Ashkan ThibodeauxGREENWAY, Minn. (KVRR-KQDS) – A five-year-old boy from the Iron Range is in intensive care after rescuing his younger brother from an icy creek on Easter Sunday. Family and friends are celebrating the courage and love of Ashkan Thibodeaux, but also asking for help with a GoFundMe effort. While exploring near a creek with his little brother, Wyatt, he…
WEST FARGO (KVRR) – By day, Hunter Sall is a realtor showing homes on the market in the Fargo area. By night, he is a fighting machine in the cage. The former Minnesota State Moorhead and Central Cass football player kickstarted his mixed-martial arts career with a dominant, 1st round, technical knockout win for Throne MMA. “Just hearing all the…
Cathy Erickson (Facebook)NEW ULM, Minn. (KVRR) — It is official! Cathy Erickson of rural Middle River, Minnesota is now in the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame. The woman lovingly referred to as the “Queen of Polka” was joined by a number of family members at the induction ceremony on Friday night in New Ulm. She was one of seven inductees…
Dr. Zvi Levran (FOX2 Detroit) FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KFGO-KBRF) — A former Fergus Falls physician has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting high school hockey players in Otter Tail County. 69-year-old former doctor Zvi Levran pleaded guilty to three of six counts of criminal sexual conduct on March 30. On Tuesday, April 7,…
MOORHEAD, MN (KVRR) – Everyone embroiled in the issue of fraud in the state of Minnesota has a different perspective – maybe even a different specific incident that caught their eye. State Senator Rob Kupec of Moorhead remembers his. “There had been an employee of DHS who issued grants – sizeable grants – to a nonprofit, and then, three days…
helicopter owned by Doug Schieffer (Cass County District Court exhibit)EAST GULL LAKE, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – A Twin Cities man who wants to continue using his helicopter on East Gull Lake in central Minnesota has been ordered to stop landing the helicopter on his property. A Cass County District Court judge has agreed with with the city, ruling Doug Schieffer cannot…
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KVRR-KFGO) – A federal circuit court judge from Fargo plans to take senior status. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals Court Judge Ralph Erickson has announced that he will take senior status when his successor is confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Erickson was appointed to the circuit court by President Trump during his first term. He’s a former…
State Sen. Grant HauschildST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – A Minnesota lawmaker who represents the Iron Range is criticizing the Trump Administration for using foreign steel on construction of the White House ballroom project. Democratic Sen. Grant Hauschild of Hermantown called the move a “disgrace.” “We’re seeing foreign steel used in one of the most iconic buildings in the world while…
MIDDLE RIVER, Minn. (KVRR) — To comedian Judy Tenuta it was the “squeeze box”. But to a musician in rural Middle River, Minnesota it’s simply the accordion. And after nearly a lifetime of playing it, Cathy Erickson will become one of the newest inductees to the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame. A letter in the mail before Christmas notified…
FARGO — Walking a mile in someone’s shoes is usually not as easy as you’d think, it’s even harder if you’re trying to walk in the footsteps of Bebop the shepherd cross. That’s because she has a congenital condition called cerebellar hypoplasia, which gives her a bit of a wiggle in her walk. It sounds daunting, but what it means…
