Minnesota News

Roger Maris All-Star Week begins

FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) - It's been 60 years since Hibbing, Minn. native and Fargo Shanley High School graduate Roger Maris broke the MLB single-season home run record. The inaugural Roger Maris All-Star Week kicks off today, June 14th through June 19th…

Vehicle plows into Minneapolis protesters, killing one

MINNEAPOLIS - Minneapolis Police say a woman was killed and another person was injured after being struck by a car during a protest in the city's Uptown neighborhood.  The suspect was pulled from his SUV by protesters after the 11:39 p.m.…

I-94 down to one lane near Fergus Falls

OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) - Eastbound Interstate 94 is down to one lane near Fergus Falls as crews repair the buckled road at mile marker 56. MNDOT expects work to be finished around 12:00 Saturday morning.

Omar says she wasn't equating US, Israel and terrorists

WASHINGTON (AP) - Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar tried edging away Thursday from a bitter fight with Jewish Democratic lawmakers who’d accused her of likening the U.S. and Israel to Hamas and Afghanistan’s Taliban, saying her remarks were “in no way…

Driver dead after car hits tree in Bemidji

BEMIDJI, Minn. (KVRR) - Police in Bemidji say alcohol was a factor in a fatal crash involving a car that collided with a tree. The crash was reported Thursday at 4:26 a.m. Firefighters removed the driver from the car and…

Sanford Health Donates Land & Building In Concordia Partnership

MOORHEAD, Minn. --  Concordia College President William Craft announcing a partnership with Sanford Health. Sanford is donating the land and building where the 8th Street clinic now stands to Concordia. The college's School of Health Professions is also being renamed…

WE Fest making upgrades for 2021

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR/KDLM) - Organizers of WE Fest in Detroit Lakes are making upgrades to the facility ahead of the festival in August. The event, owned by Live Nation announced that the general admission area will be larger and…

LIVE: Unglued at the Summer Craft Fest

It's the first fully-vaccinated, CDC-guideline-approved, social-distancing-free live, in-studio event in more than a year for the Morning Show, and boy is it right up our alleys. One of our favorite returning guests, Unglued's Ashley Morken,…

Pet Connection: Horse Rescue Fundraiser

We're pleased to report that last week's Pet Connection pet, Bailey the palomino, is enjoying her forever home this morning. But Happy Acres horse rescue in Lakota, N.D. still has nearly twenty other horses…

Judge sends man to prison for shooting bear on reservation

ST. PAUL, Minn. - A federal judge has sentenced a Brainerd man to 15 months in prison for killing and then beheading a 700-pound black bear on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson sentenced 39-year-old…

Lawsuit accuses law firm boss of firing pro-Trump employees

ST. CLOUD, Minn. - Three former partners at a St. Cloud law firm are suing the firm's president after he fired them and other employees he felt supported former President Donald Trump. William Kain, Margaret Henehan and Kelsey Quarberg are…

Police investigate stabbing in Moorhead

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) - Police in Moorhead responded to a report of a stabbing Tuesday night.  It happened around 10:30 p.m. in the 800-block of Belsly Blvd. When officers arrived, they found a man with a superficial cut to his hand.…

Young adults sue for right to carry guns in Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS  - Three young adults have filed a federal lawsuit alleging Minnesota’s minimum age of 21 to carry a gun is unconstitutional. Kristin Worth, Austin Dye and Axel Anderson filed the action on Monday. Three gun groups — the Minnesota…

Two killed after ambulance collides with dump truck

MINNEAPOLIS - Two people are dead after a dump truck collided with an ambulance in Itasca County. The crash happened Tuesday morning in Lawrence Township.  According to the Minnesota State Patrol, the ambulance was heading south and the dump truck was…

Straw bale blaze at Masonite plant in Wahpeton

WAHPETON, N.D. (KFGO) – Wahpeton and Breckenridge fire departments are working to put out a large, burning straw pile outside the Masonite International plant north of Wahpeton. The fire was reported around 2:15 this (Wed) morning The straw pile is…