 Minnesota counties, but the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is now finding cases farther north than ever before. The disease was recently discovered in Crow…
CASS LAKE, Minn. – Cass County sheriff’s officials say one person has died after being struck by gunfire at an outdoor house party. A drive-by shooting happened at a residence in Cass Lake shortly before 3 a.m. Monday. Deputies arrived to find a 34-year-old local man had been hit by gunfire while he was in a yard at the party….
OLIVIA, Minn. – Friends and family have identified the man who was fatally shot by a police officer over the weekend in western Minnesota. A cousin, Jessica Laro, identified him as 32-year-old Ricardo Torres Jr. He was shot in alley about 2 a.m. Sunday in Olivia. Officials say Torres was armed and confronted a police officer. Laro says Torres would…
MINNEAPOLIS – An officer in Olivia, Minnesota shot and killed a person the police department said was armed during an “altercation” in an alley early Sunday morning. According to the department, the “armed individual” confronted the officer. The person was taken to a nearby hospital but died there. The department did not identify the officer or the person who was…
RED LAKE CO., Minn. — A Grand Forks Air Force Base airman has drowned in the Red Lake River near Red Lake Falls. Red Lake County Sheriff’s Office identified the man as 24-year-old Nestor Chua Jr. of Grand Forks. He was originally from Anchorage, Alaska. Authorities were called to the river around 2:30 Saturday afternoon for a possible drowning. Boats…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — (UPDATE 8:00 pm) — A suspect is in custody after shots were fired in Moorhead. A police spokesman tells KVRR News that an officer was investigating a suspicious person in the 2500 block of 4th Avenue North around 3 Sunday afternoon when a foot chase started and shots were fired. A witness in the area tells us…
MINNEAPOLIS – The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with an Amish group in Minnesota that’s fighting efforts to compel them to install septic systems. The case pits families with the traditionalist Swartzentruber Amish in southeastern Minnesota against Fillmore County. Minnesota courts have sided with the county, but the Supreme Court sent the case back to the Minnesota Court of Appeals…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – A Moorhead man perhaps best known for performing the National Anthem at major sporting events across the nation is running for Congress. Mark J. Lindquist says he plans to seek the Democratic nomination to represent Minnesota’s 7th District in the U.S. House. Lindquist was born in Seoul, Korea. The author and motivational speaker says he spent…
Mayo ClinicROCHESTER, Minn. – Mayo Clinic faces lawsuits from three female patients who say a former surgery resident viewed nude photographs of them in their medical records. The lawsuits claim 28-year-old Ahmad Alsughayer had no reason to go into the patients’ files. Alsughayer allegedly viewed records of more than 1,600 patients. He was charged in April with one count of…
