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Masks required in Hawley schools beginning Thursday

HAWLEY, Minn. (KVRR) - The Hawley School District announces a mask requirement for its elementary and high schools beginning Thursday. The district says on Facebook there are five positive cases of coronavirus in each school. It has a policy if a…

Fergus Falls included in Minnesota's electric school bus project

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) - The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has announced more than $2 million in grants for its electric school bus pilot project. School districts in Fergus Falls, Faribault, St. Paul, Columbia Heights, Morris, and Osseo are receiving the…

Vikings guard Dakota Dozier hospitalized with COVID-19

MINNEAPOLIS (Fox News) - Minnesota Vikings offensive lineman Dakota Dozier, who is vaccinated, was hospitalized on Tuesday night after contracting COVID-19, reports say. Head coach Mike Zimmer confirmed to reporters on Wednesday that dozens of players and staff are being…

'Alarming spike' in Minnesota COVID-19 cases

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm says COVID-19 hospitalizations have reached their highest level of the year. And she says hospital capacity continues to tighten across the state amid a “truly alarming spike in cases.” The Minnesota…

Police say Dilworth apartment garage fire was arson

DILWORTH, Minn. (KVRR) - Police in Dilworth say a fire that broke out in a row of apartment garages Tuesday is being investigated as an arson. At least two vehicles and personal property were destroyed in the blaze at…

How Blue Lights in Moorhead Help Police

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) - Moorhead adds a new color to some of their traffic signal poles. The City of Moorhead installed blue lights on top of their stop lights to make sure nobody…

West Fargo Public Schools preparing to vaccinate young students

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The West Fargo Public School District is making preparations to vaccinate elementary students against the coronavirus. “We are currently working with Thrifty White on clinic opportunities specific to our elementary-aged population,” according to Health, Safety…

Man critical after shooting in Red Lake County

OKLEE, Minn. (KVRR) - A Fertile, Minn. man was arrested on suspicion of second degree assault after a shooting in Oklee. Red Lake County deputies responded at 4:30 p.m. Monday to a home on Elm Street.  Authorities say they found Cody…

Grand Forks mayor asks lawmakers to expedite pipeline project

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KCND) - Grand Forks Mayor Brandon Bochenski is asking North Dakota lawmakers to shorten the timeline for constructing a pipeline that would bring Bakken natural gas to the Red River Valley. The legislature is considering a proposal to…

Man sought out judge's condo for video about Potter trial

MINNEAPOLIS - A man who filmed himself outside the door of a Minneapolis condominium unit he believed belonged to the judge presiding over the trial of a former Twin Cities police officer charged with manslaughter says his actions were about…

Minnesota hospital sued by employees over vaccine mandate

NORTHFIELD, Minn. - Some medical professionals are suing a city-owned hospital in southeastern Minnesota after they were terminated for refusing to receive the coronavirus vaccine. The 20 plaintiffs, which include a doctor, registered nurses and other medical staff, filed their…

Jan. 6 panel subpoenas 6 more Trump associates in probe

WASHINGTON (AP) - A committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection has issued subpoenas to six associates of former President Donald Trump who were involved in his efforts to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election, further escalating the panel’s…

Omar breaks ranks, votes against infrastructure bill

MINNEAPOLIS - Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar was the only member of Minnesota’s congressional delegation to break party ranks on a roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill that passed the House late Friday. Despite the defections of Omar and other…

Pursuit in Moorhead ends in one-vehicle crash

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) -- A high speed pursuit in Moorhead ends in a one vehicle crash. Police say officers received a call of a driver slumped over the wheel at a stoplight after 8 a.m. When officers tried to pull…

Inmate who died in jail cell identified

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) - An Otter Tail County jail inmate who was found unresponsive in her cell in Fergus Falls has been identified. Twenty-eight-year-old Lavuya Jade Baker of Wadena was found during a routine check early Wednesday morning. Jail staff,…

DGF schools to require face coverings starting Monday

DILWORTH, Minn. (KVRR) - Beginning Monday Nov. 8, face coverings will be required inside Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton schools. School officials say the mask mandate is temporary and will expire on Sunday, Nov. 21.  The announcement was made in an email to parents…