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Minnesota Capitol will reopen Thursday

June 7, 2021

Jim Monk,

Minnesota State CapitolST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) – The Minnesota State Capitol will reopen to the public on Thursday, June 10. State officials say the Capitol will be open regular weekday hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Weekend hours will resume at a later date. The Minnesota Historical Society Information Desk on the Capitol’s First Floor will be open and…

“Treaty People Gathering” prepare for protest Monday in Northern Minnesota

More than 1000 Water Protectors and Indigenous Leaders for Treaty People are calling for the enbridge line 3 pipeline to be discontinued

June 6, 2021

KVRR Staff,

MENAHGA, Minn. (KVRR)- “Pipelines go straight and rivers don’t,” said Winona LaDuke. The line 3 pipeline is making headlines once again in Minnesota as water protectors are calling for it to be shut down. “Cause you know this is a 915,000 barrel a day Tarzan pipeline project. This is the largest tar sand pipeline project in the world and the…

UPDATE: Audubon convenience store robbery suspect turns himself in

June 4, 2021

KVRR Staff,

UPDATE: Twenty-six-year-old Alexander Butcher of Coon Rapids was arrested Friday afternoon after turning himself into the Becker County Sheriff’s Office. AUDUBON, Minn. (KVRR) – The Becker County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a robbery at a convenience store in Audubon. The robbery at Orton’s Cenex Convenience Store was reported shortly before 1:00 a.m. Tuesday. Investigators say a male suspect passed…

Reward offered for information on Audubon house fire

June 4, 2021

Site Staff,

AUDUBON, Minn. (KVRR) – The Audubon Fire Department is asking for your help for information on a house they say was purposely set on fire with people inside. It happened around eleven Tuesday night at 320 Eagle Street. Someone inside the home saw someone start it on fire and called 911. When crews arrived, they saw flames coming out of…

Watch: Deer makes surprise visit to Roseau Community School

June 4, 2021

Jim Monk,

ROSEAU, Minn. (KVRR) – There was a big surprise during the last day of classes at Roseau Community School. On Thursday, a deer made its way into the school by crashing through a window. Surveillance video shows the startled deer coming out of the nurse’s office and running down a hallway. The deer had a few cuts and scratches from…

Trial date set for man accused of vandalizing Moorhead mosque

June 4, 2021

Jim Monk,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – A July trial has been set for a Moorhead man accused of spray painting hate messages at the Moorhead Fargo Islamic Center. Twenty-two-year-old Benjamin Enderle is charged with felony harassment with bias and felony criminal damage to property. His trial is scheduled to begin July 20 in Clay County District Court in Moorhead. Court documents say…

Police alarmed as drug overdoses rise sharply in Fargo

June 3, 2021

Aaron Walling,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Police is hoping to bring awareness to helping reduce the number of overdose cases throughout the metro. Department officials say the number of overdoses in the area are climbing with the most common drug of choice being M 30 pills, oxycodone and Percocet with fentanyl. The department’s narcotics unit thoroughly investigates all overdose cases in…

LIVE: ShopND.com

Let's be honest, Amazon doesn't need our support. But they do.

June 3, 2021

Emily Welker,

Local business owners are primed to give Amazon Prime Day a run for its money. That’s after a new project called ShopND.com launches online. The project provides one-stop online shopping for consumers that showcases local, North-Dakota based small businesses, all in one marketplace. The idea came about with and is funded by the Covid relief Cares Act. The UND Small…

Pet Connection: Meet Bailey

It's a big Pet Connection this week, our biggest yet.

June 3, 2021

Emily Welker,

It’s a big job to build a new animal rescue. This one is bigger than most. Especially because the animals they rescue are the biggest we’ve had on the Morning Show so far. Bailey the palomino is our Pet Connection star of the week, from Happy Acres Rescue in Lakota, ND. Rescue founder Lesa Kadlec-Haase says Bailey is the absolute…

Recycling truck driver found dead in Audubon

June 2, 2021

Site Staff,

AUDUBON, Minn. (KVRR) – A 43 year old Foley, Minnesota man is found dead in a parking lot in Audobun. The Becker County Sheriff’s Office was sent to Team Industries around 2:00 Wednesday afternoon for a report of equipment touching a power line. When first responders got there, they found a Northern Metal recycling semi parked with the hydraulic bed…