WHEATON, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – Two men from Wheaton are thankful that Chad Schmidt was fishing nearby when the pickup they were in sank close to an ice heave on Lake Traverse Monday afternoon. Schmidt, of Dumont, who was in his fish house, saw the pickup sinking when he looked out the window. He grabbed a tow strap from his pickup…
UPDATE: The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says 57-year-old Terry Gaarsland died in a fire Sunday in Miltona. Authorities say they are not the homeowner. MILTONA, Minn. (KVRR) – Authorities are investigating after a person was found dead in a house fire early this morning in Miltona, Minnesota. According to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, dispatch received two 911 calls…
WASHINGTON (KVRR) – Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar will help lead a Senate hearing on the siege of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 on Tuesday. The meeting will be a joint hearing with the Rules and Homeland Security committees. The acting chief and former chief of the U.S. Capitol Police and former House and Senate Sergeant at Arms are expected…
MINNEAPOLIS – Dominion Voting Systems has filed a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit against the founder of Minnesota-based MyPillow. The lawsuit alleges Mike Lindell falsely accused Dominion of rigging the presidential election. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in the District of Columbia Monday. It alleges Lindell ignored repeated warnings from Dominion. The voting technology company has filed similar lawsuits…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – An Otter Tail County deputy has been charged with misconduct and driving under the influence of fentanyl in connection to a high-speed chase that ended in a deadly crash in Fergus Falls last October. Deputy Kelly Backman was in pursuit of a minivan driven by a man in a drug investigation when the van slammed…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) – Collin Peterson spent 30 years representing Minnesota’s 7th District as a member of Congress, most recently, as Chairman of the influential House Agriculture Committee. Peterson, who was the last Democrat to represent a rural district in the House, says he worked hard to ensure that the Agriculture Committee remained bi-partisan. But he says with new…
MAHNOMEN CO., Minn. — Mahnomen County is vaccinating at rates that far surpass most other counties in Minnesota. Minnesota Public Radio News reports that as of this past week, 85 percent of people 65 and older in the county have been vaccinated. Public health leaders at White Earth Nation and Mahnomen County credit that high vaccination rate to close collaboration…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — A Moorhead woman is in custody for hitting a pedestrian with her vehicle just before 6 pm resulting in a number of calls to dispatch. Police tell us 30-year-old Abby McKenna fled the scene in the 1700 block of 41st Avenue South but was found a short distance away. The pedestrian was taken to Sanford Medical Center…
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Bloomington, Minnesota-based Toro is recalling close to 6,700 snowblowers due to an amputation hazard. There have been reports of the auger continuing to spin even after the control lever is deactivated. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is asking anyone who owns a 2021 Toro Power Max 826 snowblower to stop using the machine. They should contact their…
CLAY CO., Minn. — Stop sticks are used to end a high-speed chase in Clay County. A deputy tried to stop 19-year-old Braden Muck of Fargo near Kragnes just after midnight but he took off. The chase hit speeds of 100 miles per hour before the stop sticks were used and Muck’s vehicle got stuck in a ditch. He was…
