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Community lunch helps bring neighbors together

Proceeds form pay what you can meal go towards serving more people throughout the community.

September 28, 2021

Aaron Walling,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A local lunch is helping bring people together and give back to the community. Resilient Moorhead is partnering with Heart-N-Soul Community Café and Moorhead Public Housing Agency to bring neighbors together for a freshly cooked meal. The pay what you can meal includes a freshly made soup and squash dessert. The meal was made with fresh…

School board meeting over mask mandate gets physical

September 28, 2021

Jim Monk,

CHASKA, Minn. (AP) – Tensions at a suburban Twin Cities school board meeting over a new mask mandate escalated to a physical scuffle. The Eastern Carver County Schools announced Monday that all students would need to wear a mask through at least the middle of next month because of a rise in coronavirus cases. At a meeting Monday night in…

Minnesota expands eligibility for home heating aid program

September 28, 2021

Jim Monk,

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota is expanding the number of households that qualify for its Energy Assistance Program. The changes announced by the Department of Commerce make over 600,000 Minnesota households income-eligible for the program. During the previous program year, which ends Friday, about 116,000 Minnesota households applied and qualified. The Energy Assistance Program helps households pay for current and…

Police chase involving vehicle stolen in Fargo ends in Duluth

September 27, 2021

Jim Monk,

DULUTH, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – A Duluth man is accused of leading police on a chase Monday morning in vehicle that was reported stolen several days earlier in Fargo. A sheriff’s deputy saw a pickup speeding and driving recklessly in Duluth’s Canal Park Monday morning, but the driver refused to stop. The chase ended when the deputy used a PIT maneuver…

Investigation continues into deadly Amtrak Empire Builder derailment

September 27, 2021

KVRR Staff,

Amtrak derailment. Sept. 25, 2021JOPLIN, Mont. (AP) – Federal investigators examined overturned rail cars and a stretch of tracks Monday as they worked to figure out why an Amtrak train derailed in rural Montana over the weekend, killing three people. The westbound Empire Builder was traveling from Chicago to Seattle when it left the tracks Saturday afternoon near Joplin, a…

UPDATE: Names Released of Two Dead In Head-On Crash South of Fargo

September 26, 2021

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. — Two people are dead after an early morning head-on crash on I-29 near Fargo. Just after one Sunday morning, an SUV was southbound on I-29 and a truck was northbound about 7 miles south of Fargo near mile marker 53. The area is currently under road construction and I-29 was head-to-head traffic. The truck crossed the center…

Man found dead following rollover crash in Douglas County

September 25, 2021

Site Staff,

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) – A 39-year-old Glenwood, Minnesota man was found dead Friday afternoon on County Road 6 near Mums Road in Douglas County. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says an initial investigation shows Dennis Hovde was driving a commercial vehicle when he left the road, entered a ditch and rolled over. He was pronounced dead at the scene….

Health experts and Fargo-Moorhead officials urge COVID-19 vaccinations

"This is reaching a new level. It's affecting the children in our community. It's time, so with all do respect we ask for your consideration."

September 24, 2021

Aaron Walling,

FARGO-MOORHEAD (KVRR) — City leaders and health experts are urging people to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, officials are placing an urgent call as they say cases are beginning to overwhelm hospital resources. “We don’t usually reach out to the public unless we think there’s a serious issue here. Our people are…

Group calls for updated hate crime laws following ‘horrific attack’ on 11-year-old girl

September 24, 2021

Jim Monk,

WASHINGTON (KVRR) – The nation’s largest Muslim civil rights organization is calling for new hate crime laws in North Dakota following reports that an 11-year-old girl was assaulted this week in Fargo. “This horrific attack and the failure to prosecute it as a hate crime points to the need for clear legislation to deal with bias-motivated crimes in North Dakota”…

Moorhead’s Horizon Middle School among growing number of Minnesota schools with COVID-19 outbreaks

September 24, 2021

Jim Monk,

St. Paul, Minn. (KVRR) – The Minnesota Dept. of Health says Horizon Middle School in Moorhead is one of at least 94 Minnesota schools with an outbreak of at least five cases of COVID-19. Last week, just 26 schools reported outbreaks. Other schools in the region with at least five COVID-19 cases include Lake of the Woods Elementary in Baudette,…