WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration has paved the way for children ages 5 to 11 to get Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. The agency authorized the kid-size doses on Friday. They are just a third of the amount given to teens and adults. But there’s one more regulatory hurdle. Next week, advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
BILLINGS, Mont. – The Biden administration said Friday that industry regulators for the first time will begin analyzing greenhouse gas emissions from federal oil and gas leases on a national scale, as they prepare to hold lease sales in numerous Western states next year. The announcement from the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management came as officials released a report…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KCND) – Gov. Doug Burgum says he will call a special session Nov. 8 for the Legislature to handle redistricting and to consider how to spend the latest COVID-19 federal relief money. Burgum says he’s happy with the priorities laid out for spending COVID-19 relief money. But he wants lawmakers to use some of the state’s general fund…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) – Gov. Tim Walz says COVID-19 vaccinations are up nearly 40% among Minnesotans 12-17 years old in the past week. During the first week of the “Kids Deserve a Shot” campaign, Walz says more than 2,200 Minnesotans 12-17 got their first COVID-19 vaccine dose, compared to just 1,600 the week before. “Every shot in the arm helps…
Halloween season wraps up this Sunday, but don’t worry: you have one last chance this weekend to scare yourself silly at one of the region’s longest-running local haunted locations. It’s the final weekend of the season tonight and Saturday for the Crypt at Jacobs Manor, in Leonard, North Dakota. The haunted farm and crypt is a permanent structure that’s been…
It’s one of the little-known Halloween gems of our region, hiding right in plain sight in an unassuming strip mall on Fargo’s south side. But when you get find your way to Antique Addiction on South University Drive, and get inside, you see: this antique store is definitely haunted. You’ll discover as you move among the many intriguing and mysterious…
DULUTH, Minn. – A woman has died and a man has been injured in a house explosion and fire in St. Louis County. Sheriff’s officials say Michael Gramse was injured in the Wednesday morning explosion in Greenwood Township. Authorities believe that Gramse’s wife, Eva, died in the blaze. The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office is working to confirm remains found inside the…
MINNEAPOLIS – A judge says a Minnesota man accused of killing three family members with a wrench is mentally incompetent to stand trial, citing testimony from doctors about his mental illness intensified by energy drinks. David Ekers is charged with three counts of second-degree murder in last year’s attack in Maple Grove that killed his sister, mother and grandmother. The…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A one of a kind local organization had to unexpectedly move from Dilworth to Moorhead and is in need of the community’s support. Jazzy & Mumbos is a volunteer run non-profit thrift store. Pet owners can go there and ask for help with unexpected expenses for their animals like veterinary care, food and shelter. All items…
WASHINGTON (KVRR) — Following her own cancer diagnosis, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar is introducing legislation to promote preventative health screenings. “I am sharing my story to call attention to the fact that many people have been delaying routine exams and screenings because of the pandemic,” she said Thursday. “I know that because I delayed mine.” Klobuchar was diagnosed with breast…
