Nicole MitchellWOODBURY, Minn. (KVRR/FOX9) — A special primary is underway as candidates battle for the Minnesota Senate seat once held by Nicole Mitchell in Woodbury. The primary is for the DFL since there are two candidates: State Reps. Ethan Cha and Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger. There is only one Republican running for the Senate District 47 seat, St. Paul teacher Dwight Dorau…
BARNESVILLE, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – The state patrol says a Barnesville man died after a two-vehicle crash near Barnesville Tuesday morning. Sergeant Jesse Grabow says the head-on crash took place about 5 miles east of Barnesville on Highway 34. One of the drivers, Burton Swenson, 89 was killed in the crash. The other driver, 64-year-old Cary Zepper of Hawley was taken…
West Fargo, N.D. (KVRR) — Just after 8 A.M. Tuesday, the North Dakota Highway Patrol responded to a four-vehicle crash on eastbound I-94. Just before the multi-vehicle crash a separate crash had occured resulting in slow-to-stopped traffic. A Toyota Tundera, Ford Explorer, and Chevy Impala came to a stop due to the traffic, before the driver of a Ford Fusion…
State Sen. John Hoffman, DFL-Champlin, gives a thumbs-up to Democratic National Committee members as he takes the stage in his first public appearance since he was shot nine times in June. (Photo by Madison McVan/Minnesota Reformer)MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — In Sen. John Hoffman’s first major public appearance since he and his family were the survivors of attempted political assassinations…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Three pharmaceutical groups have sued North Dakota in federal court over a new law that aims to stop pharmaceutical companies from limiting hospitals’ access to discount drugs. The law, House Bill 1473, makes it a class B misdemeanor for manufacturers to adopt policies that “deny, restrict, prohibit, or otherwise interfere” with pharmacies’ ability to obtain…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Fargo-Moorhead’s first arcade and brewery is closing its doors. In a social media post, Pixeled Brewing Co. co-owner Nick Hill wrote that “I powered down my games for the last time and we will be closing permanently.” The business on 1100 NP Avenue in Fargo opened in 2018 and gave people a chance to play the arcade…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Moorhead is unpausing its pause on its policy for aerial spraying for mosquitoes. The vote was unanimous. The policy allows aerial spraying if West Nile virus is detected. It has been in Cass County but not in Clay County. If aerial spraying is approved, it also requires a lower concentration of the pesticide used to kill…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A Grand Forks man charged with the murder of 49-year-old Anthony Kiehl last year has instead been found guilty of manslaughter by a jury. The trial for 46-year-old Donald Bartlette started last Tuesday in Grand Forks and the verdict was read this afternoon. It was last October when Bartlette claimed Kiehl came at him with…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Minnesota State Moorhead is celebrating a record year for enrollment of first year students. The university is seeing first-year enrollment growth at record levels this academic year. They are reporting that first-year enrollment has gone from 590 students last year to a projected 774 students joining the school this fall. That’s an over 32 percent increase. MSUM…
ARGUSVILLE, N.D. (KVRR) — Several area residents and rescue agencies jumped into the Sheyenne River late Sunday evening to help a horse that became stuck in the mud. “More than likely he slipped. He has one eye, so he might have fell in. But it was just kind of an isolated, freak incident. I mean, it could happen out here…
