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Some MN businesses can reopen Monday, distance learning continues for rest of school year

April 23, 2020

Site Staff,

SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Gov. Tim Walz announces some businesses can reopen Monday and schools will continue distance learning for the rest of the school year. Industrial and manufacturing businesses like wholesale trade, warehouses can welcome back workers. Office-based businesses that aren’t customer-faced will also be open for business. This affects up to 100,000 workers and 20,000 businesses. In order…

WATCH LIVE: Gov. Walz Expected to Close Schools for Remainder of Academic Year

The announcement is expected to come during a news conference at 2 p.m.

April 23, 2020

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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn–Gov. Tim Walz is expected to announce that Minnesota schools will remain closed for the rest of the academic year on Thursday. Walz closed public schools in March and has repeatedly said it was “unlikely” they were reopen. The announcement is expected to come during a news conference at 2 p.m. KVRR will livestream the conference here. Categories: Coronavirus,…

Suspects Allegedly Obstructed Avery Murder Investigation

If convicted, Erno and Payne could be sentenced to 20 years in prison

April 23, 2020

KVRR Staff,

MOORHEAD, Minn.–Court documents are describing the alleged roles of two people who are accused of being accomplices in the murder of Dystynee Avery in Moorhead. Twenty-six-year-old Andrea Payne and 22-year-old David Erno are each charged with aiding an offender after the fact. Prosecutors say 27-year-old Ethan Broad, who is charged with second-degree murder without intent, told Payne that he hit…

Minnesota Reports Most COVID-19 Deaths in a Single Day

The death toll has reached 200.

April 23, 2020

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ST. PAUL, Minn.–The Minnesota Department of Health reports 21 new deaths related to COVID-19 on Thursday. The spike marks the highest number of deaths in a single day for the state, bringing the death toll to 200. This is the second straight day Minnesota has set a new daily high for deaths. The state reported 19 new deaths on Wednesday….

Human Remains Recovered from Clay County Landfill

The remains have been sent to the Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office.

April 22, 2020

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Dystynee AveryCLAY COUNTY, Minn.–Human remains believed to be Dystynee Avery were recovered from the Clay County Landfill Wednesday afternoon. The remains have been sent to the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office for examination. The Moorhead Police Department was assisted by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, Valley Water Rescue and the Clay County Solid Wast Management…

Minnesota will be able to test 20,000 per day for COVID-19, Gov. Walz announces

April 22, 2020

Site Staff,

SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Gov. Tim Walz announces the state has built the capacity to test as many as 20-thousand Minnesotans per day for the Coronavirus. It’s all part of a partnership between the health department, Mayo Clinic and the University of Minnesota. Walz says the collaboration will help assure every person with symptoms gets tested. Funding for the increase…

Police investigating shooting at Moorhead apartment complex

April 22, 2020

KVRR Staff,

MOORHEAD, Minn. – A witness says three people drove off after a shooting at a Moorhead apartment complex. It happened around noon Wednesday on the 1300 block of 19 1/2 Street South. She says she say a car pull in the parking lot behind another when two men and a woman started shouting. They started fighting, guns were taken out…

WATCH LIVE: Governor Walz, Mayo, U of M Announce COVID-19 Testing Breakthrough

April 22, 2020

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ST. PAUL, Minn.–Governor Tim Walz and representatives from the Mayo Clinic and the University of Minnesota are announcing a breakthrough for rapid, widespread testing of COVID-19 in Minnesota. The new statewide testing strategy will assure that every person in the State with symptoms of COVID-19 will get tested. The partnership is funded in part by $36 million from the COVID-19…

LIVE: Virtual Spay and Neuter Party

Since your pets keep jumping into your Zoom meetings already anyway.

April 22, 2020

Emily Welker,

Pets have been called some of the only beneficiaries of the need for social distancing, because when you stay home from work all day, you’re staying with them. And now, they can lend a paw to other pets and pet parents to raise funds for spay and neuter awareness. The Spayghetti and No-Balls lunch is one of Homeward Animal Shelter’s…

Two Additional Arrests Made in Avery Homicide Investigation

The investigation is ongoing.

April 22, 2020

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Andrea PayneMOORHEAD, Minn.–The Moorhead Police Department says two more people have been arrested in connection with the murder of Dystynee Avery. Twenty-two-year-old David Erno and 26-year-old Andrea Payne both of Moorhead were arrested Tuesday evening on accessory to murder charges. The investigation is ongoing and no more information is being released at this time. Moorhead Police are working with the…