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LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Drax

It was a super-big day at the Morning Show Thursday, because for the first time in more than a year, we got to do Pet Connection our favorite way -- with a live adoptable…

Few COVID-19 vaccinated patients need intensive care

MINNEAPOLIS - Two large hospital systems in the Upper Midwest say fully vaccinated people make up a minority of COVID-19 hospitalizations and an even lower number of people needing intensive care and ventilators. Minneapolis-based Allina Health reported 176 patients were…

Fall Career Expo connects NDSU students with employers

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) --As parts of the country experiences a labor shortage, employers are readily seeking candidates to join the workforce. NDSU Career and Advising Center is partnering with area businesses to connect them…

Man Arrested After High Speed Chase & Crash in Grand Forks

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) -- An attempted traffic stop turns into a high-speed chase and ends in a crash in Grand Forks. Police say they attempted to stop 34-year-old Bruce Austreng around 8:30 Tuesday night. But Austreng took off onto…

Red Lake Nation Votes For COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

RED LAKE, Minn. (AP) -- The Red Lake Nation in northern Minnesota is requiring all people who come to the reservation for work or other business purposes to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or show weekly test results. The Red Lake…

Confirmation Hearing Begins For Duluth Native Tom Nides

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar introduces a fellow Minnesota native at a Senate Foreign Relations committee confirmation hearing. Tom Nides was nominated by President Joe Biden to become the U.S. Ambassador to Israel. The native of Duluth told…

Tribes say DAPL review company has conflict of interest

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The head of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is asking a federal agency overseeing the environmental review of the Dakota Access oil pipeline to cut ties with a contractor conducting the analysis, citing a conflict of…

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