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Elon Musk is leaving the Trump administration after leading effort to slash federal government

FILE – Elon Musk flashes his T-shirt that reads “DOGE” to the media as he walks on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy. His departure, announced…

Acting U.S. Attorney on human smugglers: “What they cared about was money”

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR/AP) — The convicted ringleader of an international human smuggling plot and one of his drivers is sentenced in federal court in Fergus Falls. Harshkumar Patel was sentenced to 10 years in prison and Steve Shand to 6 1/2 years. The two men were tried and convicted on four counts apiece last November. Their sentencing comes more…

Two people injured in motorcycle crash in Becker County

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — The Becker County Sheriff’s Office has reported a motorcycle crash leading to life-threatening injuries. According to the sheriff’s office, they received a report of a single motorcycle crash on County Road 56, east of County Road 117 with two people injured. When emergency personnel arrived on scene, they found the driver, identified as 26-year-old Jacob Jerome…

Signing ceremony for $365 million Talon Metals facility in Beulah, N.D.

BEULAH, N.D. (KVRR) — A signing ceremony is held to celebrate Talon Metals securing a site for its proposed Beulah Minerals Processing Facility. It’s on the former Westmoreland Mining coal mine near Beulah, about an hour northwest of Bismarck. The facility will process high-grade nickel and copper ore from the Tamarack mine in Minnesota and other sources to produce minerals…

Convicted head of human smuggling plot gets 10 years after Indian family dies on US-Canada border

(UPDATE 4PM) Steve Anthony Shand, got 6 1/2 years Wednesday with two years’ supervised release. FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) — More than three years after a family of four from India froze to death while trying to enter the U.S. along a remote stretch of the Canadian border in a blizzard, the alleged ringleader of an international human smuggling plot was sentenced…

LIVE: Saying Yeh for Food

FARGO — Downtown’s Rosewild restaurant is saying “Yeh” for food this week. That’s where Food Network and northern valley phenom Molly Yeh’s launching her latest cookbook. It’s a meet and greet and signing, with a dinner featuring recipes from her new book, “Sweet Farm.” The three courses are a collaboration between Yeh and the culinary team at Rosewild. The dessert…

Business steady two days after opening of Moorhead’s first recreational cannabis dispensary

Customers wait outside Waabigwan Mashkiki cannabis dispensary in Moorhead. Monday, May 26, 2025.MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Two days after the official opening of the Waabigwan Mashkiki marijuana dispensary in Moorhead, customers are steadily flocking to the store to buy recreational marijuana. Customers can buy marijuana flower in either jars or bags, or they can by buy it pre-rolled and ready…