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Task force believes $7.75 million meth bust is largest in MN history

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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KMSP) – A Faribault-based drug task force seized over 170 pounds of methamphetamine Tuesday, which authorities believe to be the largest single meth bust in Minnesota history. The street value has an estimated value of $7.75 million. Agents of the Cannon River Drug and Violent Offender Task Force made the seizure on the 3600 block of Dupont Avenue North…
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Donut Shop in Fertile Shut Down After Being Struck By SUV

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FERTILE, Minn. – A donut shop in Fertile is temporarily closed after a vehicle runs into it early Friday morning. Officers responded around 3:30 to a red Chevrolet Suburban that struck Opdahl’s Donuts. They say people inside the vehicle refused medical attention. In a Facebook Post, Opdahl’s Donuts says, “Due to an overnight incident, Opdahl’s Donuts will temporarily be closed…
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Minnesota deputy shot with arrow stops by sheriff’s office

KVRR Staff,

Deputy Paul Orvis Photo: Stearns County Sheriff’s OfficeSAUK CENTRE, Minn. (KMSP) – A deputy shot in the arm with a crossbow arrow in Sauk Centre, Minnesota returned to the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office on Friday morning to say hello and let his coworkers know he’s on his way to a full recovery. Deputy Paul Orvis was shot in left forearm. He underwent surgery…
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Jacob Wetterling investigation files will be released to public Sep. 20th

KVRR Staff,

SAINT CLOUD, Minn. (KMSP) – The closed investigative file in the Jacob Wetterling case will be released to the public next Thursday, Sepember 20th. “The closed investigative file regarding the Jacob Wetterling abduction will be released to the public on Thursday, September 20th, 2018 at 10:06 a.m. at the Stearns County Law Enforcement Center-Emergency Operations Center (EOC),” the sheriff’s office said…
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Police Looking For Missing Man in Beltrami County

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BELTRAMI COUNTY, Minn. – Police are asking for your help finding a missing man. The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office is trying to find Derrick Harper who was last seen in the Pennington area. A date was not given. Harper is described as 5’11” tall, weighs 180 pounds and has brown eyes and hair. He was last seen wearing a white…
Crime, Politics / Elections

Former Trump Campaign Manager Paul Manafort Pleads Guilty

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WASHINGTON (AP) – Paul Manafort’s lawyer says the former Trump campaign chairman cut a deal with prosecutors “to make sure that his family was able to remain safe and live a good life.” Kevin Downing says Manafort, of Alexandria, Virginia, has “accepted responsibility.” Manafort agreed to cooperate with the special counsel’s Russia probe and pleaded guilty to two federal crimes…
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Third Annual Michael Kaspari Recovery Run/Walk Reminds People Overcoming Addiction is Possible

It raised about $30,000 for the Village First Step Recovery Program
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FARGO, N.D. — More than 200 people laced up their sneakers for the third annual Michael Kaspari Memorial Recovery 5k Run and Walk. The Village’s First Step Recovery Program started putting on the race as a way to celebrate addiction recovery. It’s also a way for the mental health clinic to highlight their free family recovery clinic. The run/walk raised almost…
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Sanford Health, Tri-College University Opening Training Center in 2020

Students will get to practice on mannequin simulators
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  FARGO, N.D. — Sanford Health Medical Center on Broadway partners with Tri–College University to turn the Children’s Hospital into a training center. It’s a marriage between five of Fargo–Moorhead’s universities and one of its largest medical facilities. “We’re going to have something that’s truly fantastic. It’s believed to be one of the first, if not the first of its kind,…
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Fargo Police Notices Uptick in Opioid Overdoses Since August

There have been nine 9-1-1 calls to tend to opioid overdoses since August 1
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FARGO, N.D. — For the last few years, tackling opioid addiction has been a major battle for law enforcement across the metro. Even though 2018 has seen fewer opioid–related deaths, Fargo Police officers say they still have work to do. “We went from 20 opioid deaths to this year; we’re down to only six overdose deaths. On the current trend, it…