Minnesota News

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Mahogany

Mahogany may be named after one of the hardest woods around, but this little girl is a total softie. She's friends with everyone she meets: cats. Other dogs. Toddlers. Older children. And of course, adults…

47 cats rescued from sweltering heat near Twin Cities

HARRIS, Minn. - Authorities say 47 cats were rescued from a vehicle that was parked in sweltering heat at a southeastern Minnesota rest area. The cats, discovered Tuesday about 50 miles north of the Twin Cities, were living in the…

Biden nominates Chauvin prosecutor to be federal judge

MINNEAPOLIS - President Biden has nominated one of the prosecutors who helped convict a former Minneapolis police officer of murder in the killing of George Floyd to be a federal judge. Jerry Blackwell is a Minneapolis attorney and a founding…

Red Lake Man Gets 7 Years in Prison For Reservation Shooting

MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) -- A Red Lake, Minnesota man gets 7 years in prison for shooting two people on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in May 2021. 21-year-old Brennon Sayers was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court. Court documents show Sayers…

LIVE: All-Star Week

He's one of the greatest baseball stars of all time, and his legacy in cancer awareness is just as great. And this week, you can help remember Fargo's Roger Maris, because today kicks…

Senate negotiators announce a deal on guns, breaking logjam

WASHINGTON (AP/KVRR) - Senate bargainers have announced a bipartisan framework responding to last month’s mass shootings in New York and Texas. It's a noteworthy though limited breakthrough offering modest gun curbs and bolstered efforts to improve school safety and mental…

Moorhead church hosts "March for our Lives" rally

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR)-Mass shootings sending shockwaves of emotions rattling through our country. Trinity Lutheran Church in Moorhead take a stand against gun violence by marching from Moorhead to Fargo with the…

FBI arrests NDSU graduate student accused of issuing death threats

FARGO (KVRR) - The FBI has arrested an NDSU graduate student for allegedly issuing threats against employees at the university. Thirty-eight-year-old Thomas Sayward appeared in federal court Friday. He's charged with Interstate Threatening Communications. Court documents say on June 1,…

Fargo man sentenced for child porn

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) - A Fargo man is sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for distribution and possession of child porn. Forty-two-year-old Jeffrey Buckmeier also will be under supervised release for life and has to pay $84,000 to the…

Fire damages greenhouse in Detroit Lakes

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR-KDLM) - Firefighters from Detroit Lakes, Audubon and Frazee battled a fire at Country Fields Greenhouse along Richwood Road in Detroit Lakes, Friday. The fire was reported just after 10 a.m. in the entryway of the home…

U.S. inflation reaches new 40-year high

WASHINGTON - The prices of gas, food and most other goods and services jumped in May, raising inflation to a new four-decade high and giving American households no respite from rising costs. Consumer prices surged 8.6% last month from 12…

Man dealing meth out of motorhome sentenced to 27 years

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - A Browns Valley, Minnesota man who dealt drugs out of a motorhome has been sentenced to 27 years in prison. A federal indictment accuses 62-year-old Frank Stewart of participating in a drug ring that distributed massive…

Moorhead police arrest robbery suspect

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) - Police arrest a man they say committed a robbery saying he had a gun. Officers responded near Horizon Middle School around 5:30 Thursday for a disturbance. A 911 caller said they met with a man who…

Minnesota murder suspect faces new charges for attempted escape

THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) An Oklee, Minnesota man accused of murder now faces additional charges for attempted escape from custody. 45-year-old Eric Reinbold will make his first appearance on the latest charge Friday in Pennington County District Court. According…