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Prominent pipeline opponent expects thousands to join Line 3 gathering

MINNEAPOLIS - June will be a critical month for Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 crude oil pipeline as the company resumes construction and opponents mobilize for large-scale protests and civil disobedience. One prominent opponent, Winona LaDuke, founder of the Indigenous-based environmental…

I-94 open again after semi crash near Rothsay

ROTHSAY, Minn. (KVRR) The Minnesota State Patrol closed westbound I-94 for several hours Friday morning after a semi rolled over near Rothsay. Sgt. Jesse Grabow says there were no injuries. Traffic was being detoured at exit 38.  The crash…

Sued by partner over sale, Taylor says T-wolves won't move

MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor is expressing confidence the NBA team will remain in Minnesota under new ownership. One of his investors has sued Taylor in federal court, alleging breach of contract because of the sale. Taylor also…

Moratorium on evictions continues in Minnesota

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota housing officials are urging state legislators to proceed carefully in negotiating an end to a moratorium on rental property evictions. While other coronavirus restrictions are being lifted, lawmakers have failed to reach a compromise on…

Cheap Trick to perform at Fargo Brewing Company

FARGO (KVRR) - Cheap Trick is coming to Fargo. The 2016 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees will perform outdoors on July 7 at Fargo Brewing Company. Tickets go on sale Friday, May 28, at 10:00 a.m. A special…

Duluth Police Arrest Second Suspect in Fatal Downtown Shooting

  DULUTH, Minn. – Duluth Police announced Wednesday morning that a second suspect wanted in Saturday’s fatal downtown shooting has been arrested. According to police, Laurel Ladd, 26, was arrested around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday after investigators identified an address on East Village View Drive in the Harbor Highlands as a possible location for Ladd. Ladd was located at the address…

Video: Gunshots heard near George Floyd square

MINNEAPOLIS - The Minneapolis intersection where George Floyd died was disrupted by gunfire Tuesday, just hours before it was to be the site of a family-friendly street festival marking the anniversary of his death at the hands of police.…

Moorhead denies 24-hour schedule request to complete underpass

MOORHEAD. Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) - Additional cost and noise are reasons the Moorhead City Council turned down a contractor’s request to be allowed to work extra hours to wrap up the Main Avenue/20th Street South underpass yet this year. Ames Construction…

Festival to remember George Floyd

MINNEAPOLIS - The intersection where George Floyd took his final breaths was to be transformed Tuesday into an outdoor festival on the one-year anniversary of his death, with food, children’s activities and a long list of musical performers. Rapper Nur-D,…

Minnesota DNR conservation officer dies in 2-vehicle crash

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says one of its conservation officers died in a two-vehicle crash. The crash happened Monday morning near Grand Rapids while the conservation officer was on duty. The officer’s name is…

Prosecutor on Wright's death case resigns, citing 'vitriol'

MINNEAPOLIS - A prosecutor who was handling the case against a former suburban Minneapolis police officer charged in the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright has resigned, saying “vitriol” and “partisan politics” have made it hard to pursue justice. Imran Ali…

Fire damages Dilworth apartment building

DILWORTH, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) - Several people were forced out of their apartments by a fire at a three-story apartment in Dilworth. Clay County Sheriff Mark Empting says Dilworth and Moorhead Fire Departments responded shortly after 8:30 a.m. Monday after a…

George Floyd's family holds rally, march in brother's memory

MINNEAPOLIS - Members of George Floyd’s family, and others who lost loved ones to police encounters, have joined activists and citizens for a march as part of events marking the one-year anniversary of Floyd’s death. Sunday's march was one of…

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