Local activist group prepares to gather for next protest against ICE
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -- Hundreds of people have gathered at protests and rallies in the metro area hosted by local activist group Red River United Indivisible. And…
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Crookston Bishop says immigration system is broken and in need of reform
CROOKSTON, Minn. (KVRR) - Another Catholic bishop in Minnesota is speaking out about the effects of ICE activity across the state. Diocese of Crookston Bishop Andrew Cozzens oversees more than 60 parishes in 14 counties in northwestern Minnesota. Cozzens says law-abiding,…
Update: Justice Department subpoenas Walz, 5 other Minnesota officials
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal prosecutors served six grand jury subpoenas Tuesday to Minnesota officials as part of an investigation into whether they obstructed or impeded federal law enforcement during a sweeping immigration operation in Minneapolis-St. Paul area, a person familiar…
Commissioners give green light to Clay County Sheriff's cadet program
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – The Clay County Commission has unanimously approved a cadet program for the Clay County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Mark Empting presented the idea to the commission on Tuesday, Jan. 20. He says cadets must be 18 or…
Fargo-Moorhead area unions endorse strike in opposition to Minnesota ICE activity
FARGO (KVRR) - Local union leaders are supporting a plan that calls for a general strike in opposition to ICE activity in Minnesota. The Red River Valley AFL-CIO and the West Area Labor Council are endorsing the action in solidarity…
ICE says an immigrant who died in a sprawling Texas detention facility killed himself
EL PASO, T.X. (AP) — An immigrant from Nicaragua was found dead at a Texas immigration detention facility last week, federal officials said. Victor Manuel Diaz appears to have killed himself Wednesday at the sprawling tent complex at the U.S.…
Blizzard conditions slow response to detached garage fire in rural East Grand Forks
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. (KVRR) -- East Grand Forks Fire Department responded to a detached garage on fire in Sullivan Township at 13926 410th Avenue Southwest. They say it took them longer to arrive on scene than normal due to…
Cause of garage fire under investigation in Moorhead
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) -- Firefighters are called out after fire starts in a garage at 2731 Walnut Circle in Moorhead. They arrived to heavy smoke and were able to quickly known down the fire and prevent it from spreading into…
Army puts 1,500 soldiers on standby for possible Minnesota deployment, AP sources say
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active duty soldiers to be ready in case of a possible deployment to Minnesota, where federal authorities have been conducting a massive immigration enforcement operation, two defense officials said Sunday. The…
Department of Justice Reportedly Launching Investigations into Walz, Frey
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR/CNN) - Sources are reporting that the Department of Justice is investigating Minnesota governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. It's reportedly over what the DOJ is calling possible obstruction of federal law enforcement. The alleged probe…
Moorhead Police Department announces arrests made as part of multi-agency narcotics investigation
MOORHEAD — The Moorhead Police Department announced on Friday, Jan. 16, the arrest of two individuals on drug charges. Moorhead police worked in coordinated the investigation with the Cass County Drug Task Force, Clay County Sheriff's Office, and the local…
A Liberian man has now been released twice after his dramatic battering-ram arrest in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Liberian man who has been shuttled in and out of custody since immigration agents in Minnesota broke down his door with a battering ram was released again Friday, hours after a routine check-in with authorities led…
Minnesota State Patrol advises drivers to drive with caution as high winds and low visibility continue
MINNESOTA (KVRR) -- Driving may have been difficult, but while the snow has let up, Minnesota State Patrol Sgt. Jesse Grabow says…
Big Minnesota companies keep quiet as Trump’s immigration crackdown squeezes the state
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — More than 100 Twin Cities clergy gathered at the skyway entrance to Target’s downtown Minneapolis headquarters Thursday to sing, pray and demand the retailer take a stronger stand against federal law enforcement activity in the…
These are the arrests you’re not seeing
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — A man shelters alone under the heaters of a south Minneapolis bus stop on a cold January morning, the hood of a grey sweatshirt pulled over his thick dark hair. He unzips his black outer…
Judge orders release of Liberian man arrested in Minneapolis by agents with a battering ram
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A federal judge in Minnesota on Thursday ordered the release of a Liberian man four days after heavily armed immigration agents broke into his home using a battering ram and arrested him. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Bryan…
No travel advisory issued in portion of west central Minnesota
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) - The Minnesota Department of Transportation has issued a no travel advisory on state and federal highways in Clay and Wilkin counties in west central Minnesota due to high winds causing blowing snow and zero visibility.…
Search for missing West Fargo woman extends to Otter Tail County, MN
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) --Fargo and West Fargo police departments are now asking people in Otter Tail County, Minnesota to check their camera footage in the search for 25-year-old Isadora Wengel of West Fargo. They want businesses and property owners to…
DHS abruptly delayed all payments to providers of 14 Medicaid services in fraud prevention effort
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — Melissa Berg is a paid personal care assistant for her friend, a disabled person who needs 24/7 care. In December, Berg received a memo from AM Home Healthcare, the St. Paul-based agency she works…
Homeland Security audits Hennepin Healthcare’s employment records for undocumented workers
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is auditing Hennepin Healthcare, which operates Minnesota’s largest safety net hospital, for compliance with immigrant employment eligibility laws. A memo from hospital leaders to staff on Thursday obtained…
Walz writes public appeal asking Trump to 'turn the temperature down'
ST. PAUL (KVRR) - Gov. Tim Walz is using social media to publicly appeal to President Trump to "stop this campaign of retribution" involving the deployment of thousands of ICE agents in Minneapolis. Walz's brief message also appeals to Minnesotans…
Pet Connection: Meet Delaney
FARGO -- A lot of people get stressed out over their wrinkles. But if you're the kind of person who knows wrinkles, and jowls, and forehead lines all give someone great character, you're in luck,…
MN Attorney general unveils online form asking Minnesotans to share impacts of federal actions
ST. PAUL, Minn. — On Thursday, Jan. 15, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced the launch of a form on the Minnesota Attorney General's website that allows Minnesotans to share information about how they, or someone close to them, have…
Update: Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against the federal officers sent to Minneapolis to enforce his administration's massive immigration crackdown. The president's threat comes a…
Fear and anger spread after another immigration shooting in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal officer shot a man in the leg in Minneapolis after being attacked with a shovel and broom handle, further heightening the sense of fear and anger radiating across the city a week after an immigration…
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