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Group sues for right to carry guns at Minnesota State Fair

ST. PAUL, Minn. - A gun owners’ group is suing the Minnesota State Fair and Ramsey County, demanding that permit holders be allowed to carry handguns on the fairgrounds during the Great Minnesota Get-Together. The lawsuit by the Minnesota Gun…

Minneapolis Police offers reward in shooting of three children

MINNEAPOLIS -  The Minneapolis Police Department is offering a $180,000 reward in the investigations into the shootings of three children. The reward is the largest in Minnesota history and will be featured in a billboard campaign launching later this week.…

Canada begins allowing vaccinated Americans to visit again

FARGO - Canada is lifting its prohibition on Americans crossing the border to shop, vacation or visit, but the United States is keeping similar restrictions in place for Canadians. The Monday reopening is part of a return to normalcy from…

UPDATE: Victims of Plane Crash in Victoria, MN Identified

VICTORIA, Minn. (AP) --  A relative has identified three people killed in the fiery crash of a small plane in southeastern Minnesota as a surgeon from Omaha, Nebraska, and two of his family members from Wyoming. Jo Mertes, of Mantador,…

Small plane crashes into Victoria, Minnesota home

VICTORIA, Minn. (AP) - Officials say a single-engine plane crashed into a Victoria, Minnesota home Saturday evening. The Federal Aviation Administration says the plane was en route from Alexandria Municipal Airport to Eden Prairie’s Flying Cloud Airport when it crashed…

Reinbold appears in court, held without bail

THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) - A court appearance was held Friday for an Oklee, Minn. man charged in the July 9th murder of his wife. Forty-four-year old Eric Reinbold appeared before Pennington County District Judge Tamara Yon.  Reinbold is…

LIVE: The Plains Art Gala Returns

It's a good thing creativity comes with the territory. That's because the creative types at the  Plains Art Museum had to do some fast thinking about how to pull off the return of…

Over 1,000 Backpacks Given To Schools

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -- After a successful end to their school supply drive, United Way of Cass-Clay is ensuring students who could not make the event are still equipped with all the learning essentials they…

Longtime AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka dies

WASHINGTON - The longtime president of the AFL-CIO labor union has died at age 72. Richard Trumka had been AFL-CIO president since 2009, after serving as the organization’s secretary-treasurer for 14 years. The AFL-CIO said in a statement Thursday, “The…

State auditor, senator injured in Redwood County crash

THREE LAKES TOWNSHIP, Minn. - Minnesota’s state auditor and a state senator are hospitalized following a collision with a semi in Redwood County. A legislative aide for Sen. Melisa Franzen says Franzen and state Auditor Julie Blaha were injured Wednesday…

Murder Suspect Arrested After Weeks-Long Manhunt

RED LAKE COUNTY, Minn. -- The Red Lake County Sheriff's Office says the suspect in the murder of his wife who's been the subject of a manhunt for several weeks is in custody this morning. Forty-four-year-old Eric Reinbold was arrested…