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LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Ruby

Meet the perfect dog.

Ruby was scooped up off the street by the rescue workers at Diamond in the Ruff, and since then she’s been a busy girl. Now that she’s left her days as a stray behind, the springer spaniel/lab cross has donned a pretty collar, had her toenails painted pink, had her arthritis medicated, and in general, has spent her time “being…

Marvin Window and Door Now Just Marvin

The 100-year-old company will now be known simply as Marvin.

WARROAD, MN (KFGO) – Marvin Windows and Doors is changing its name – sort of. The 100-year-old company will now be known simply as Marvin. Marvin announced that the new brand represents all products, including Marvin Windows and Doors and Integrity Windows and Doors. As part of the plan, the company has refreshed the yellow rose logo first used in…

Moorhead Standoff Suspect Also Wanted In Wisconsin

Blake Fitzgerald gave himself up around 6 o'clock Tuesday night

MOORHEAD, MN — The suspect involved in a nearly nine hour standoff in Moorhead on Tuesday is expected in court this week. But according to court records, 35-year-old Blake Fitzgerald is also wanted on a felony warrant out of Wisconsin for interfering with a custody order. On Tuesday morning, Fitzgerald allegedly assaulted a woman in a house near Concordia. She escaped…

Regent Calls Attacks On Mark Kennedy “Unreasonable” And Blames Radical Leftists

Chance Hill is a member of the Colorado University Board of Regents

UND President Mark Kennedy in ColoradoDENVER, CO — A member of the Colorado University Board of Regents is speaking out in support of Mark Kennedy and the C-U presidential search process. In a Facebook post, Chance Hill wrote that he could no longer keep silent after Kennedy endured “unreasonable attacks and slanderous smears in the past two weeks.” Hill blames radical…

UPDATE: Red Lake Man’s Death Ruled a Homicide

Dillon SayersRED LAKE, MINN. – Red Lake Police say they’re looking for suspects in the homicide of 26-year-old Dillon Sayers. “People directly responsible for Sayers’ death and any others who may have assisted and/or concealed information will be considered equally responsible and charged accordingly,” the Red Lake Department of Public Safety said in a press release. Sayers was last seen…

State to scrap MNLARS, move on to privately developed system

MINNESOTA (FOX 9) – Minnesota officials say they will make an estimated $73 million move to scrap the state’s troubled vehicle licensing and registration system — MNLARS — and move on with a privately developed software system. After an independent review of the MNLARS system, officials recommended that the state move onto an outside vendor. The review was headed by Rick King, a…

Bills in Minnesota Legislature Aim to Help People Quit Smoking, Raise Tobacco-Buying Age to 21

Experts say more youth are smoking e-cigarettes and vaping as opposed to traditional cigarettes

MINNESOTA — Several bills in the Minnesota legislature are aiming to help people quit smoking and raise the age for buying tobacco to 21. At first glance, some tobacco look like regular school supplies. “Our health teachers went to college and vaping wasn’t part of the curriculum. They’re learning and they’re doing their best to answer questions that are right now,”…

MN Health Care Access Fund Could End Under GOP Budget, Walz Wants To Keep It

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. – Gov. Walz held a roundtable at Lake Region Health Care about saving a funding stream for the state’s health care access fund. Minnesota’s 2% provider tax was created to increase access to care, contain health care costs and improve the quality of services for Minnesotans. . The 27-year-old tax with decades of bipartisan support is set…