WASHINGTON, D.C. — (AP) State capitols across the country are under heightened security after the siege of the U.S. Capitol last week. The FBI has warned of plans for armed protests at all 50 state capitols and in Washington, D.C., ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. State capitols were reinforced with extra police officers and National Guard units Monday as…
DILWORTH, Minn. – Minnesota restaurants and bars are trying to return to some sense of normal after pandemic restrictions were loosened by the governor. The crew at Red Hen Taphouse in Dilworth is finally back after seven weeks of being laid off. It was able to keep all of its pre-covid crew. The operators believe it was important that when…
MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) – A Hatton, N.D. native who became one of the top radio personalities in the nation is calling it a career. After 32 years, Dave Lee is stepping away from the microphone at WCCO Radio in Minneapolis. Before he made his move to major market radio, Lee spent about 10 years at KFGO in Fargo, where he was…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Gov. Tim Walz is criticizing Minnesota Republican leaders for refusing to clearly say the presidential election was free and fair. The Democratic governor also disclosed that troopers had to take his 14-year-old son to safety last Wednesday during a “Storm the Capitol” protest in St. Paul, which later shifted to the governor’s residence. That rally coincided…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Beginning today (Jan. 11) Minnesota bars and restaurants may resume indoor service with limits, as COVID-19 cases have been declining. The eased restrictions returns bars and restaurants about to where they were before Gov. Tim Walz imposed a ban on restaurant dining in response to soaring cases in November. Indoor service can resume at 50% capacity…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) — WE Fest has announced 2021’s Headliners. The festival will open with Florida Georgia Line on Thursday, August 5. Dierks Bentley will perform Friday, August 6 and Blake Shelton on Saturday, August 7. Three-day festival tickets will be available for purchase beginning Friday, January 15 at 10am CST. August 5 – 7, 2021 will mark the…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The death toll is now at three after a crash in Grand Forks involving a driver who police believe was involved in an earlier hit and run in East Grand Forks. Police say the driver behind the wheel, 21-year-old Jenessa Kelley of Crookston, was pronounced dead at Altru Hospital. Witnesses tell police that Kelley was driving…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — A man is being treated for self-inflicted wounds at Sanford after stabbing a woman in south Moorhead. Police responded to an apartment at 1202 34th Avenue South around 2:30 Sunday afternoon and found the woman with life-threatening stab wounds. She was taken to Essentia in Fargo. Police are not identifying the woman or male suspect at this…
MINNESOTA — The Minnesota Department of Health announced the new variant strain of COVID-19 first detected in the United Kingdom was positively identified in five people of four different counties in the Twin Cities metro area. Four of the cases were identified through the MDH Public Health Laboratory, and one was identified through the CDC. The results were confirmed on…
MOORHEAD, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz loosens COVID-19 restrictions that will go into effect on January 11th, including indoor dining. “For us it does feel like a grand reopening, we’re excited to see our people, we’re in this business for the people,” Bartender & Server at Legends Sports Bar & Grill Baylee Engquist said. Starting Monday, bars and restaurants in…
