MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Wild all calling up some serious homegrown talent today, inking Jack Peart to an entry level contract. Peart was Minnesota’s Mr. Hockey in 2021 following his senior season at Grand Rapids High as well as the Reed Larson award as the State’s best senior defenseman. He netted 32 goals and 83 points in his 68 career…
NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who nearly won the vice presidency on the Democratic ticket with Al Gore in the disputed 2000 election and who almost became Republican John McCain’s running mate eight years later, has died, according to a statement issued by his family. Lieberman died in New York City on Wednesday due to complications from a…
FILE – MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell speaks to reporters outside federal court in Washington, June 24, 2021. On Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, a federal judge affirmed a $5 million arbitration award against the MyPillow chief executive in favor of a software engineer who challenged data that Lindell claims proves that China interfered in the U.S. 2020 elections and tipped…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A man accused of helping smuggle people across the U.S.-Canada border into Minnesota, including four members of an Indian family who froze to death in 2022, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to seven counts of human smuggling. Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, 28, who prosecutors say went by the alias “Dirty Harry,” entered his plea during a brief…
POLK CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Two men are arrested after a report of a burglary in progress in Belgium Township in Polk County. After a search around 6 a.m., the sheriff’s office arrested a 29-year-old man from Warren, Minnesota. A second suspect fled the scene but was arrested several hours later. That suspect is a 34-year-old man from Emerado, North…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — An apartment fire Saturday morning in south Fargo has been ruled unintentional. Fire investigators determined the fire started in the ceiling space of a second-floor apartment unit near a bathroom exhaust fan at the apartment building at 2551 Villa Drive South. It then spread through void spaces to the third floor and attic. People were forced…
FARGO — It’s a Tony-nominated Broadway show developed right here in Minnesota, at one of the most acclaimed children’s theatre companies in the country. And now, a Fargo native is its star. Reed Sigmund is one of the leads in “A Year with Frog and Toad,” starting next month at the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis. He plays Toad, the…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Midco Sports has laid off a number of employees, including Fargo-based on-air play-by-play announcers Brian Shawn and Jody Norstedt. In a statement from the Sioux Falls internet and cable TV provider, Midco said it plans to enhance streamed content along with university partnership content on its linear channels, Midco Sports and Midco Sports Two. Midco…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Share some food and some culture while learning about dozens of new Americans who have made an impact and started businesses here in the Metro. Singer Emma Gaye gave us a sneak peek of her singing on the KVRR morning show. She’ll be performing at Thursday’s Fargo/Moorhead International Potluck. You’ll also get to learn more…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man accused of helping smuggle people across the U.S.-Canadian border had been warned of blizzard conditions before he arranged for four members of an Indian family to cross in 2022, prosecutors allege. The parents and two young children froze to death. Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, 28, who prosecutors say went by the alias “Dirty Harry,” is due…
