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Big Minnesota companies keep quiet as Trump’s immigration crackdown squeezes the state

Employees restock groceries at a Target store in Minnesota. Photo by Max Nesterak/Minnesota Reformer.MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — More than 100 Twin Cities clergy gathered at the skyway entrance to Target’s downtown Minneapolis headquarters Thursday to sing, pray and demand the retailer take a stronger stand against federal law enforcement activity in the metro and prevent agents from using its…

Judge orders release of Liberian man arrested in Minneapolis by agents with a battering ram

A family member reacts after federal immigration officers make an arrest Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A federal judge in Minnesota on Thursday ordered the release of a Liberian man four days after heavily armed immigration agents broke into his home using a battering ram and arrested him. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Bryan said…

No travel advisory issued in portion of west central Minnesota

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) – The Minnesota Department of Transportation has issued a no travel advisory on state and federal highways in Clay and Wilkin counties in west central Minnesota due to high winds causing blowing snow and zero visibility. The advisory includes Highway 75 between Perley and Breckenridge, Highway 210 from Breckenridge to Fergus Falls and Highway 9 from…

Horace Mann Hosts First “History Harvest” in Series of Three

The events are designed to capture as many memories and artifacts from the closing elementary schools as possible, to both be placed on a digital time capsule and potentially considered for design elements of the new building.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – On the evening of January 15 – Horace Mann Elementary let folks in outside of school hours for a special kind of open house. Students, parents – anyone with memories of the historic building was welcome to share them at a variety of stations. “We call it a History Harvest, because literally, we need to harvest…

Search for missing West Fargo woman extends to Otter Tail County, MN

Isadora Wengel, Fargo PoliceFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) –Fargo and West Fargo police departments are now asking people in Otter Tail County, Minnesota to check their camera footage in the search for 25-year-old Isadora Wengel of West Fargo. They want businesses and property owners to check any security cameras, doorbell cameras or trail cameras between 2 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday,…

Noridian Healthcare announced over 140 layoffs across their company

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — About seven percent of Noridian’s employees are now out of a job. As Noridian Healthcare Solutions says, it is aligning with current federal funding levels. According to a representative at the company, they are letting go 143 employees across the organization, which includes 39 based in the Fargo-Moorhead area. Since 1966, Noridian Healthcare has processed medical…

DHS abruptly delayed all payments to providers of 14 Medicaid services in fraud prevention effort

The Elmer L. Andersen Human Services Building in St. Paul, MN Thursday Jan. 15, 2026. (Photo by Alyssa Chen/Minnesota Reformer)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — Melissa Berg is a paid personal care assistant for her friend, a disabled person who needs 24/7 care. In December, Berg received a memo from AM Home Healthcare, the St. Paul-based agency she works under,…