NDHPBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – A North Dakota Highway Patrol airplane helped Bismarck Police capture a driver who fled from two attempted traffic stops on Tuesday. After the driver fled the first time, the airplane was used to track the vehicle east of Bismarck on I-94, where a state trooper initiated a second traffic stop. The driver took off again, but…
MINNEAPOLIS – Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is appealing his conviction for murder in the killing of George Floyd, arguing that jurors were intimidated by the protests that followed and prejudiced by heavy pretrial publicity. Chauvin asked the Minnesota Court of Appeals in a court filing this week to reverse his conviction, reverse and remand for a new trial…
Swoon. That’s the sound the collective staff of KVRR-TV made when Camper came in to the station this morning. The one-year-old buff domestic shorthair has one of the sweetest personalities we’ve seen in a long time. He was scooped up from the Wahpeton area by rescue workers at Homeward Animal Shelter, where he’d possibly been living on the street, given…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – American Crystal Sugar Co. and a union representing production employees at its processing plants are preparing for contract negotiations. The current deal, approved in 2017, expires August 1. The Moorhead-based cooperative says talks are set for June and July. Bakery, Confection, Tobacco and Grain Millers Local 167G Union President John Riskey says he’s hopeful a fair…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – The St. Francis de Sales Church hosts its first salad lunch since a roof collapse in March of 2019 and the COVID-19 pandemic began. The Moorhead church continues the “return to normal” procedure as each member had to pay $10 for the buffet. Churchgoers and friends stopped by to enjoy their lunches in a festival of…
RAMSEY, Minn. (KVRR) — Two weeks after the ticket was sold at this Holiday station store in Ramsey, north of St. Paul, the winners of Minnesota’s first Mega Millions jackpot have claimed their prize. A married couple, who have chosen to stay anonymous, wins the jackpot worth $110 million. They have selected the cash option worth around $66 million before…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A woman has been arrested for suspicion of endangering by fire after a male is hospitalized for burns following an apartment fire in South Fargo. Police responded to a 911 hang-up at the 1500 block of 17th Street South around 10:20 Tuesday night. Firefighters were called in to put out a fire. They were able to…
Courtesy: Rothsay Public SchoolROTHSAY, Minn. (KVRR) – The Rothsay School District says nothing was found while law enforcement was investigating a bomb threat at a school on Wednesday. Superintendent Wade Johnson says he was told around 12:20 PM a note was found in an elementary bathroom saying “the bomb’s going off at 1 pm.” The Wilkin County Sheriff’s Office was…
FARGO (KVRR) – No one was injured when a Sanford AirMed fixed wing air ambulance collided with a bird in Fargo. Sanford AirMed Director Tim Meyer says the airplane was departing Hector International Airport Wednesday morning when the collision happened. “Due to the fast response of the pilot, the plane landed safely,” Meyer said. “There was one patient on-board and…
Clay County fentanyl seizure 4/27/2022CLAY COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) – Three men are in custody following the largest fentanyl seizure in Clay County of more than 1,000 pills near Moorhead Deputies attempted to pull over two vehicles on Interstate 94 in early this morning. In those vehicles were 52-year-old Larry McClendon, 36-year-old Raphael Murphy, and 32-year-old Cameron Desjarlais. All have no…
