GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – Altru Health System says staff, physicians, volunteers and students, regardless of work locations, will be required to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or complete an exemption process by November 15. The Grand Forks-based Altru says employees can request an exemption for medical, religious or philosophical reasons. Those who have an approved exemption will be required to…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – A Moorhead man is in the Clay County jail in connection with a 2019 homicide in Watertown, S.D. Clay County Sheriff Mark Empting says 18 year-old Gage Stevenson is being held on a First Degree Murder charge. Stevenson was taken into custody Tuesday by Moorhead Police. Capt. Deric Swenson says police arrested Stevenson after they were…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A Cass County jury ruled that the Hotel Donaldson in downtown Fargo is not liable for a confrontation that resulted in the death of a man in 2017. The victim’s wife, Jenny Grant, and Chris Sang filed a civil lawsuit against the HoDo and Darren Patterson. A punch from Patterson led to the death of James…
HIBBING, Minn. – One of two twin 3-year-old boys found locked in a hot vehicle in Hibbing has died. The other twin has been released from a hospital. Hibbing police say the boys were reported missing Monday evening. Neighbors joined police in a search for the twins. About an hour later a citizen found the twins locked inside a vehicle…
FARGO (KVRR) – Face coverings for all staff, students and visitors, regardless of vaccination status or community transmission rates will be required in Fargo Public Schools. The Fargo School Board approved the policy Tuesday. The vote was 6-3. A letter from Superintendent Rupak Gandhi says masks are also required for all riders and drivers on Fargo Public Schools transportation, including…
Willow River/Honor the EarthST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says there have been 28 inadvertent releases of drilling fluid at 12 river crossings along the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline project, more than the agency first reported. The releases happening between June 8 and August 9. Thirteen of the spills were in wetlands, including 6,000 to 9,000 gallons released…
FARGO, N.D. — A civil trial in Fargo in the case of a man who threw a fatal punch outside of the Hotel Donaldson in 2017 is now in the hands of the jury. The victim’s wife, Jenny Grant, and Chris Sang are suing the HoDo and Darren Patterson for damages. A punch from Patterson fatally wounded James Grant on…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a plane crashed just after leaving the area of the West Fargo Municipal Airport after hitting a row of trees. The plane went down in a soybean field near the West Fargo city lagoons on 12th Avenue North. The call came in at 3:50 Tuesday afternoon and took first…
WASHINGTON (KVRR) – Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz have introduced legislation that would prohibit federal mandates requiring face coverings and COVID-19 vaccines. Cramer says the “No Mask Mandates Act” would end President Biden’s executive order related to mask mandates on public property, end the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s mask mandate affecting transportation, while…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A gun owners’ group is suing the Minnesota State Fair and Ramsey County, demanding that permit holders be allowed to carry handguns on the fairgrounds during the Great Minnesota Get-Together. The lawsuit by the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus argues that the State Fair’s ban on weapons violates the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms….
