Minnesota News

Breckenridge Police Say Teen Who Ran Away From School Found Safe

UPDATE OCT. 1, 2002 — FOUND – The juvenile runaway has been found and is safe.   **ORIGINAL STORY BELOW** BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. — Police in Breckenridge are looking for a teen that they say is a runaway. Police say 13-year-old Maksim England left school in Breckenridge Tuesday morning around 11:45 and hasn’t been seen since. Maksim is 5’7″ tall, about…

U.S. Senate Candidate Loses Argument Over COVID-19

.@LewisForMN sued @GovTimWalz’s Administration in May arguing his #Covid19 restrictions on public gatherings violated Lewis’ constitutional rights to campaign. I asked him if that decision was selfish. #MNSen pic.twitter.com/CACa8N1yff — Austin Erickson (@AEricksonKVRR) September 4, 2020 ST. PAUL, Minn. — A federal judge dismisses a challenge by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jason Lewis to Minnesota’s coronavirus restrictions. Judge Donovan Frank…

Woman Killed While Walking On Highway 34 Identified

OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. — Minnesota State Patrol has released the name of a Wadena woman who died after she was hit by a car early Tuesday morning. They say 27-year-old Amber Gorentz was walking on Highway 34 when she was hit shortly before 2 a.m. west of Dunvilla. The patrol hasn’t said why Gorentz was on the highway. Categories:…

Body of missing Itasca County man found near Lake Pokegama

UPDATE: The Itasca County Sheriff’s Office has cancelled the missing person’s alert regarding Jeremiah Uti. Uit’s body was found along the shorline of Lake Pokegama. Authorities thanked everyone who assisted in the search for Uti.   ITASCA CO., Minn. — Itasca County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s help in locating 29 year old Jeremiah Uti. He was last seen…

LIVE: Make Yourself Count(ed) at the 2020 Census and Native Vote Initiative

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The 2020 Census is one of our last chances to make sure programs we rely on in North Dakota and Minnesota get enough funding. Everything from roads to schools gets money from the federal government to help keep them running. So if our numbers are under-counted, we all wind up losing out in the long run. And it might surprise…

Suspect who shot at St. Paul officers fatally shot by police in St. Cloud

Fox9.comST. CLOUD, Minn. (FOX 9) – The man suspected of shooting at St. Paul police officers Monday night has been shot and killed by police after an encounter in a parking lot in St. Cloud, according to St. Cloud police. St. Cloud police were assisting the St. Paul Police Department and the ATF with finding the suspect who exchanged gunfire with police Monday on the 900…

Moorhead community asked to submit nominations for Human Rights Awards

All nominations are due by November 4.

MOORHEAD, Minn.–The Moorhead Human Rights Commission is asking the community for nominations for the 2020 Human Rights Awards. Nominations can be for an individual or organization that makes contributions in the areas of workplace, education, civic/community, non-profit or youth service. All nominations are due by November 4. Award recipients will be recognized on December 14. Anyone with questions can contact…

Coats for Kids & Families Will Be Handed Out By Appointment

you can also register for Thanksgiving and Christmas Food Boxes.

FARGO, N.D. — The Salvation Army is distributing free winter apparel, but it will look different this year. There will not be a large “Coats for Kids and Families” distribution event due to the ongoing pandemic. Clothing will be given out by appointment only from October 1st through the 30th. When you call to set up a time, you can…

Three Day COVID-19 Testing Event Starts at Moorhead Armory

Moorhead tries to get ahead of the recent spike in Minnesota COVID cases and holds free test for the public.

MOORHEAD, Minn. – Three days of free COVID-19 testing is underway at the Moorhead Armory. Health officials want to get more people in the area tested for the virus. By noon Tuesday, they had already had 80 people stop by to get tested. Minnesota Department of Public Health is hoping they can test more young people before they get the…

Detroit Lakes High School evacuated after gas leak

DETROIT LAKES, MN — Students and staff at Detroit Lakes High School were evacuated from the building around 9:20 this morning after construction crews hit a gas line on the east side of the building. Principal Darren Wolf in an email to parents said “We were notified by our construction manager of the leak, we had the students evacuated and…