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Significant storm damage reported in Otter Tail County

OTTERTAIL, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) - Cleanup is underway around Otter Tail Lake and the surrounding area after strong wind did significant damage late Monday night. Carr’s Tree Service in Ottertail City says part of its roof was blown off as was…

Thousands of People Lose Power After Storms Roll Through

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -- Cass County Electric crews are busy restoring power to hundreds of households after the storms passed through. As of 8:00 Monday night, around 1,500 outages were reported from Valley City to Fargo and South to Colfax.…

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…