MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Clay County Sheriff Mark Empting has released the names of the drivers in an Oct. 14 crash involving a school bus and a pickup north of Moorhead. Four students and the driver of the pickup, 30-year-old Joel Shipley, of Fargo were injured. Sixty-one-year-old Todd Kappes, of Ada was the driver of the school bus. Empting says…
Ace BrandtFARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – The owner of the Fargo Force Hockey team has died. Ace Brandt died after a long battle with brain cancer. An obituary notice says Brandt was surrounded by family when he died Saturday morning at the age of 60. Brandt developed Urban Plains development near Scheel’s Arena and was also involved in a number of other…
Bishop Andrew CozzensCROOKSTON, Minn. (KVRR) – The Diocese of Crookston has a new bishop. Pope Francis has appointed the Most Rev. Andrew Cozzens of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis as the 8th bishop of the Diocese of Crookston. “I am humbled and honored to be asked by the Holy Father to be the next Shepherd of the Diocese…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Concordia’s 2021 Honor String Orchestra Concert is held at the Memorial Auditorium. The group invited world-renowned guest conductor, Dr. Carolyn Watson, to help run the concert. The Honor Strings Orchestra also nominated over 40 high school students from 6 different states to participate in this joint concert. After 2 years of not being able to play…
Willow River/Honor the EarthMINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Enbridge has failed to meet a deadline set by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources for cleaning up a site where an aquifer ruptured during construction of the Line 3 oil pipeline. The DNR had given the company until Friday to repair the damage to the artesian aquifer near Clearbrook. Regulators will require compensation…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Police in Moorhead are investigating a death on the railroad tracks in Memorial Park in north Moorhead. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad employees reported a possible medical emergency on the tracks around 11:45 this morning. Police and firefighters arrived to find an adult female was dead. The train blocked downtown traffic for about an hour while…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Hope Inc.’s 10th Annual Fashion Show runway was filled with models of all ages, dressed to impress. Models ranging in ages 3 to 65 years old showcased the latest fashion, center stage at the Hope Inc. Fashion Show in Moorhead. “We had over 60 kids and adults come and strut their stuff on stage and have…
People in creative costumes gathered at Sunset Lanes in Moorhead to participate in a ‘Bowling for Veterans Spooky Bowling Tournament’ and to raise money for a good cause. The funds raised at the tournament go directly to helping send area veterans to Washington, D.C. to visit monuments raised in their honor. The tournament had open bowl and team bowling; $1…
CROOKSTON, Minn. (KVRR) — A 32-year-old woman was taken to the hospital Friday evening after getting hit by a beet truck at American Crystal in Crookston, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities say the driver, Mike Severson of Grand Forks, was trying to turn around and had backed into the piler. The woman, Barbara Velasquez of Perris, California,…
WADENA, Minn. (FOX 9) — Authorities are investigating a crash that left seven horses dead Saturday morning near Wadena, Minnesota. According to the state patrol, at about 7 a.m., a cargo truck struck and killed seven horses that were on Highway 29 near Wadena. The driver was not injured. Authorities said the horses belonged to an Amish community. The crash…
