Minnesota News

LIVE: Last-Minute Push for Native Census

The consensus is the census is important. So stand up and be counted.

It’s a story we first brought you on the Morning Show a while back: the deadline is coming closer to getting your information in to the 2020 Census. And while it’s critical for everyone to stand up and be counted, it’s especially so for our Native communities. Tribal leaders are working hard to get everyone’s information collected, in part because…

LIVE: Making a Basket Case

We're making a case for baskets this morning, and here's how you can get on board.

We’re making a basket case this morning on KVRR Local News. And the United Way of Cass-Clay is hoping to help get you involved. Each year, there are more than 1,022 people in the community who find themselves homeless. Out of those, 23 percent are kids. And even when they get into housing, many of them don’t have what they…

Moorhead students encouraged to enter the 2020 Mayor for a Day essay contest

Students will have to handwrite their essays and have them postmarked by December 7.

MOORHEAD, Minn.–The City of Moorhead is encouraging fourth, fifth and sixth graders to enter the 2020 Mayor for a Day essay contest. Three winners will be chosen from all across Minnesota. The winners will be awarded $100 and will have their essays published in the League’s Minnesota Cities Magazine. The essay question is, “Cities provide a variety of services and programs…

Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber names new CEO

Full will begin her new role in December 2020.

MOORHEAD, Minn.–The Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber has named Shannon Full as its new president and CEO. Full will begin her new role in December 2020. According to the Chamber, Full has over 20 years of Chamber experience from four states. She is currently the president and CEO of TwinWest Chamber of Commerce in Plymouth, Minnesota. Sandi Piatz, chair of…

Menahga woman celebrates 100th birthday: “It feels great!”

Turning 100 years old is a milestone fewer than 1% of Americans get to pass, according to the 2010 Census

MENAHGA, Minn. — It’s a day not many get to see in their lifetimes. “I turned 100 today,” Lorraine Madsen of Menagha, Minnesota says with a smile. She may have just turned 100, but Lorraine says she doesn’t feel a day over 75. “It feels great. It feels great!” She adds, “I feel honored and special, and all my kids and…

COVID-19 Numbers for Sunday, October 11, 2020

Minnesota has 10 more COVID-19 deaths and 1,450 new positive cases. All of the deaths come from southern Minnesota in people 45 and older. Three lived in assisted living facilities, while seven lived in private residences. North Dakota records 3 more COVID-19 deaths and another 640 positive cases. The deaths include two men and a woman, all over 70 with…