MOORHEAD, MN (KVRR) – Local public health authorities came together to curate a group exercise intended to help authorities with changing trends in drug overdoses. The event took place at the Family Service Center in Moorhead. Organizers from both Cass and Clay County Public Health said 26 people attended, representing police and fire departments, social services, behavioral health treatment providers,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — When temperatures drop, the New Life Center gets busy with a growing number of homeless men who need a warm place to sleep. Next week, they plan to open their new overflow shelter called Operation Hope. “We’ve had individuals having to stay in our intake room just because of the growing need. And so, to be…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans moved closer Wednesday to lifting a 20-year ban on mining near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, pushing a resolution to end the moratorium through the House despite environmentalists’ warnings that it could devastate a premier destination for campers, kayakers and canoeists. The resolution now goes to the Senate, and approval there would send it…
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant. WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people’s homes without a judge’s warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The…
Governor Armstrong speaks at the State of the State Address.BISMARCK, N.D. — The special session of North Dakota’s Legislature is underway and Gov. Kelly Armstrong opened it with a State of the State address. He urged legislators to pass a bill that would allocate federal funds for rural hospitals in North Dakota. The bill would appropriate $199 million in federal…
MINNEAPOLIS (CNN) — Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to visit Minnesota tomorrow. The White House says Vance plans to meet with I.C.E. agents and defend their immigration operations. Vance’s visit comes days after the justice department subpoenaed several Minnesota officials as part of an investigation into whether state and local leaders have obstructed federal immigration enforcement efforts. Tensions remain…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The West Lakeland, Minnesota man charged in a fatal stabbing outside SouthTown PourHouse in Fargo has changed his plea to guilty and avoids going on trial. Michael Diedrich entered an Alford plea, agreeing there would be enough evidence to convict him of the March 28, 2024 crime. Diedrich stabbed and killed 22-year-old Ethan Larson of Newfolden,…
Federal agents stand outside a convenience store on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An appeals court on Wednesday suspended a decision that restricts immigration officers’ aggressive tactics in Minnesota, while Maine declined a request for more undercover license plates for U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicles, citing “abuses of power” during the Trump administration’s…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — A Simonson Station Store in Minot sold a Powerball ticket that is now worth $150,000! The lucky player matched four out of five white balls and the Powerball in Monday night’s drawing. Since the player also bought the Power Play option and the multiplier was 3, that $50,000 prize was tripled. Simonson will receive a $2,000…
FILE – NBC Sports reporter Michele Tafoya is seen before an NFL football game between the New Orleans Saints and the Buffalo Bills, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Tyler Kaufman, File)MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya launched her campaign for the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, hoping to win the Republican nomination for the Minnesota…
