Minnesota News

Reward offered for information on Audubon house fire

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…

Trial date set for man accused of vandalizing Moorhead mosque

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

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.

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.

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

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…

Groundbreaking for new Moorhead High School

The construction project is taking place on the current property of the high school.

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Moorhead Area Public Schools is breaking ground on a new high school. The construction project is taking place on the current property of the high school. The new high school will be built in two phases over four years. The first phase is expected to be completed by 2023. The second phase by 2025. The building…

Prosecutors want more time for federal trial in Floyd death

Derek ChauvinMINNEAPOLIS – Prosecutors are asking a judge for more time to prepare for the federal trial of four former police officers facing civil rights charges in George Floyd’s death. They’re calling the case unusual and complex due in part to the sheer volume of evidence. Last month, a federal grand jury indicted Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and…