FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Travelers will soon be able to step into a new terminal at Hector International Airport. Executive director Shawn Dobberstein says the airport has set an opening date for the eastern terminal section for February 10. The full terminal renovation is expected to be finished in 2027. The expansion will provide four new gates, a 1,500 square…
A nurse prepares a needle for a vaccination. (Photo courtesy of Essentia Health)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota health officials are encouraging residents to pay attention to potential flu symptoms after five influenza-associated deaths this flu season — with two deaths in children younger than 10. North Dakota had not reported a childhood flu death since 2016. “It…
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will spend three weeks at MSP Airport, checking and verifying documents of both customers and employees, an airport employee said. The employee shared a memo that details the plans, which include patrolling jet bridges. In a statement on Tuesday, a Metropolitan Airports Commission spokesman said, in part: “Neither the Metropolitan…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A coalition working to get free school meals for all on the North Dakota ballot is holding training for volunteers who want to help make it happen. “Together for School Meals” is launching a statewide campaign with volunteer trainings in Fargo, Bismarck and online. They have one year to submit 31,164 signatures. If they are submitted…
Courtesy: FOX 9, ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis 01/07/26WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department does not believe there is currently any basis to open a criminal civil rights investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis, a top department official said Tuesday. The decision to keep the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division out of…
ULEN, Minn. (KVRR) — A woman in Ulen, lost her house and her brother in a fire, now a GoFundMe is aiming to help. Abigail Collins of Fargo started the account over the weekend with a goal of raising $2,400 for her aunt Sandy. The fire happened on Friday at 160th Avenue North in rural Clay County and took the…
MINNESOTA (KVRR) — 1.2 million people in Minnesota rely on Medicaid, according to the Minnesota Department of Human Services. But funding for over one million people is being withheld of up to $515 million quarterly unless the state takes more actions against fraud. “What CMS is saying here is they’re going to basically withhold possibly up to $2 billion annually…
FARGO (KVRR) – A former federal prosecutor who spent years enforcing U.S. Immigration laws says the confrontations involving ICE officials in Minneapolis and elsewhere are nothing like he’s ever seen before. “They have nothing in common with the law enforcement agencies that I had experience with 15 years ago, dedicated professionals who followed the law,” said former North Dakota U.S….
D’Angelo HuntFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The attorney for D’Angelo Hunt is requesting a six-month delay for his trial which is set to start on February 10 in U.S. District Court. Mark Meyer says he has not received any of the discovery which he is told is extensive and like nothing the assistant U.S. Attorney has seen before. Meyer is asking…
ST. PAUL (KVRR/FOX 9) — The face of Minnesota fraud investigations has resigned. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson is among six prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota who quit in the wake of a reported investigation into the widow of Renee Good, the woman shot and killed by an ICE agent last week. Thompson was the lead…
