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Minnesota Offers 4 More Free COVID-19 At Home Tests

ST. PAUL (KVRR) -- Minnesotans can now get four more free COVID-19 at-home rapid tests. The state is making them available before the busy Thanksgiving holiday. They can be ordered online at mn.gov/covid19. Food banks, local public health agencies and…

Sanford Health to Merge With Fairview Health Services

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KFGO) -- Sanford Health and Twin Cities-headquartered Fairview Health Services have signed a non-binding letter of intent to combine and create a new health system. A joint statement says the combined system would bring together Sanford’s rural…

Corral Saloon & Eatery In Nelson, MN Lost To Fire

NELSON, Minn. (KVRR) -- Fire destroys the Corral Saloon & Eatery in Nelson, Minnesota, just east of Alexandria, a business that has been around over 50 years Douglas County Sheriff's Office receiving multiple 911 calls around 10:30 Monday morning reporting…

Chicago Bringing Decades of Hits to Bluestem In May

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) -- Rock and Roll hall of fame band Chicago is coming to Moorhead. The first American band to chart Top 40 albums in six consecutive decades will appear at Bluestem Amphitheater on Sunday, May 21. Tickets go…

Vikings get critical Allen turnovers, stun Bills 33-30 in OT

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) - Patrick Peterson intercepted Josh Allen with 1:12 left in overtime to finally end a sloppy, yet thrilling back-and-forth game between two of the NFL’s best teams, and the Minnesota Vikings completed their rally from a…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Dougal

This beefy boy may be made out of pure muscle, but in fact, the biggest muscle on Dougan the pit bull is his big, loving heart. And just because he looks like he spends…

Big Powerball tickets sold in North Dakota, Minnesota

NORTH DAKOTA, MINNESOTA (KVRR) -- It may not be the lucky ticket sold in California worth the record $2.04 billion but there are other big Powerball winners in North Dakota and Minnesota. A $50,000 ticket was sold Minot and a…

Democratic Trifecta In Minnesota After Tuesday's Election

ST. PAUL (KVRR) -- Minnesota Democrats will have full control of the state legislature following Tuesday's election. It's the first time in a decade and second time in a century. Republican Senate Majority Leader Jeremy Miller conceded this morning that…

Man Arrested After Crime Spree In The Grand Cities

EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. (KVRR) -- Police in Grand Forks and East Grand Forks chase a man that was reported to be driving on a sidewalk at Walmart and later threatened to shoot a woman. 28-year-old Kyle Tischler, who has…

House Catches Fire In Rural Warren, Minnesota

POLK CO., Minn. (KVRR) -- A house is lost in a fire in rural Warren, Minnesota. Polk County Sheriff's office got the call to the property just before 7 a.m. Deputies arrived on scene to find the single-story house fully…

LIVE: Election Analysis with Dr. Barbara Headrick

When you want to make sense of politics in the Upper Midwest, there's one person you call -- MSUM's Dr. Barbara Headrick. She's been following and breaking down the local, regional and political races for…

DFL wins full control of MN Legislature for first time in decade

ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - For the first time in a decade, and only the second time in a century, the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL) party will have full control of the Minnesota Legislature following Tuesday's election. Despite predictions of a potential "red…

DFL MN Auditor Julie Blaha wins re-election

MINNESOTA (FOX 9) - Minnesota Auditor Julie Blaha has been re-elected, with Republican Challenger Ryan Wilson conceding the race on Wednesday. "I want to thank everyone that supported my candidacy for state auditor. We put up a strong campaign, but came up…

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison reelected

MINNEAPOLIS (AP/KVRR) - Democratic Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has defeated Republican newcomer Jim Schultz to win a second term in a race that turned largely on crime and abortion. Ellison led the prosecution team that got former police Officer…

Rep. Michelle Fischbach wins 2nd term to represent Western Minnesota

MINNESOTA (KVRR) - CNN projects Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach wins her race for Minnesota's 7th Congressional District. She beat DFL writer Jill Abahsain of Sauk Centre and Legalize Marijuana Now candidate and Army veteran Travis "Bull" Johnson of Beltrami. Fischbach, Minnesota's…

Tim Walz wins 2nd term as Minnesota’s governor

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Democrat Tim Walz has won a second term as Minnesota’s governor. Walz fended off a challenge by Republican Scott Jensen, a family practice physician who grabbed national attention with his vaccine skepticism. Walz led Minnesota through the…

One Ticket Wins $2.04 Billion Powerball Jackpot in California

LOS ANGELES (AP/KVRR) - Someone who bought a Powerball ticket in Southern California has won a record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot. The winning numbers drawn Tuesday morning at the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee were: white balls 10, 33,…

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