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Working groups take Memorial Day Weekend off, will return Tuesday in St. Paul

May 25, 2025

TJ Nelson,

St. Paul / Friday, May 23ST. PAUL (KVRR) –Working groups at the capitol in St. Paul are off this holiday weekend and will return on Tuesday to push through the final budget bills. “Mr. Chairman we will not be meeting over the weekend. Um, we will meet again on Tuesday and we’ll let you know when,” Sen. Ann Rest, a…

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Swenson No Longer Employed by Moorhead Police Department

A media release says that his last date of employment was Friday, May 23, 2025.

May 23, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

MOORHEAD, MN – The Moorhead Police Department has issued a statement saying that former Captain Deric Swenson is no longer under their employment. Swenson was serving as acting Deputy Chief when he was placed on administrative leave on March 24, 2025. This was following a complaint the city received regarding Swenson. The department says that because his employment expired while…

LIVE: Celebrating Service Members on Minnesota’s Lakes

May 23, 2025

Emily Welker,

FARGO — It’s the start of the Memorial Day weekend, and the YMCA wants to make it possible to share the beauty of lakes country with the service members of our region this summer. That’s why they’re offering a day out on the water for all veterans from the region, and a day for fishing, relaxing, and finding some peace….

Cell phone falls off airplane, setting off crash alarm at Moorhead Airport

May 23, 2025

Jim Monk,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – A cell phone with a crash detection feature fell off an airplane that was taxiing at the Moorhead Municipal Airport, setting off an alarm that sent emergency crews scrambling to the airport Friday morning. Moorhead firefighters, police and the Clay County Sheriff’s Office responded to the phone-activated alarm at around 9:50 a.m. First responders say the…

Moorhead family displaced after fire starts in upstairs bedroom

May 22, 2025

Alison Voorhees,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A family is displaced from their home in Moorhead after an afternoon fire. Moorhead Fire Department responded around 3:45 p.m. to 311 14th Street North in Moorhead. When they got there, they saw heavy smoke and flames coming from a second-floor window. Firefighters quickly put out the fire contained to an upstairs bedroom. No one was…

Memorial Day Weekend Travel Preview

Record numbers of travelers could be emboldened by record-low gas prices.

May 22, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – It may feel like gas prices are lower right around now than they were for Memorial Day 2024 – and that’s because they are! “In North Dakota the average is about $2.92. It’s been stuck there for about a week,” explained Skyler McKinley with AAA. “This time, a year ago, it was $3.34. Pretty significant savings.”…

Minnesota may be headed for another special session later this summer or fall

May 22, 2025

TJ Nelson, KVRR Staff,

Sen. Erin Murphy/(D) Senate Majority LeaderST. PAUL (KVRR/FOX9) — Gov. Tim Walz has still not called for a special session to finish up budget work in Minnesota. That’s because working groups are still trying to iron out differences on a number of budget bills including education and taxes. Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy says they have ironed out many of…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Ralphie

May 22, 2025

Emily Welker,

FARGO — Ralphie barely survived a tough start in life in a freezing-cold life outside in a rural North Dakota winter that cost him a couple of toes — but he got through it with his warm heart and personality firmly intact. He’s an extra-cuddly, extra-kissy, extra head-boopy little orange tabby boy of 7 months old who recently came under…

One of Six Suspects Involved in Brutal Downtown Fargo Beating In April 2024 Found Guilty

May 21, 2025

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Moorhead man charged in a brutal downtown Fargo assault last year is found guilty on all three counts. 49-year-old John Hernandez was convicted of two counts of aggravated assault and a count of accomplice to aggravated assault. Sentencing is set for September 8. Hernandez was one of six people arrested for the April 6, 2024…

MSUM Professor Talks About How AI is Changing the Workforce

May 21, 2025

Juliana Pelaez,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Distinguishing between what’s real and what’s AI-generated has been one of the top searches in the past few years. And in recent years, it has begun to receive more criticism. “A lot of companies feel like they can’t wait to see, oh, how is it catching on. They just feel like they got to get in…