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No Powerball jackpot winner but five tickets sold in MN are worth $50,000 each

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — While nobody won the billion dollar Powerball jackpot on Monday night, six lucky players in Minnesota have tickets worth $50,000 each. They were sold in Anoka at Holiday Stationstore, Blaine at Speedway, Coon Rapids at Joe’s Kwik Marts, Elk River at Holiday Stationstore, West St. Paul at Holiday Stationstore and Woodbury at Seasons Market Holiday. There…

Two $50,000 Powerball tickets sold in MN, jackpot rises to $950 million for Saturday

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — While nobody won last night’s $861 million Powerball jackpot, there were some big winners. Two tickets in Minnesota are each worth $50,000. They were sold at Forest Lake Moto Mart in Forest Lake and at Kwik Trip in Cambridge. A North 5 player hit the jackpot to win a nearly $125,000 prize. That ticket was bought…

Four people in Minnesota linked to nationwide Salmonella outbreak tied to Country Eggs

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Nearly 100 people are sick from a Salmonella outbreak linked to recalled eggs from Country Eggs. On Wednesday, the company recalled its Large Brown Cage Free “Sunshine Yolks” eggs. 95 people in 14 states have gotten sick from the same strain of Salmonella. There are four cases in Minnesota. 18 people have been hospitalized and no…

Two big Powerball winners in the region including $2 million ticket sold in South Dakota

Powerball keeps growing and now has the 10th largest jackpot in the game's history at $750 million

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — There were two big winners in Saturday night’s Powerball drawing in our region. One ticket sold at Gas N More in Mobridge, South Dakota is a $2 million winner. The winning ticket matched five of the six numbers, missing the Powerball. The player doubled their prize by purchasing the Power Play add on for an additional…

Target CEO to step down amid company struggles

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Target has named an insider as its next chief executive officer. The announced on Wednesday comes as the discount retailer tries to reverse a persistent sales malaise and to revive its reputation as the place to go for affordable but stylish products. Minneapolis-based Target said CEO Brian Cornell, who has led the company for 11 years, would…

South Dakota National Guard begins processing immigration documents for ICE

Sam Olson, Minneapolis field office director for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (right) & Gov. Larry Rhoden. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight)PIERRE, S.D. (South Dakota Searchlight) – National Guard troops on both sides of South Dakota are now processing paperwork for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden announced Monday that three guard members in Sioux Falls and three…

South Dakota Highway Patrol makes record $12 million meth seizure in Sturgis

Courtesy Gov. Larry Rhoden/FacebookSTURGIS, S.D. (KVRR) — South Dakota Highway Patrol has made a record meth seizure and arrest in Sturgis. They stopped a 42-year-old man for speeding on Interstate 90. During the stop, a police service dog alerted the trooper to the presence of an odor it is trained to detect. The trooper found around 207 pounds of crystal…

Minnesota man dies after vehicle crash in South Dakota

REVA, S.D. (KVRR) — A 58-year-old Frazee man has died after the pickup he was driving ran off the road and overturned near Reva, South Dakota. According to the Harding County Sheriff’s Office, the crash occurred at around 6:30 in the morning on Friday, July 25. Officials say Brian Keith Huber, from Frazee, Minnesota, was driving a truck towing a…

Minnesota’s Baron von Raschke remembers Hulk Hogan as a ‘real showman’

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – One of the most notable professional wrestlers in Minnesota is remembering his days with wrestling icon Hulk Hogan, who died Thursday at age 71. Jim Raschke, of Hastings, Minn., better known as Baron von Raschke, wrestled alongside Hogan when the Hulk was first brought to Minnesota by the Minneapolis-based AWA in the early 1980’s. “At that…