MINNEAPOLIS – Derek Chauvin’s murder trial was the first Minnesota criminal trial to be broadcast live on television. It won’t be the last. Some in the Minnesota legal system were apprehensive about allowing the live broadcast of Chauvin’s trial over the killing of George Floyd, but the video feed had no major problems and bolstered the public’s understanding of the…
(CNN) Federal prosecutors are moving forward with plans to charge Derek Chauvin and three other former Minneapolis police officers with federal civil rights violations, according to two local media reports in Minnesota. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, citing a source, and KSTP-TV, citing sources with knowledge of the investigation, say the Justice Department intends to ask a grand jury to indict Chauvin,…
VIRGINIA, Minn. – A five-year-old boy is dead after falling into an abandoned mine pit in northern Minnesota’s Iron Range. Police and first responders from Virginia were sent to the Rouchleau pit late Wednesday. Authorities said the boy fell nearly 70 feet. The Virginia Police Department says the incident is under investigation but appears to be an accident. Categories: Local…
MADISON, Wisc. – Some Midwestern farmers are suing the federal government alleging they’re ineligible for a COVID-19 stimulus loan forgiveness program because they’re White. The farmers are from Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Ohio. They argue that the Biden administration’s stimulus plan provides loan forgiveness to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, defined as as Black, American Indian, Hispanic or…
This time of year there’s something about the weather that just energizes you. And getting outside to enjoy it is much better with an animal friend. So this week, we’re bringing you a critter who’s got just as much spunk, sparkle and sweetness as the wonderful spring weather. Not to mention, she’s just as pretty. Nyx is a five-year-old terrier…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Charges have been filed against a Moorhead man in connection to recent vandalism at a Moorhead mosque. Twenty-two-year-old Benjamin Enderle is charged with felony harassment with bias and felony criminal damage to property. Enderle is accused of spray painting hate messages at the Moorhead Fargo Islamic Center. “Death to Islam” and “Go to Hell” were among…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Leaders from the Northern Plains United Labor Council are speaking out about the fight for safer jobs on this Workers’ Memorial Day. Eighteen names accompanied by flowers sat side-by-side inside the Fargo-Moorhead Labor Temple Wednesday afternoon. They’re North Dakota workers who were killed on the job last year, two of which had contracted the coronavirus. “I’m…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Twenty-two-year-old Benjamin Enderle sits in a Clay County jail tonight, accused of vandalizing a Moorhead Mosque. His arrest is being credited to a Walmart store employee. “An investigator came out when the mosque had video ready for us and we started working on the case,” Moorhead Police Chief Shannon Monroe said. Monroe recounts how a Walmart…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – A local nonprofit is hoping to open a whole new world for people with mobility challenges in Grand Forks. For the first time ever, HOPE Inc. is hosting a sled hockey fundraiser at the ICON Sports Center on Saturday, May 1st. The “Hockey for Hope” event is from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eighteen teams…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Another local restaurant will be in the TV spotlight this weekend. Rustica Eatery & Tavern posted to Facebook that it will be featured on Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” this Friday at 8 p.m. The Moorhead restaurant is one of many in the metro that have recently made it on the hit show. The show’s…
