Sanford Health Foundation FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – It’s been 60 years since Hibbing, Minn. native and Fargo Shanley High School graduate Roger Maris broke the MLB single-season home run record. The inaugural Roger Maris All-Star Week kicks off today, June 14th through June 19th at various locations throughout Fargo-Moorhead. Funds raised during Roger Maris All-Star Week will support Sanford Roger Maris…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Court of Appeals has affirmed key approvals by state regulators of Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project. A three-judge panel ruled 2-1 on Monday that the Public Utilities Commission correctly granted Enbridge the certificate of need and route permit that the Canadian-based company needs for the Minnesota segment. Enbridge wants to replace…
PARK RAPIDS, Minn. (KVRR) – Charges have been filed against a reporter who says he was arrested and strip-searched last week while covering the Line 3 protests in northern Minnesota. Court documents say Alan Weisman is charged in Hubbard County with gross misdemeanor trespassing on critical public services facilities. The complaint says Weisman “was identified as one of the individuals causing…
2020 was a year unlike any other for the Great Plains Food Bank. Virtually overnight, it seemed, they saw a 40% increase in need for help, brought on by layoffs and other pressures the pandemic brought to bear. That’s finally started to ease up, according the Food Bank’s Jared Slinde. Now, though, inflation is causing food prices to rise, across…
MINNEAPOLIS – Minneapolis Police say a woman was killed and another person was injured after being struck by a car during a protest in the city’s Uptown neighborhood. The suspect was pulled from his SUV by protesters after the 11:39 p.m. Sunday crash, was taken into custody and was being treated for injuries at a hospital. A witness says the SUV…
MOORHEAD, MN (KVRR)- In collaboration with each other, Nature of the North and FM Downtown Dogs is hosting a group dog walk for nature loving people and their pets. “We are a club for dogs and their humans it’s just a group dog walk at the MB Johnson park in Moorhead along the trails its normally about an hour long…
OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) – Eastbound Interstate 94 is down to one lane near Fergus Falls as crews repair the buckled road at mile marker 56. MNDOT expects work to be finished around 12:00 Saturday morning. Categories: Construction & Traffic Updates, Local News, Minnesota News Tags: I-94, INTERSTATE 94, minnesota, MNDOT
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A group of protesters in Fargo are calling on Wells Fargo to cut ties with Enbridge Energy and end the Line 3 replacement pipeline. They gathered at Island Park as they marched their way to the downtown Wells Fargo location to deliver a letter to the bank manager. It expresses their concerns on what they call the…
Rep. Ilhan OmarWASHINGTON (AP) – Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar tried edging away Thursday from a bitter fight with Jewish Democratic lawmakers who’d accused her of likening the U.S. and Israel to Hamas and Afghanistan’s Taliban, saying her remarks were “in no way equating terrorist organizations with democratic countries.” A three-sentence statement by the Minnesota Democrat also said her comments were…
NEW YORK – The Pulitzer Prizes awarded a special citation to the teen who filmed the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Darnella Frazier. The Star Tribune of Minneapolis won the breaking news award for its reporting following Floyd’s killing. The New York Times won the public service award Friday for its coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, while The…
