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LIVE: Panda Picks Super Bowl Winner

It's Super Bowl panda-monium.

It’s time to “paws” and make a prediction for the big winner on  Super Bowl Sunday. And KVRR is getting some help from the Red River Zoo’s famous red pandas. Panda Pepper came out to share her thoughts with the Morning Show on Giving Hearts Day. Her keepers used “panda candy” to sweeten the deal — which is what they…

Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig assaulted in DC elevator, suspect arrested

WASHINGTON (FOX 9) – After Rep. Angie Craig was assaulted in a Washington, D.C. elevator, police say an arrest has been made. The Minnesota Democrat was assaulted in the elevator of her apartment building around 7:15 a.m. on Thursday, Nick Coe, Craig’s chief of staff, said in a statement. “Craig defended herself from the attacker and suffered bruising, but is otherwise…

Vice President Kamala Harris visiting St. Cloud Thursday

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (FOX 9) – Vice President Kamala Harris, on the heels of the State of the Union address, is stopping in St. Cloud on Thursday. The White House announced last week Harris would travel to St. Cloud to “highlight how the Administration’s investments in electric vehicles are creating good-paying, union jobs.” Harris plans to tour a final assembly plant for New…

Employees restrain active shooter at Lund Boat Company in New York Mills

NEW YORK MILLS, Minn. (KVRR) – Employees at Lund Boat Company in New York Mills catch an active shooter before deputies arrived Thursday morning. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office responded around 7:20 to 318 West Gilman Street. The Sheriff’s Office says 21-year-old David Gadsden shot at a 31-year-old man during a verbal fight, but the bullet didn’t hit him….

Pet Connection: Meet Nyx

Nyx Had A Cold Start To Life But Is Quickly Warming Up

  Nyx is a sweetheart. The six-month-old kitty came out from Homeward Animal Shelter for Giving Hearts Day. She came to the shelter from the local pound. It looks like she was outside for a bit before she was rescued. She’s got signs of frostbite. But she’s doing much better and warming up to the folks at Homeward. They think…

Have warm temperatures led to thinner ice?

NORTH DAKOTA (KVRR) – Warmer temperatures have caused lots of melting of snow and ice. Lake ice thickness still seems to remain unaffected. “We are about average and that’s just really a mathematical equation of extremes. Where we are at in the mid-part of February in terms of ice thickness and into snowpack, while it may seem that some areas…

Timberwolves trade D’Angelo Russell to Lakers, get Mike Conley Jr. from Jazz

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – The NBA trade deadline expires at 2 p.m. Thursday, but the Minnesota Timberwolves didn’t wait that long to make a significant shakeup in their roster.\ According to multiple reports, the Timberwolves are sending guard D’Angelo Russell to the L.A. Lakers as part of a three-team trade that’s bringing Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley to Minnesota. The…

“Blader Tot Hotdish” and Other Fun Names Win 2023 Snowplow Contest

The 2023 MnDOT Name a Snowplow names are official. After the nearly 64,000 votes were tallied these are the eight winners. A plow in District 2 which covers northwest Minnesota will be named “Blader Tot Hotdish”. In west central Minnesotas District 4 the winner is “Sleetwood Mac”. Other district winning names are “Blizzo”, “Clearopathra”, “Better Call Salt”, “Scoop! There it…