Walter MondaleWASHINGTON (KVRR) – The White House says President Biden will travel to Minneapolis on Sunday, May 1. The date coincides with a memorial service planned for former Vice President Walter Mondale. Mondale died in April, 2021. He was 93. The memorial service will be held at the University of Minnesota’s Northrup Auditorium. Gov. Tim Walz and Democratic Sens. Amy…
STEELE CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Emergency crews are using a boat to shuttle firemen and other rescue personnel back and forth from a house surrounded by water. The farmstead in Steele County had dike protection, but it failed last night. Fire crews from Hatton and Northwood were able to bring pumps online in an attempt to help save the family’s…
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR) — Emergency temporary levees are being built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Valley City. The corps awarded a $1.6 million contract to Strata Corporation to protect low-lying areas within the city. Gov. Doug Burgum was on hand to get a briefing. Flood protection is being built to 20.5 feet, two feet above the…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — This is good news for fans of hair bands and singers of the 1970’s and 1980’s. “Rock the Valley” is coming to this summer’s Red River Valley Fair. The lineup featuring the Dokken Lynch Reunion Tour, Winger, Lita Ford, Sweet, Steelheart and Wig Wam. They will all take the grandstand stage on Sunday, July 17….
CLAY CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Clay County Sheriff’s Office has determined that a fatal crash near Hawley happened just before noon last Wednesday and weather was a factor. They say the gravel road was wet and slush covered due to snowfall earlier in the day. Authorities were called around 4 that afternoon about something suspicious floating in a slough. Deputies…
MINNESOTA (KVRR) – According to the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association, carjackings statewide were up 15 percent from 2019 to 2020. During a roundtable with Senator Amy Klobuchar, state officials said a majority of the people committing them are juveniles with criminal histories. Police chiefs say they want to make sure they don’t put broken people back on the streets….
Elon Musk (Fox News)Elon Musk reached an agreement to buy Twitter for roughly $44 billion on Monday, promising a more lenient touch to policing content on the platform where he promotes his interests, attacks critics and opines on social and economic issues to more than 83 million followers. The outspoken Tesla CEO, who is also the world’s wealthiest person, has…
State Rep. John ThompsonST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) – Democratic state Rep. John Thompson was involved in another chaotic incident with St. Paul police officers on Sunday afternoon, minutes before taking his seat at the Capitol for the State of the State address. The St. Paul lawmaker showed up after officers pulled over his daughter Sunday afternoon, screamed and yelled…
MEDORA, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A high-profile $50 million commitment to the planned Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library has fallen short. Despite the unfulfilled financial pledge, which was made by Walmart heirs to the Foundation board, Governor Burgum and North Dakota Legislators in 2019, the project is still on track.When KFGO News reported Melani Walton’s departure from the Library board last month,…
Ray HolmbergBISMARCK, N.D. – North Dakota’s longest-serving state senator announced Monday that he would resign following a report that he had traded scores of text messages with a man jailed on child pornography charges. Republican Ray Holmberg, 79, rose to become one of the state’s most powerful lawmakers in a career that spanned 46 years. Holmberg’s resignation, effective June 1,…
