LIVE: Jack O'Lantern Spectacular at the Minnesota Zoo
Any day we get to talk about carving jack o'lanterns is a Ghoul Morning indeed, and there may be no better place to celebrate the art of pumpkin carving than the Minnesota Zoo.…
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Two injured in crash near Dilworth
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) - Two people were injured in a crash at an intersection about one mile north of Dilworth Sunday night. Clay County Sheriff Mark Empting says the investigation indicates a woman driving on 28th Avenue N. stopped for…
Man Goes Missing In Northern Minnesota
MARSHALL CO., Minn. (KVRR) -- Marshall County Sheriff's Office is asking the public's help in finding a missing northern Minnesota man. They say Keith Donarski left his parents home last Sunday and hasn't been seen since. His cell phone was…
Man with 8 active arrest warrants arrested in Douglas County
ALEXANDRIA, Minn. (KVRR) — A 49-year-old Inver Grove Heights man who had eight active arrest warrants was brought into the Douglas County Jail Saturday morning. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office says Don Johnson was arrested after running from police several…
Video: Bear spotted walking through Detroit Lakes
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR/KDLM) - Bear sightings are on the rise in Minnesota, and one of them was recently spotted walking through some areas of Detroit Lakes. Surveillance video captured a bear walking near the front door of a Dairy…
More Minnesota inmates vaccinated than corrections employees
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Department of Corrections has been more successful getting inmates immunized against the coronavirus than it has for its own employees. As of this week, about 80% of prisoners in Minnesota have been fully…
Pet Connection: Meet The Bunnies
It's been an almost herculean effort on the part of animal rescuers here in our region to round up some sixty or so rabbits from a Moorhead neighborhood. Sixty or so rapidly multiplying rabbits,…
Update: Moorhead High School fight involved 8 students
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) - Police say a confrontation that erupted Thursday morning at Moorhead High School started between two girls who were fighting over a boy. Capt. Deric Swenson says investigators determined that a total of eight students were involved…
CDC says vaccine recipients are considered fully vaccinated without booster
(AP) - Am I fully vaccinated without a COVID-19 vaccine booster? Yes, people who got a two-dose vaccine or the single-dose Johnson & Johnson shot are considered fully vaccinated — even without a booster. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control…
Indigenous filmmaker Myron Dewey, who documented DAPL protests, dies
CARSON CITY, Nev. - An Indigenous filmmaker who helped draw worldwide attention to the concerns of Native Americans fighting an oil pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation has died. Myron Dewey was a citizen of the Walker River Paiute…
Man runs from Fargo to Stillwater, Minn. for pancreatic cancer awareness
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) - Laurie Webber died of pancreatic cancer last August. She just had this bright, ferocious, protective loving energy about her. This is the start of a 266 mile journey going…
Honor The Earth, Winona LaDuke look to federal courts to help resist Line 3 pipeline
MINNESOTA & NORTH DAKOTA — Enbridge Energy's Line 3 pipeline is complete and the company may begin shipping oil as soon as Friday. "People and workers are doing backflips, what can I say?"…
Clay County Sheriff 'inundated' with theft reports
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) - Clay County Sheriff Mark Empting is asking property owners to help reduce a growing number of thefts across the county. In a social media post, the sheriff's office says it's been "inundated" with burglary and theft…
Superintendent in school van arrested for DUI
KARLSTAD, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) - A school superintendent in northwestern Minnesota is facing a drunken driving charge after a Kittson County deputy said he found him in a school district van in the parking lot of a school building. Fifty-five-year-old Michael Gadbois…
Weapon confiscated from middle school student in Perham
PERHAM, Minn. (KVRR/KDLM) - A weapon was confiscated from a student Wednesday at Prairie Wind Middle School in Perham. The Perham-Dent Public School District says there was no indication of any threats made against students or staff members. "We understand…
YouTube bans false COVID-19 vaccine claims
(AP) - YouTube is wiping vaccine misinformation and conspiracy theories from its popular video-sharing platform. The ban on vaccine misinformation, announced in a blog post on Wednesday, comes as countries around the world continue to offer free immunizations for COVID-19…
Line 3 pipeline complete, will be operational Friday
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Enbridge announced Wednesday that the upgrade and expansion of its Line 3 pipeline across Minnesota is complete and will become operational on Friday. The Canada-based company’s President and CEO Al Monaco said in a statement that the…
Minnesota health care workers sue to block vaccine mandate
MINNEAPOLIS - Nearly 200 Minnesota health workers are suing their employers to block a pending requirement that they be vaccinated against COVID-19 or risk getting fired. The lawsuit was filed in federal court late Monday against federal officials and about…
Frostival 2022 plans underway, public input wanted
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) -- It may be unseasonably warm, but cooler weather is on the minds of those at the Moorhead Business Association. They have been planning for this winter's Frostival festivities since February. Now…
Community lunch helps bring neighbors together
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) -- A local lunch is helping bring people together and give back to the community. Resilient Moorhead is partnering with Heart-N-Soul Community Café and Moorhead Public Housing Agency…
School board meeting over mask mandate gets physical
CHASKA, Minn. (AP) - Tensions at a suburban Twin Cities school board meeting over a new mask mandate escalated to a physical scuffle. The Eastern Carver County Schools announced Monday that all students would need to wear a mask through…
Minnesota expands eligibility for home heating aid program
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota is expanding the number of households that qualify for its Energy Assistance Program. The changes announced by the Department of Commerce make over 600,000 Minnesota households income-eligible for the program. During the previous program year,…
Police chase involving vehicle stolen in Fargo ends in Duluth
DULUTH, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) - A Duluth man is accused of leading police on a chase Monday morning in vehicle that was reported stolen several days earlier in Fargo. A sheriff's deputy saw a pickup speeding and driving recklessly in Duluth's…
Investigation continues into deadly Amtrak Empire Builder derailment
JOPLIN, Mont. (AP) - Federal investigators examined overturned rail cars and a stretch of tracks Monday as they worked to figure out why an Amtrak train derailed in rural Montana over the weekend, killing three people. The westbound Empire Builder…
UPDATE: Names Released of Two Dead In Head-On Crash South of Fargo
FARGO, N.D. -- Two people are dead after an early morning head-on crash on I-29 near Fargo. Just after one Sunday morning, an SUV was southbound on I-29 and a truck was northbound about 7 miles south of Fargo near…
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