Kim Potter MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A Minnesota jury has ended its second day of deliberations without reaching a verdict in the manslaughter trial of the suburban Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot Black motorist Daunte Wright. The jury weighing Kim Potter’s fate broke at about 6 p.m. Tuesday. They deliberated for about half a day Monday. Jurors asked Judge Regina…
Judge Regina ChuMINNEAPOLIS – Jurors in the trial of former Brooklyn Center, Minn. police officer Kim Potter asked the judge what they should do if they cannot agree on verdicts. Judge Regina Chu instructed the jury Tuesday afternoon to keep deliberating. The jury is in its second day of deliberations. Potter is charged with two counts of manslaughter in the death…
BISMARCK, N.D. – A former newspaper publisher who spent five years on the North Dakota Public Service Commission has been appointed by Gov. Doug Burgum to take over as tax commissioner. Brian Kroshus will replace Ryan Rauschenberger, who is resigning to focus on recovering from alcohol problems. Rauschenberger has been tax commissioner for seven years. Burgum says a “combination of…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Essentia Health and TNT Kids Fitness and Gymnastics partner to help kids grow during important development years. The healthcare system will provide pediatric services, therapy, adult training, health and wellness education at TNT. Educational programing, screening services and parental education will also be offered. Essentia Health calls it convenient care for parents with busy lives. “We…
city of St. PaulST. PAUL, Minn. – Hungry squirrels are forcing a downtown St. Paul park to scale back its Christmas lights display. Friends of Mears Park had to reduce and reconfigure its display this year because a troop of squirrels chewed through the wires last year and the vendor refused to go through the ordeal again this year. The…
FARGO (KVRR) – A Fargo pawnshop employee who fired gunshots at a fleeing armed robber has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor reckless endangerment. Cass County States Attorney Birch Burdick says the plea agreement for Kyle Ramsey calls for 360 days of unsupervised probation and $325.00 in court fees. If Ramsey successfully completes probation, the case will be dismissed and the file…
courtesy, Sheriff Rick FiedlerCAMPBELL, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – A fire has destroyed a home in Wilkin County. Sheriff Rick Fiedler says the fire was reported at 2742 460th Street, a half-mile east of Campbell just after 7:00 a.m. Tuesday. Five people, including several children, were able to get out safely. The Campbell Volunteer Fire with mutual aid from the Tintah Fire…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) – Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says he and members of his family recently tested positive for COVID-19. “Yesterday, my 9th grade son tested positive for COVID-19. Gwen and I were both tested that same day, and after initially testing negative yesterday morning, last night we received positive COVID-19 tests.” Walz says his son has mild symptoms…
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott isn’t saying whether he will pardon George Floyd for a 2004 drug arrest. Floyd spent much of his life in Houston before his death last year in Minneapolis led to riots and a reckoning over race and policing. In October, Texas’ parole board sent Abbott a unanimous recommendation to pardon Floyd whose arrest…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) – West Fargo City Commissioners have voted to give the go-ahead for city staff to research putting a half-cent public safety sales tax to a vote on the 2022 ballot.City Administrator Tina Fisk told the commission the tax would add funding for the West Fargo Fire and Police Departments without needing big increases in property taxes…
