WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden clinched the Democratic presidential nomination with decisive victories in Georgia and Mississippi on Tuesday, overcoming concerns about his leadership from within his own party as the 2024 presidential contest shifts to a general election rematch that many voters do not want. Donald Trump, too, was on pace to secure his party’s nomination despite serious political and practical…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — Moorhead City Council has approved an Israel/Hamas ceasefire resolution, but it was a close vote. A number of people attended the council meeting, speaking both in favor and against the resolution. Several city council members and some members of the audience said they should not be involved in the international conflict. Council members initially had a…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Former North Dakota First Lady Grace Link has died at the age of 105. Her husband, Art Link, served as governor of North Dakota from 1973 to 1981 in addition to spending years in the North Dakota Legislature and one term in the U.S. House of Representatives. He died in 2010. In a statement, Gov. Doug…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Outside the Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead, Minn., protestors chanted ‘ceasefire now’ and ‘free, free Palestine’. They were protesting the February 29th events that took place in Gaza where people were killed waiting for aid convoys in what is being called the ‘Flour Massacre’. “Just meaningful to see people come out and speak of the injustices…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Sen. Tina Smith has invited the director of Red River Women’s Clinic to be her special guest at the State of the Union. KVRR Local News had a chance to talk with Sen. Smith and Tammi Kromenaker just hours before the president’s address to the nation. Smith says women from all across the region depend on…
Tammy Kromenaker and Sen. Tina Smith MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — The director of Red River Women’s Clinic in Moorhead is headed to President Biden’s State of the Union Address. Tammy Kromenaker will be Sen. Tina Smith’s guest at the address Thursday night. She ran the only abortion clinic in North Dakota and was forced to relocate from Fargo to Moorhead…
Rep. Dean Phillips (D) Minnesota’s 3rd DistrictMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota ended his long-shot 2024 Democratic presidential bid on Wednesday after failing to win a primary contest against President Joe Biden. Phillips told WCCO Radio in Minneapolis that he was endorsing Biden. Phillips, a 55-year-old multimillionaire who is among the richest members of Congress, built his White House…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Joe Biden dealt challenger Dean Phillips a Super Tuesday defeat in the Minnesota congressman’s home state, while former President Donald Trump beat Nikki Haley in the state’s Republican primary. Minnesota has 75 Democratic and 39 Republican national convention delegates. But as one of the smaller of 16 states and one territory holding Super Tuesday primaries, Minnesota received little attention — even from Phillips, who represents a congressional…
ST. PAUL (KVRR) — A small group of Republican lawmakers are calling on the legislature to take a vote on the final designs for the new state flag and seal, or let the people decide. The new flag is meant to represent Minnesota’s motto: The Star of the North. Some rural county commissions have passed resolutions against the new design….
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Donald Trump won the North Dakota Republican presidential caucuses on Monday, adding to his string of victories heading into Super Tuesday. The former president finished first with 84% of votes conducted at 12 caucus sites, ahead of former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley. The results resumes Trump’s winning streak, which was briefly interrupted on Sunday when Haley notched her first…
