FARGO (KVRR) - Native American tribes have reached opioid settlements worth over a half-billion dollars with Johnson & Johnson and three distributors. A federal court filing describes $590 million in settlements with the New Jersey-based company along with distributors AmerisourceBergen,…
UPDATE (Fox 9) - In a phone call on Tuesday, Jordan Kushner, an attorney for Twin Cities activist Cortez Rice tells FOX 9 the boy killed in Richfield was the son of his client. Rice is being held in jail, accused…
MINNEAPOLIS - U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar has announced her intention to seek a third term representing Minnesota’s Fifth District. Omar was first elected to the House in 2019 and was the first Somali American in Congress. Omar said in a…
FARGO (KVRR) - Advocates say Leonard Peltier, the man convicted of killing two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, has COVID-19 and should be transferred to a hospital. "On Friday, January 28, Leonard Peltier tested positive for COVID-19…
ST. PAUL, Minn. - A coalition of news media organizations has asked a federal appeals court to intervene to ensure public access to the trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights. The news…
UPDATE - Moorhead Police say Cory Youngbear, the driver involved in a crash at 8th Street and Main Avenue on Monday has been arrested on suspicion of fleeing, possession of a stolen vehicle, DWI, open container, reckless driving and…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) -- Minnesota's 2022 Legislative Session is underway with lawmakers looking at a $7.7 billion budget surplus. Republicans want to pass permanent tax cuts to give money back to Minnesota families. Democratic Gov. Tim Walz has proposed…
DILWORTH, MN (KVRR) - Dilworth Police are using social media to ask the public for help investigating some vehicle break-ins. They are trying to identify a male in a video. He is considered a person of interest in some break-ins…
ST. CLOUD, Minn. - One person died in a house fire in St. Cloud, another person in a wheelchair was rescued and a third person was able to make it out of the burning home. St. Cloud police and fire…
It's the awareness-raising event that gives new meaning to the word "intense." And it's literally in tents -- for 44 hours, overnight, in the frigid February outdoors of the Fargo metro area. Volunteers and local…
MINNEAPOLIS - Former Washington County Judge Tad Jude on Monday became the latest Republican hoping to unseat Democratic Attorney General Keith Ellison. Jude was a state lawmaker for nearly two decades and also served as a Hennepin County commissioner before…
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Testimony will resume for a second week as the federal trial continues for three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights. Prosecutors are trying to prove that Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) -- People gathered at Moorhead American Legion Post 21 to try some hotdishes and, supporters of the North Dakota and Minnesota Honor Flight are raising money to send veterans to Washington D.C.…
DULUTH, Minn. - Members of a drug-trafficking organization have been charged with transporting and distributing fentanyl and heroin in northern Minnesota. Duluth police say that between June and December of 2021, traffickers brought large amounts of drugs from Illinois to…
EAGAN, Minn. (KVRR) -- A new era for the Minnesota Vikings begins as Kwesi Adofo-Mensah is introduced as the team's new general manager. The 40-year-old coming to Minnesota on a 4-year deal, reportedly worth $12 million. The new GM got…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) - A Moorhead convenience store is honored for $1 million in lottery sales in one year for the first time in 2021. Oasis C Store is along 57th Avenue North near…
EMERSON, MB (KVRR) -- Royal Canadian Mounted Police release the identities of four people found frozen to death near Emerson, Manitoba last week. Members of the Patel family range in age from 3 to 39. Jagdish Baldevbhai Patel, a 39-year-old…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) - The Postal Service is apologizing to Moorhead area residents who say they've been waiting several days for mail deliveries and home pickup service. "Local management is aware of delivery issues in Moorhead...and is taking steps to…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) - Eastbound Interstate 94 was temporarily closed between Evansville and Brandon Thursday due to jackknifed semis. Drivers are being urged to slow down and travel with caution. Conditions are slippery across the region due to blowing snow…
MINNESOTA (FOX 9) - Governor Tim Walz is calling on lawmakers to pass legislation to legalize marijuana use in Minnesota, as he proposes funds from his budget plan to launch a state authority to oversee a recreational marijuana program. Speaking Wednesday, Governor…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) - The Minnesota DFL says people who are not eligible to participate in elections will be allowed to vote in the party's caucus and convention process. Minnesotans who are Dreamers, non-citizen immigrants and ex-felons who served…
WASHINGTON - The Biden administration has canceled a move by former President Donald Trump to renew mineral rights leases for a proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota. Trump had signed an order a month before the 2020 election…
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, giving President Joe Biden an opening he pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to the high court. The 83-year-old Breyer's departure won’t change the 6-3 conservative advantage on…
MINNEAPOLIS - A Robbinsdale, Minn. City Council member has been charged with driving drunk the wrong way on a Hennepin County highway, causing a crash and then fleeing from police. A criminal complaint says 38-year-old Tyler Kline was going the…
WASHINGTON (KVRR) - Democrats are committed pass the Build Back Better Act this month. They say they will do whatever it takes including constant revisions until something gets done. Senator Tina Smith of Minnesota is…
