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Minnesota county election offices receive bomb threats

November 12, 2024

Alison Voorhees,

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) — We’re one week out from the election and county election offices in Minnesota have been getting e-mail bomb threats ever since. The Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State says over half of the counties in the state have received them. The threats have been reported by county, state and federal partners. Steve Simon says…

Anti-Chicken Ordinance Remains on Mapleton Books for Time Being

A 16-year-old brought a presentation to the city council meeting in an effort to get the rule changed, but was rebuffed on his first attempt.

November 12, 2024

Gabriel Ostler,

MAPLETON, N.D. (KVRR) — McCoy Ferguson’s noble attempt to change the rules in his hometown to allow people to own chickens for personal use fell short at Mapleton’s November city council meeting. The council commended Ferguson on his presentation and took the matter seriously, debating its relative merits for a good 10-15 minutes. In the end, though, they determined that…

Furniture Mission Hosts Musical Chairs For Charity

November 12, 2024

Juliana Pelaez,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — People went round and round a circle to raise funds for Furniture Mission of the Red River Valley. The Musical Chair for Charity event is the first one hosted by the Furniture Mission to keep their mission of giving back to the community. Since they started they have gifted 34,180 pieces of furniture to the community…

Founder of Epic Companies, wife, file for divorce

November 12, 2024

KVRR Staff,

Former Epic Companies CEO and Founder Todd BerningHILLSBORO, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – The former CEO and founder of Epic Companies and his wife of 15 years are getting divorced. A marital termination agreement in Traill County says Todd Berning will retain a condominium in Minot while Carolyn Berning will keep their marital home in West Fargo. The filing says irreconcilable differences…

Community Leaders Discuss Finding Solutions To End Homelessness

November 12, 2024

Juliana Pelaez,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The conference entitled “The Pulse of Homelessness” was sponsored by the Fargo-Moorhead-West Fargo Chamber of Commerce. Panelists discussed how the community has been addressing homelessness and the next steps that need to be taken. “No community in the nation has been able to decrease the number of people experiencing homelessness through criminalizing homelessness as their only…

Sheriff identifies victim in hunting-related shooting near Moorhead

November 12, 2024

Jim Monk,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Authorities have identified the man who was shot by a stray bullet from someone within his deer hunting party Saturday morning northeast of Moorhead. Thirty-four-year-old Jace Srur, of Dilworth, suffered a gunshot wound to the head. The injury was considered life-threatening and non-survivable. Deputies and a state trooper responded to the scene shortly before 8 a.m….

Trump picks Kristi Noem to serve as Homeland Security Secretary

November 12, 2024

KVRR Staff,

FILE – President Donald Trump appears with South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Sept. 7, 2018, in Sioux Falls, S.D. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)WASHINGTON (CNN) – President-elect Donald Trump has selected South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as his next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, according to two people familiar with the selection. Noem will be tapped to take over…

Minnesota Twins President Dave St. Peter to step down

November 12, 2024

Jim Monk,

MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR-KFGO) – Weeks after the Pohlad family announced that the Minnesota Twins are sale, team President Dave St. Peter is stepping down. The Bismarck, North Dakota native will remain with the organization in an advisory role. St. Peter has been with the Twins for about 35 years. He served as president since 2002 and CEO since December, 2016. Twins…

Northern Minnesota man struck by minivan while walking on highway

November 12, 2024

KVRR Staff,

WALKER, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – A 27-year-old man from Walker was hurt when he was struck by a minivan south of Walker Monday night. The State Patrol says the man was under the influence of alcohol and walking in a traffic lane of Highway 371 at Shingobee Road when the minivan sideswiped him. It happened shortly before midnight. The man suffered…

North Dakota honors service of veterans at home and abroad

November 12, 2024

KVRR Staff,

Brig. Gen. Mitchell Johnson, right, adjutant general of the North Dakota National Guard, views the All Veterans Memorial on Nov. 11, 2024, after a Veterans Day ceremony in Bismarck. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota federal and state leaders marked Veterans Day by highlighting the service and sacrifice of the state’s military. Brig. Gen. Mitchell Johnson, adjutant general…