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Feds to investigate Minneapolis Police

April 21, 2021

Jim Monk,

WASHINGTON – Attorney General Merrick Garland says the Justice Department is opening a sweeping investigation into policing practices in Minneapolis after the guilty verdict in George Floyd’s death. The announcement comes a day after former officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death last May, setting off a wave of relief but also sadness across…

Spirit of the Sandbagger Monument honors those who’ve helped Fargo during a crisis

"Spirit of the Sandbagger" represents all the people from different backgrounds uniting to protect communities from the floods.

April 20, 2021

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FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Fargo Lions Club introduces a new monument to give thanks to the helping hands who sandbagged the Red River throughout the years. “Spirit of the Sandbagger” represents all the people from different backgrounds uniting to protect communities from the floods. The monument will be displayed within Riverside Gardens near 2nd Street and 1st Avenue North…

Local defense attorney gives insight on Chauvin verdicts and possible appeal

April 20, 2021

Jim Monk,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A local defense attorney shares his insight on the verdicts in the Derek Chauvin trial. “I think the jury had a very difficult job this is only the second time in the history of Minnesota that a police officer has been convicted for taking somebody’s life while on duty, so it was an enormously difficult task…

LIVE COVERAGE: Chauvin guilty of all counts, could be imprisoned for decades

April 20, 2021

Jim Monk,

MINNEAPOLIS – Former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for pinning George Floyd to the pavement with his knee on the Black man’s neck in a case that touched off worldwide protests, violence and a furious reexamination of racism and policing in the U.S. Chauvin, 45, could be sent to prison for decades. The jury…

Biden praying for ‘right verdict’ in Chauvin trial

April 20, 2021

Jim Monk,

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he is “praying the verdict is the right verdict” in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin and that he believed the case, which has gone to the jury and put the nation on edge, to be “overwhelming.” Biden, ahead of a meeting with lawmakers in the Oval Office, told…

Sen. Klobuchar describes former VP Mondale as having ‘dignity, decency, civility’

Former VP Died Monday At 93

April 20, 2021

Site Staff,

MINNESOTA (KVRR) – One person close to Mondale was Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar. She shared why she feels he wasn’t just a successful politician, but a humble and noble man shortly after news broke of his passing Monday night. “What does Vice President Mondale mean to you? Because I know he’s counseled you a lot. What does he mean…

Chauvin Jury Grows Despite $27m Settlement To Floyd Family

Jury begins first full day of deliberations in Chauvin trial

April 20, 2021

Jim Monk,

(Court TV, via AP, Pool)MINNEAPOLIS – The jurors who sat quietly off-camera through three weeks of testimony in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial in George Floyd’s death moved into the spotlight, still out of sight but now in control of verdicts. The jury of six white people and six people who are Black or multiracial resumed deliberations Tuesday morning. They began…

Former Vice President and Senator Walter Mondale dies at 93

April 19, 2021

KVRR Staff,

Walter MondaleMINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9/AP) – Walter Mondale passed away in Minneapolis Monday at the age of 93, his family says. The Minnesotan’s long career in politics was highlighted by serving as Jimmy Carter’s Vice President. He also served as Minnesota’s Attorney General, U.S. Senator and the U.S. Ambassador to Japan. Mondale’s own try for the White House, in 1984, came…

Breaking News: Jury begins deliberating charges against Derek Chauvin

April 19, 2021

Jim Monk,

MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) – Following three weeks of testimony and several hours of closing arguments, the jury has begun deliberating in the Derek Chauvin trial. Closing arguments and jury instructions began Monday morning. Judge Peter Cahill told the jury to resist any urge to reach a verdict by bias, prejudice, sympathy or public opinion and to listen to different perspectives. The…

LIVE: Celebrate Earth Week with River Keepers

There's been a run on the free pizza and scavenger hunt ornaments.

April 19, 2021

Emily Welker,

What do you get when you combine an Earth Week scavenger hunt along Fargo’s beautiful riverfront with the promise of free pizza? A whole heck of a lot of takers, as it turns out. Conservation and outdoor recreation group River Keepers set the ornament challenge scavenger hunt from this past Saturday all the way through until May first. The best…