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Moorhead Man Arrested After Deadly Crash In Oakport Township Saturday Night

UPDATE: (02/23/25 8:15PM)  Crash victim identified as 43-year-old Jennifer Watson of Ennis, Texas. CLAY CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A Moorhead man is arrested for criminal vehicular homicide while under the influence of alcohol after a deadly head-on crash in Oakport Township, north of Moorhead. Minnesota State Patrol says 28-year-old Christopher Pink was driving north in the southbound lane on Highway…

A 10-Year-Old Dilworth Resident Starts Petition To Bring Chickens To Households

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — With egg prices still on the rise, one ten-year-old in Dilworth wants to help her family save some money. Ariel Olson started a petition on Change.org titled, “Allow Dilworth City Residents to Keep Chickens Within Confined Property Boundaries.” Although cities like Fargo and Moorhead have allowed residents to choose to have their own chickens, Dilworth has…

LIVE: Big Voices, Big Personalities in Fargo Moorhead Opera’s “Scalia/Ginsburg”

FARGO — People can get pretty loud when they’re talking about politics. But they don’t have anything close to the volume these voices do. The 2015 opera “Scalia/Ginsburg” is coming to the stage in the metro, courtesy of the Fargo Moorhead Opera. It’s described as a “love letter” to the late, iconic Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and her best friend in…

Two Local Officers in Running to Become The Next Moorhead Police Chief

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — The search for Moorhead’s next police chief is down to four finalists. They include Moorhead Patrol Lt. John Laddie Bata, Metro Transit Police Capt. Erin Dietz of Minneapolis, Fargo Police Capt. Chris Helmick and Aurora, Colorado Police Commander Matthew Brukbacher. On-site interviews are scheduled for next week. The next chief is expected to be named in…

Breckenridge High School Forced to Forfeit Multiple Games

The Minnesota State High School League found that the program used an ineligible player in both basketball and football.

Breckenridge basketball players in action.BRECKENRIDGE, MN – The Breckenridge High Cowboys have experienced a bit of an athletic setback, with both the boys’ basketball and football teams being forced to forfeit multiple games from their 2023-24 seasons. The official violation has not yet been confirmed, but sources say a player on the teams actually lived in Wahpeton and not in…

Former Vikings Player Engages In Civil Disobedience Over “MAGA” Plaque in California

CNNHUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (CNN/FOX) — Former Minnesota Vikings player Chris Kluwe was arrested during a Huntington Beach, California, city council meeting Tuesday and says he wants other officials to “start engaging in civil disobedience.” The NFL veteran spoke against a plaque with a “MAGA” acronym being placed outside the city’s library for its 50th anniversary. The plaque will have the…

Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan Officially Launches Campaign for U.S. Senate

Peggy Flanagan/FacebookST. PAUL (KVRR/FOX9) — Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan has officially launched her campaign for U.S. Senate. Flanagan made the announcement on social media saying she is running to take Minnesota values to D.C. She also says a Native American woman has never won a seat in the U.S. Senate and she believes she can change that. Flanagan, a…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Bea

VALLEY CITY, N.D. — Think this winter’s been tough on you? Then you can relate to little Bea the pit bull. Volunteers with Sheyenne Valley Friends of Animals say they found her and a companion dog dumped at a Valley City-area rest station in the freezing cold earlier this winter. There’s no telling how long the two dogs were out…

LIVE: Strike A Blow Against For Kids Who Need Mentors

FARGO — It’s been 30 years of giving kids and teens in the region the right relationships they need to tackle the journey toward adulthood. But this year, the wait list for kids looking to match with mentors at Big Brothers Big Sisters is almost as long as the list of kids they’re currently serving. That’s part of what officials…

Delta Offers Passengers $30,000 Each After Crash Landing

ATLANTA (FOX9) — Delta is offering each passenger $30,000 after they survived their jet bursting into flames and flipping upside down in Toronto on Monday. In a statement, Delta Care Team representatives say this “gesture has no strings attached and does not affect rights.” Twenty-one people were injured when the flight from Minneapolis made a hard landing before it lost…