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Minneapolis Anchor Prepared To Receive Payment From Minneapolis Police Department

Minneapolis is poised to pay $193,500 to settle a lawsuit filed by a TV anchor whose personal information was repeatedly looked up by police officers.

May 11, 2018

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ Minneapolis is poised to pay $193,500 to settle a lawsuit filed by a TV anchor whose personal information was repeatedly looked up by police officers. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that Alix Kendall’s case is among many involving officers who clicked on the state’s Driver and Vehicle Services database to look at photographs, addresses and driving records…

Bench Made of Recycled Plastic Donated to Sustainable Group at MSUM

The group had a goal and exceeded the 500 pound goal during their six month plastic bag recycling competition

May 10, 2018

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MOORHEAD, Minn. — After collecting 574 pounds of plastic materials the Sustainable Students Association at MSUM has been awarded a bench made of recycled plastic. The group had a goal and exceeded the 500 pound goal during their six month plastic bag recycling competition. The students say it’s really important to being awareness to college campuses and show students how…

Lake Park-Audubon Students Stage Distracted Driving Crash

The mock crash was complete with fake blood, first responders, and a Life-Flight helicopter

May 10, 2018

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LAKE PARK, Minn. — If you have the urge to reach for your phone while driving, you might think again after seeing a real–life simulation of what could happen. Lake Park–Audubon High School National Honor Society students put on a mock crash with first responders to show the consequences of distracted driving. One student, Allison Rohweller, says she was in a…

Remains Found Near Where SUV Carrying Former Alexandria Family Plunged Off Cliff

May 10, 2018

KVRR Staff,

MENDOCINO, Calif. (AP) – A Northern California resident found a pair of jeans and human remains inside a girl’s shoe on a beach near the spot where a woman drove her large family off a cliff in March, authorities said Thursday. DNA tests will be conducted on the remains to try to identify who they belonged to, the Mendoncino County…

Great Plains Food Bank Holds Pop-Up Food Pantry

Anyone who needs food assistance could get fresh produce for free

May 10, 2018

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MOORHEAD, Minn. — The Great Plains Food Bank held a pop–up perishable food pantry at Moorhead High School. Anyone who needs food assistance could get fresh produce and other items for free. The food came from the food bank’s surplus donations. No referrals are necessary to go to the food bank, and pop–up food pantries are put on across the region….

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Libby

A gal with a disposition as sweet as her blood sugar.

May 10, 2018

Emily Welker,

Libby the cat is a lot less fur than most of our feline guests on the Morning Show, but she’s got more love than most to make up for it. The 6-year-old orange domestic medium-hair was rescued from the pound by the fine folks from Homeward Animal Shelter and when she came in she had a substantial number of mats…

Investigation Surrounding Man With Gun Shuts Down Detroit Lakes Walmart

May 9, 2018

Site Staff,

Courtesy: Brent SmithDETROIT LAKES, Minn. – The Detroit Lakes Walmart has shut down as police investigate a man with a gun near the store. Detroit Lakes Police Chief Steve Todd says a customer saw a man holding a gun run towards the entrance and called police. The store was locked down while officers searched the building, but a suspect and…

Food Commission Discusses Bringing SNAP Benefits to Farmers’ Markets

Commission members say one of the biggest challenges is getting connected

May 9, 2018

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FARGO, N.D. — The Cass Clay Food Commission met to discuss how federal nutrition programs, like SNAP, which used to be called food stamps, could be used at farmers’ markets. “The SNAP participant being able to go to a farmers’ market and being able to participate in that community. It’s inclusivity of people who are lower income, and who often are…

United Way Invests $300,000 To Treat Children That’re Victims of Abuse

The organization gave the grant to the Red River Children's Advocacy Center

May 9, 2018

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FARGO, N.D. — Last year the Red River Children’s Advocacy Center treated more than 600 kids who have been abused. Now thanks to the United Way, they’ll be able to treat even more kids, for free. When traumatized kids walk into the center, there’s usually a dark cloud hanging over them. “They’re broken and they’re hurting, they feel like the world…

Man Killed in Rural Garfield, MN Shooting Identified

May 9, 2018

Site Staff,

UPDATE: The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says 43-year-old David Bragg was killed at his home Tuesday afternoon. Investigators say they interviewed everyone living at the house and no arrests have been made. Bragg’s body has been sent to the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office in Ramsey, MN. The incident remains under investigation. GARFIELD, Minn. – Authorities are investigating a deadly shooting…