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LIVE: Ladyboss Midwest Retreat

It's a new year and it's time to take control of your future. And coming this spring, there's a way you can get the process jump-started, while having some fun at the same time. Ladyboss…

Minnesota lawmakers face $7.7B surplus in 2022 session

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Minnesota Legislature will decide how to handle a $7.7 billion surplus when it convenes Monday, Jan. 31. The main job for lawmakers in even-numbered years traditionally is a public works borrowing package known as a…

Teen charged with shooting mother in dispute over meth

COOK, Minn. - Prosecutors in St. Louis County say they have charged a 16-year-old with attempting to kill her mother because she took methamphetamine away from her daughter. The teen is charged in juvenile court with attempted murder. The 40-year-old…

Media groups protest restrictions for ex-officers' trial

ST. PAUL, Minn. - A coalition of media groups says restrictions on access to the federal civil rights trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s death amount to an unconstitutional closing of the courtroom. Citing the…

Actor-comedian Louie Anderson undergoing cancer treatment

LOS ANGELES - A spokesman for Louie Anderson says the actor and comedian is being treated for cancer in a Las Vegas hospital. Anderson's longtime publicist Glenn Schwartz says he was diagnosed with a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and “is…

LIVE: Lake of the Woods Ice Road Reopens

A lifeline for resorts in the Northwest Angle is opening back up again for the second time in the pandemic. It's an ice road that starts in Warroad, Minn. and goes 37 miles across…

Lake of the Woods ice road opens for second year

WARROAD, Minn. - A 37-mile ice highway in Minnesota that takes motorists across Lake of the Woods to the Northwest Angle is open for the second straight year. The toll is $250 per vehicle. The road costs an estimated $1,500…

Cramer, Klobuchar among senators visiting Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine (KVRR) - North Dakota U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer and Minnesota U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar are among a group of Democratic and Republican senators meeting with top government leaders in Ukraine. "Russia continues to challenge Ukraine’s sovereignty, democratic values,…

LIVE: New Support for LGBTQ Teens in Metro

Being a teen can be tough. Being an LGBTQ teen can make things even more complicated. So now, one of the region's best-known nonprofits is launching a new therapy group for them. The…

Proposed Fargo-Moorhead Science Museum gets $1 million gift

FARGO - A proposed science museum in the Fargo-Moorhead area has received a $1 million donation from a local business leader. Officials with the Fargo-Moorhead Science Museum say the gift from John Ballantyne will help with facility planning and feasibility…

Moorhead man injured in snowmobile crash in Becker County

BECKER COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) -- A Moorhead man is hurt after crashing his snowmobile in Becker County. It happened around 11 a.m. Morgan Leiseth, of Moorhead, was traveling northbound on South Tulaby Lake Lane when he left the trail and hit…

6-year-old struck, killed on Minnesota highway

ONAMIA, Minn. - The Minnesota State Patrol says a 6-year-old girl is dead after being hit by a vehicle near Onamia. The child was in the lanes of traffic when she was struck on Highway 169 about 11 p.m. Thursday…

3 People Arrested For Aggravated Robbery at Travel Mart in Moorhead

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) -- Three people are in custody for an attempted aggravated robbery at Travel Mart in north Moorhead. Police arrested 28-year-old Emmanuel Reynoza, who has no permanent address, for assault and aggravated robbery; 25-year-old Kyla Belgarde of Fargo…

Marvin To Expand In Fargo, Add 300 Jobs

FARGO, N.D. (AP/KVRR) -- Marvin, the Minnesota-based widow and door maker, plans to build a 127,000-square-foot manufacturing facility and a 148,000-square-foot distribution center in Fargo. The expansion is expected create 300 new jobs. Warroad, Minnesota-based Marvin first opened a factory…