MOORHEAD, Minn. — After seven decades as a Moorhead staple, Dairy Queen gets a big announcement from Mayor Johnathan Judd. To celebrate the downtown landmark, Mayor Judd proclaimed March 1st, 2019 to be Historic Moorhead Dairy Queen Day. “Why would you not want to promote a small business, especially nowadays, when there’s so much competition, for a business that has been…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Minnesota State Community and Technical College has been named a military friendly college due to its commitment to serve veterans. It’s one of more than seven hundred colleges and universities to receive the distinction from VIQTORY, a group helping veterans transition into civilian life. The school says more than 180 veterans are enrolled at their campuses in Moorhead,…
JORDAN, Minn. – Police officers in Jordan, Minnesota are called to check on the welfare of a man standing motionless outside in the cold not wearing a coat and hugging a pillow. Officers found out it wasn’t a man at all. It was a cardboard cutout of MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. The police department says “the caller was not wanting to…
OTTER TAIL, CO. MINN. (KFGO) – An Otter Tail County, Minnesota man was arrested in connection with a crash involving a buggy Thursday night near New York Mills. The sheriff’s office says the car, driven by 38-year old Travis Rapatt, of New York Mills struck the Amish buggy from behind. There were four children on the buggy. One received minor…
MILTONA, MN — Minnesota BCA has identified the deputy who shot and killed a man this week in Miltona. He is Alexander Herzberg with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. He has been with the office for nearly two years. The shooting victim has been identified as 27-year-old Tyler Schmidtbauer. Herzberg and another deputy responded to a home early Tuesday for a…
SAINT PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) – The Minnesota House Public Safety Committee voted Thursday to approve a “red flag” gun control bill, which allows police to seize guns from people deemed by a judge to pose a threat to themselves and others. The committee voted 10-7 to approve the measure. The same committee advanced their plan to require background checks on most gun sales and transfers…
SAINT PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) – The balance of Minnesota’s state budget surplus has dropped $492 million since the last outlook in November, down to just over $1 billion. Minnesota Management and Budget will release its full report later Thursday, but slower projected economic growth and lower tax collections compared to previous estimates resulted in the reduced surplus figure. The state projects spending to outpace forecast revenue…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Moorhead Mayor Johnathan Judd and City Council Members Sara Watson Curry and Shelly Dahlquist have coffee with residents to discuss issues important to them. This is the first of many monthly sit downs the mayor plans to have with residents. One topic discussed was snow removal, and how people are not happy about snow piling up on…
SAINT PAUL, Minn. – A Minnesota House committee has opened a hearing on the contentious issue of gun control. More than 300 people packed the hallway outside a Capitol hearing room ahead of the event. The first bill on the agenda would require universal criminal background checks for gun purchasers. The second would let families and police petition the courts to…
You may think platforms like YouTube Kids are safe for children, but you might want to think again. A Florida mother recently found a video of a cartoon, and in the middle, it shows a man telling kids how to slit their wrists. Therapists say kids have more access and spend more time with electronics, and depending on their developmental…
