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Twins, Carlos Correa in agreement on multi-year deal

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Carlos Correa is staying with the Minnesota Twins after all. In of the strangest free agency periods in Major League Baseball, the star shortstop has reportedly agreed to a six-year, $200 million deal to stay with…

Five Former Moorhead Mayors Attend Swearing In Ceremony

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) -- Five former Moorhead mayors attend the swearing in of Mayor Shelly Carlson and newly and re-elected council members. The election winners were all sworn in by Seventh Judicial District Judge Johnathan Judd, a former mayor of…

Man Pulled From Otter Tail Lake Identified

OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR) -- An Ottertail, Minnesota man who died after being pulled from Otter Tail Lake has been identified as 64-year-old Scott Simdorn. Simdorn and riders of two snowmobiles and an ATV fell into lake around 7:30…

LIVE: Food Connection

There's a food fest breaking out on Facebook for people in the FM area, and you're invited. The Facebook group "Fargo-Moorhead Eats" was just created about a year and half ago. It's already grown…

Minnesota Vikings Take Down The Bears, 29-13

CHICAGO (AP) - Thanks to an old friend, the Chicago Bears are on the clock for the NFL draft. Chicago will pick No. 1 for the first time since 1947 after it lost 29-13 to the Minnesota Vikings in its…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Gepetto

If you're looking for a guy who's just as loving and sweet as the legendary Gepetto, the fictional father of Pinocchio, the little wooden boy, you've got to meet Gepetto. He's a laid back,…

Norman County Sheriff Jeremy Thornton Dies at 53

TWIN VALLEY, Minn. (KVRR) -- Norman County Sheriff Jeremy Thornton died Thursday at his home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. The 53-year-old Thornton was just placed under hospice care on Wednesday. He had been diagnosed…

Mega Millions Jackpot Grows Again To Nearly $1 Billion

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The Mega Millions jackpot increases to an estimated $940 million after another drawing resulted in plenty of losers but not a single grand prize winner. The lack of a winner Tuesday means there have been…

Moorhead murder suspect booked for fatal shooting in Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) - A Rochester, Minn. man charged with 1st Degree pre-meditated murder in Moorhead in 2021 has been arrested in connection with a recent homicide in Minneapolis. According to the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office, Idris Abdillahi Haji-Mohamed was taken…

$785M Mega Millions prize is 6th largest in US history

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - An estimated $785 million Mega Millions jackpot will give lottery players a chance to start the new year with a lucrative bang. The big prize up for grabs Tuesday night is the sixth-largest jackpot in…