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Sanford Health to open new Children’s Safety Store

The store is located inside Sanford Children's Southwest Clinic on 13th Avenue South in Fargo

December 31, 2020

Site Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Sanford Health is opening a new Children’s Safety Store to help prevent childhood injuries across Fargo-Moorhead. The center opens January 4th and will educate parents on how to create a safe environment for their children. Items like bike helmets, car seats and life jackets are available at cost, which makes them more affordable than ones sold…

Twenty Below Coffee Co. opens Moorhead location

December 31, 2020

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MOORHEAD, Minn. – Twenty Below Coffee Co. is celebrating the official opening of its new Moorhead location by Concordia College. The yearlong effort filled with planning and soft opens finally comes to a head and customers came flowing in. After having to close its Downtown Fargo location for a month earlier during the pandemic, the team at Twenty Below are…

Lend an Ear program connects MN Seniors with volunteers

The program is offered in 32 counties across the state of Minnesota, including Clay.

December 31, 2020

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MINNESOTA – A program is connecting volunteers with seniors looking to receive a friendly call during the pandemic. Moorhead Senior Connections and Lutheran Social Services partnering up for the Lend an Ear program. The service is provided to people 60 and older who are living alone and would like to receive a phone call on a weekly basis. The program…

North Dakota Updates Its COVID Vaccine Priority Groups

December 31, 2020

TJ Nelson,

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota Dakota Department of Health updates who will be next in line to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The state has given just over 19,000 shots to health care workers and those in long-term care centers and the vaccine is in short supply. Next up in Phase 1B in mid-January will be those 75 and older and…

Man sentenced to 3 years in prison on federal drug charge

December 31, 2020

Jim Monk,

BISMARCK, N.D. – A Michigan man has been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty in North Dakota to a federal drug charge. Michael Sinnawi, was arrested in August, 2019 at a Bismarck motel. He and two other men were in possession of 450 oxycodone pills and $45,000 in cash. Police also found four cellphones in the room,…

Two North Dakotans have suspected allergic reaction to vaccine

December 31, 2020

Jim Monk,

BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota Department of Health has reported two suspected severe allergic reactions to the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. The two people had no history of anaphylactic reactions and the incidents were unrelated. Neither person was hospitalized, and they have both since recovered. The allergic reactions occurred during a 15-minute post-vaccine observation period recommended by the Centers for…

Minnesota Supreme Court rules ‘revenge porn’ not protected speech

December 31, 2020

Jim Monk,

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Supreme Court has upheld the state’s revenge porn law, ruling that sharing nude images of a person without their consent is not constitutionally protected free speech. The unanimous ruling reverses an order by the state Court of Appeals, which struck down a 2016 law that made it a crime to publish, sell or disseminate…

Minnesota woman pleads guilty to raping young boy

December 31, 2020

Jim Monk,

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – A Minnesota woman has pleaded guilty to raping a young boy in South Dakota. Thirty-year-old Kelsie Krueger pleaded guilty to felony rape in Brookings County. She faces up to 40 years in prison. According to court documents, Krueger assaulted the boy between Jan. 2012 and Dec. 2013, when he was 2-4 years old. She was originally…

North Dakota medical marijuana program growing faster than expected

December 31, 2020

Jim Monk,

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KCND) – More people are participating in North Dakota’s Medical Marijuana program than the state health officials expected. State Medical Marijuana Director Jason Wahl says that about 4,400 patients are enrolled in the program. Wahl earlier projected about 4000 patients by the summer of 2021. Wahl attributes some of the increase to the addition of more medical conditions…

Arson is suspected cause of fire at Detroit Lakes RV dealer

December 31, 2020

Jim Monk,

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR/KDLM) – A fire that destroyed Wold’s RV Sales in Detroit Lakes on Tuesday is being investigated as arson. Fire Chief Ryan Swanson says the fire caused major damage to the showroom and parts room of the building. Damages are estimated at more than $1 million dollars. The fire was reported at around 10 p.m. Tuesday. Swanson says…