Minnesota News

Officer says he assumed fellow cops were caring for Floyd

ST. PAUL, Minn. - A former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s killing says he was relying on his fellow officers to care for Floyd’s medical needs as he controlled onlookers as police tried to arrest him. Former Minneapolis…

MN businesses share shipping concerns with Sen. Klobuchar

WASHINGTON (KVRR) - Minnesota companies, agriculture and trade groups speak with Senator Amy Klobuchar about their issues with importing and exporting. Klobuchar has introduced the Ocean Shipping Reform Act to make it more difficult…

Food demand high at North Dakota's only food bank

FARGO, N.D. - North Dakota’s only food bank experienced the second-highest demand in its 39-year history in 2021 as the coronavirus pandemic surged. Great Plains Food Bank, based in Fargo, provided 12.6 million meals for those in need in 2021.…

LIVE: Embracing Hardship

The past couple years in the pandemic have been tough for a lot of folks on a variety of levels: pandemic deaths and the risk of Covid-19. Civil rights, demonstrations and unrest, and public…

Adrian Peterson arrested for domestic violence at LAX

LOS ANGELES (FOX 11) - Former Minnesota Viking and NFL MVP Adrian Peterson was arrested Sunday at Los Angeles International Airport and charged with domestic violence, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Officers responded to Terminal 7 at LAX…

BCA: Man Killed Himself During Shootout With Police

EDEN VALLEY, Minn. (KVRR) -- A man is dead after a shootout with officers early Saturday in central Minnesota near St. Cloud. Eden Valley police tried to stop 34-year-old Stephen Poissant of Brainerd for a traffic offense around 2 a.m.…

MSUM BURNS BEMIDJI ON SENIOR NIGHT

  Moorhead MN-- MSUM Dragons complete the Senior night sweep on Saturday. Women's  Dragon:83 Beavers:63 Final Men's Dragons:83 Beavers:77 Final

Update: All Minnesota highways open except I-94

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) - The Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Minnesota State Patrol have reopened all state and federal highways in west central Minnesota, except Interstate 94 from Moorhead to Fergus Falls.…

Biden orders 3,000 additional troops to Poland

WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior defense official says President Joe Biden has approved the deployment of 3,000 more U.S. troops to Poland. They will join 1,700 other members of the 82nd Airborne Division who have been heading to Poland in…

Emerson Port of Entry blockade continues

EMERSON, Manitoba (KVRR) - Protesters continued to maintain a border blockade at the Emerson Port of Entry, just north of Pembina, N.D. Friday. Winnipeg Alternative Media reported that the number of participants appeared to be down because a winter…

Sale of largest coal plant in North Dakota reapproved

MAPLE GROVE, Minn. - Great River Energy’s cooperatives have once again approved the sale of the company’s Coal Creek power plant in North Dakota and an accompanying power line, despite opposition from its largest member. The sale of Coal Creek,…

CIA has secret program that collects American data

WASHINGTON (AP) - The CIA has a secret, undisclosed data repository that includes information collected about Americans, two Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee said. While neither the agency nor lawmakers would disclose specifics about the data, the senators alleged…

Senate G.O.P. leader opposes U.S. attorney nominee for Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS - Opposition from the Senate’s top Republican to President Joe Biden’s nominee for Minnesota’s U.S. attorney complicates his path to swift confirmation. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell wrote to nominee Andrew Luger this week to express concerns after a man…

Pet Connection: Meet Burr

There is still plenty of dog to go around at our area shelters. And we do mean plenty. This week's Pet Connection profile is a lot of dog for any family. We're meeting Burr,…