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Burgum calls special session to address redistricting, tax relief, infrastructure

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KCND) – Gov. Doug Burgum says he will call a special session Nov. 8 for the Legislature to handle redistricting and to consider how to spend the latest COVID-19 federal relief money. Burgum says he’s happy with the priorities laid out for spending COVID-19 relief money. But he wants lawmakers to use some of the state’s general fund…

Minnesota vaccinations rise nearly 40% among 12-17-Year-olds

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) – Gov. Tim Walz says COVID-19 vaccinations are up nearly 40% among Minnesotans 12-17 years old in the past week. During the first week of the “Kids Deserve a Shot” campaign, Walz says more than 2,200 Minnesotans 12-17 got their first COVID-19 vaccine dose, compared to just 1,600 the week before. “Every shot in the arm helps…

LIVE: Come to the Crypt

They've been putting their heads together all year long.

Halloween season wraps up this Sunday, but don’t worry: you have one last chance this weekend to scare yourself silly at one of the region’s longest-running local haunted locations. It’s the final weekend of the season tonight and Saturday for the Crypt at Jacobs Manor, in Leonard, North Dakota. The haunted farm and crypt is a permanent structure that’s been…

Haunted Antique Store

Why is that antique telephone ringing? Especially when... it's unplugged?

It’s one of the little-known Halloween gems of our region, hiding right in plain sight in an unassuming strip mall on Fargo’s south side. But when you get find your way to Antique Addiction on South University Drive, and get inside, you see: this antique store is definitely haunted. You’ll discover as you move among the many intriguing and mysterious…

Woman killed, man injured in Minnesota house explosion

DULUTH, Minn. – A woman has died and a man has been injured in a house explosion and fire in St. Louis County. Sheriff’s officials say Michael Gramse was injured in the Wednesday morning explosion in Greenwood Township. Authorities believe that Gramse’s wife, Eva, died in the blaze.  The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office is working to confirm remains found inside the…

Judge says man unfit for trial, mental illness fueled by energy drinks

MINNEAPOLIS – A judge says a Minnesota man accused of killing three family members with a wrench is mentally incompetent to stand trial, citing testimony from doctors about his mental illness intensified by energy drinks. David Ekers is charged with three counts of second-degree murder in last year’s attack in Maple Grove that killed his sister, mother and grandmother. The…

Following cancer diagnosis, Sen. Klobuchar introduces legislation promoting preventative health care

WASHINGTON (KVRR) — Following her own cancer diagnosis, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar is introducing legislation to promote preventative health screenings. “I am sharing my story to call attention to the fact that many people have been delaying routine exams and screenings because of the pandemic,” she said Thursday. “I know that because I delayed mine.” Klobuchar was diagnosed with breast…

Horace High School finally opens construction ends

Typically when you graduate middle school, high school comes next, but for the students of Horace high it didn't quite work that way.

HORACE, N.D. (KVRR) – Typically when you graduate middle school, going to a high school comes next. For students waiting to go to the new Horace High School, they had to go back to the middle school as construction on the building was completed. “You don’t get many chances in education to start at a brand new school with brand…

Dairy Queen raises money for hospitals during Miracle Treat Day

Dairy Queen sells blizzards and will donate some proceeds to Sanford Children's

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Seventeen-year -old Tyler Amundson was whipping up blizzards at Dairy off prosperity road earlier this afternoon in honor of Miracle Treat Day. The nationally held fundraiser partners the ice cream chain with Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals with proceeds going to those hospitals. One dollar from every Blizzard sold locally will benefit Sanford Children’s Hospital. Tyler says…