Police Chief Medaria ArradondoMINNEAPOLIS – Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo announced Monday that he is stepping down. The 54-year-old Arradondo said it was time for new leadership at the department. He’ll step down in January, with Mayor Jacob Frey appointing a replacement. Arradondo led the department when four police officers were charged in George Floyd’s death. Arradondo was promoted in…
WASHINGTON – The White House says the U.S. will stage a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing to protest Chinese human rights abuses. It’s move that China has vowed to greet with “firm countermeasures.” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters during Monday’s briefing that U.S. athletes will continue to compete and will “have our full…
Idris Haji-Mohamed (left) Ibrahim IsaacMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – A Clay County grand jury has indicted a Rochester, Minn. man in connection with the September shooting death of Abdi Abdi in Moorhead. Clay County Attorney Brian Melton says Idris Haji-Mohamed is charged with 1st Degree pre-mediated murder. Haji-Mohamed was earlier charged with 2nd-degree murder. Another man, Ibrahim Isaac, was also indicted…
FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – A pharmacy in South Fargo has closed, with the pharmacist-owner telling the State Board of Pharmacy that the business is no longer able to be financially viable. Thrifty Pharmacy in Southgate Hornbacher’s on 32nd Ave. S. closed in late November. Board of Pharmacy Executive Director Mark Hardy says patient records have been transferred to Linson Pharmacy inside…
MINNEAPOLIS – Three firefighters were injured and had to be rescued from a burning home in Minneapolis. Crews responded to the fire shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday. All four people in the house fled to safety. Officials say gusty winds fueled the fire and when crews were inside a portion of the house collapsed and trapped three firefighters under a…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Botanica Floristry is helping people create decorative wreaths, hosting wreath-design classes at Drekker Brewing Company. Wreath-makers used plants from local cut flower farms to create their unique wreaths. The materials used are provided by Botanica Floristry, which is a new Boutique Flower Grower and Floral Design Studio. Although, this is the first year the company has…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -As snow keeps falling, people continue to keep those shovels and sleds on hand. “Well it is about that time of year, start getting some more snow, so we are out here shoveling – getting it done before the Vikings play at noon,” said Spence Evans of Fargo. “I’m shoveling my mom’s driveway. I mean it is…
Courtesy: North Dakota Highway PatrolFARGO (KVRR) – Interstate 29 in North Dakota has been reopened between the Canada border and South Dakota. At one time, several roads in the region were partially or completely covered with snow and about 1,500 customers of Nodak Electric Cooperative in Grand Forks had no power. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says icy conditions may…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Snowfall reached nearly 1 foot on Sunday in some parts of northern Minnesota. National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning in Minnesota’s Cook County and a winter storm warning across the northern regions of Wisconsin and Minnesota until early Monday. Forecasters warned that strong winds and heavy snow would make travel dangerous. National Weather Service reported snowfall…
Sen. Bob Dole & Kevin Cramer (Undated photo)WASHINGTON (AP) – Americans are remembering Bob Dole, a man who defied the odds in war, only to fall short of his ultimate goal in politics. Dole died Sunday. He was 98. After paralyzing wounds in World War II, Dole willed himself to walk again, and ran for Congress with a right arm…
