Northeastern Minn. wildfire (U.S. Forest Service)LAKE COUNTY, Minn. – The U.S. Forest Service says dozens of homes have been evacuated as a wildfire in northeastern Minnesota continues to spread. The fire near Greenwood Lake in the Superior National Forest has expanded to about 3.1 square miles by Tuesday as crews fought the fire on the ground and from the air….
MINNEAPOLIS – A former U.S. Navy diver who helped efforts to search for bodies in the Mississippi River after the I-35W bridge collapse in 2007 has returned his awards to protest the Line 3 oil pipeline. John Miller, a native of Monticello who now lives in Hawaii, asked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to stop construction on the pipeline replacement project…
(Minn. Cross Country, Track & Field)ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR/KDLM) – A woman hit twice in a fatal hit-and-run in the Twin Cities was a 2010 graduate of Perham High School. Around 7:00 p.m. Saturday, Abby Anderson was walking near the University of Minnesota soccer fields in Falcon Heights when a truck crashed into a parked car, sending both vehicles into…
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – Deputies recovered a man’s body that was found floating in Devils Lake Tuesday. Ramsey County Sheriff Steve Nelson says the sheriff’s office responded shortly after 7:00 a.m. Nelson says the man, from Grand Forks and believed to be in his early 60’s, was fishing from shore and ended up in the water. An autopsy will…
FARGO, N.D. — Additional doses of COVID-19 vaccines are now recommended for people with moderately to severely compromised immune systems. North Dakota Department of Health is urging those North Dakotans to consider getting the additional dose to increase their immunity to COVID. Included in CDC’s recommendation are recipients of organ or stem cell transplants, people with advanced or untreated HIV…
ARGUSVILLE, N.D. (KVRR) – The search has ended for two people wanted after they were found on private property and slammed into a car near Argusville. Around 8:00 Monday morning, Cass County Sheriff Jesse Jahner says a man and woman drove onto the property. The owner doesn’t live there so he has relatives watching over the property. “The individuals…
NEW YORK — Legendary singer-songwriter and Minnesota native Bob Dylan is being sued by a woman who claims he groomed her to sexually abuse her when she was 12 in the 1960s. The lawsuit filed in New York only identifies the plaintiff as “J.C.”. She claims Dylan plied her with drugs and alcohol before sexually abusing her at his Chelsea…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – A nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness of first responders lost in the line of duty rolls into Grand Forks. Beyond the Call of Duty End of Watch Ride made at stop at the main entrance plaza of Ralph Engelstad Arena to honor Grand Forks Police Officer Cody Holte. He was killed in the line of…
FARGO (KFGO) – Mayor Tim Mahoney says the Amazon distribution warehouse should open sometime next month or in October. Mahoney and City Commissioner Dave Piepkorn recently took a tour of what the company calls a Fulfillment Center. “It’s just the efficiency Amazon builds into their buildings, how they’re going to move things around, the amount of equipment and then what…
UPDATE: At approximately 12:46 PM MPS had a widespread outage that affected 17,172 customers. The cause of the outage was due to a relay failure on the 115kV transmission line. Crews worked quickly and safely as possible to restore power by 1:02 PM. Again, we apologize for the inconvenience and greatly appreciated your patience! MOORHEAD, MN (KVRR) — There are…
