LIVE: Talking the Birds and the Bees with Audubon Dakota
We've only got a couple more days of good weather to enjoy the fall splendor of the region. And Audubon Dakota is giving you a great chance this week to get out there and enjoy…
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Cold case murder defendant incompetent for trial in Minnesota
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - A judge has determined a defendant from South Dakota accused in a 1974 slaying in Minnesota isn’t competent to stand trial. Algene Vossen was arrested decades after the death of Mable Herman of Willmar, Minnesota, who…
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…
3 killed, 1 injured in central Minnesota highway crash
BACKUS, Minn. - The State Patrol says three people have died in a highway crash in central Minnesota. A GMC Yukon was northbound on Highway 371 in Cass County about 11 p.m. Thursday when a Chevy minivan failed to stop…
Biden mandates vaccines or tests for big companies by January 4
WASHINGTON - Tens of millions of Americans who work at companies with 100 or more employees will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 4 or get tested for the virus weekly under government rules that took effect Thursday.…
What to look out for this year as deer season to begins this weekend in ND & MN
NORTH DAKOTA & MINNESOTA (KVRR) — Early November brings a special tradition for thousands of North Dakotans and Minnesotans. Deer hunting season begins Friday in North Dakota and Saturday in Minnesota. "You may not…
Vaccinations for younger children begin in Minnesota this week
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Gov. Tim Walz says health care providers and others will begin vaccinating 5- to 11-year-old children this week, now that the Pfizer coronavirus shot has received federal approval for that age group. Walz says the vaccine…
LIVE: 40 Years of Helping Families Stay Together
If this pandemic has taught us anything, it's that being together with the family members you love can make all the difference in the world. Hospice of the Red River Valley has known that all…
Highway signs altered with anti-Biden slogan in Brandon, Minnesota
BRANDON, Minn. (KVRR) - City officials in Brandon aren't amused with whoever defaced the west-central Minnesota city's welcome signs on the edge of town. Brandon City Clerk Deb Grommesh says someone added the words "Let's Go" to the welcome signs,…
Minneapolis voters decide to keep police department
MINNEAPOLIS - Minneapolis voters have rejected a proposal to replace the city’s police department with a new Department of Public Safety. The initiative would have changed the city charter to remove a requirement that the city have a police department…
Detroit Lakes Man Pleads Guilty To Armed Robbery of Convenience Store
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A Detroit Lakes man pleads guilty to robbing a convenience store on the White Earth Indian Reservation. According to court documents, 33-year-old Levi Jerome entered the store last November with a rifle. Jerome pointed it at the…
Votes Are Cast In $23 Million Referendum for Lake Park Audubon Schools
LAKE PARK, Minn. (KVRR) -- People in the Lake Park Audubon Public Schools district are voting on a nearly $23 million bond referendum. There are two questions on the ballot: the first would use over $21 million to improve the…
Media renew plea for access to ex-cop's trial
MINNEAPOLIS - News organizations are renewing their request to the judge overseeing the case of a former police officer charged in the death of Daunte Wright. They're asking her to allow live video coverage of former Brooklyn Center Officer Kim…
UPDATE: Detroit Lakes School Threat Individuals Identified, "Dealt With"
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) -- Threats made against schools in Detroit Lakes have been resolved according to Superintendent Mark Jenson and Detroit Lakes Police Chief Steve Todd. The first threat was phoned in to a Fargo news outlet's tip line.…
LIVE: Stick It To Cancer
Young hockey players in the region are struggling through tryouts right about now, and they've taken a lot of time and effort to get to this point. And so have their parents.…
Minneapolis voters deciding whether to abolish police department
MINNEAPOLIS - Voters in Minneapolis are deciding whether to replace the city’s police department with a new Department of Public Safety. The election comes more than a year after George Floyd’s death launched a movement to defund or abolish police…
U of M will offer free or reduced tuition to Native Americans
MINNEAPOLIS - The University of Minnesota will offer free or reduced tuition to many Native American students attending its five campuses starting next fall. The cost waiver program had previously been offered only at the Morris campus, but now will…
Bodybuilder's Love Of Ice Cream Leads To Owning Kone's Kreamery
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -- An MSUM graduate and bodybuilder fulfills a lifelong dream of owning a business. Brady Hand is the new owner of Kone's Kreamery which is on the 1600 block of 45th Street…
Dozens of Sanford, Essentia employees dismissed over vaccine mandates
FARGO (KVRR) - Sanford Health says out of approximately 9,800 employees who work in the Fargo region, 31 employees have left as a result of the company's vaccine mandate. Vice-President and Medical Officer Dr. Doug Griffin says Sanford employees who…
Man Involved In Double-Fatal Chase In Fergus Falls Gets 19 Years in Prison
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) -- A Barrett, Minnesota man is sentenced to 19 years in prison for a deadly chase that ended up killing two people in Fergus Falls. As part of a plea agreement, Cody Freitag pleaded guilty to…
Thirty years ago Minnesota dug out of the generational storm The Halloween Blizzard
MINNESOTA (KVRR) - Thirty years ago trick or treating and living in Minnesota turned into a survival event. The best way to describe the three days of snow that caused havoc in Minnesota three decades…
Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan tests positive for COVID-19
MINNESOTA (AP) — Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan has tested positive for a breakthrough case of COVID-19, she announced Saturday. Flanagan says she received the positive test after caring for her 8-year-old daughter Siobhan, who tested positive on Oct. 22.…
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