ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A Minnesota judge has rejected a request by concerned parents to force a statewide mask mandate in all schools. Ramsey County District Judge Thomas Gilligan said the court was “gravely concerned” about the risks of…
MINNEAPOLIS - A man who escaped death row in Louisiana in 2012 after he was exonerated by DNA evidence for a murder he didn’t commit has died of COVID-19. The Minneapolis lawyers who worked to free Damon Thibodeaux call his…
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota House Democrats have voted to expel Rep. John Thompson from their caucus following allegations of domestic violence and questions about his residency. House leaders Tuesday night issued a statement saying that “Thompson’s actions, credible reports…
DILWORTH, Minn. (KVRR) -- From foster care to home ownership. With the help of Lake Agassiz Habitat for Humanity, the Benjamin family will soon get to call this house a home. "It represents home…
BEMIDJI, Minn. (KVRR) - Police are asking for your help finding a Bemidji woman last seen Monday, Sep. 13. Twenty-three-year-old Stephanie Chupp was last seen around 6:45 AM on the 1900 block of Park Avenue. She may have been a…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) - A fire that temporarily closed Washington Square Mall has been ruled accidental and unintentional by fire investigators. The Friday afternoon blaze broke out in an apartment connected to the mall. More than 300,000 gallons of…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) - A Moorhead man was sentenced Tuesday to 90 days of electronic home monitoring and seven years of supervised release after pleading guilty to child pornography charges. Twenty-one-year-old Garrett Grommesh earlier pleaded guilty to one count of…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) - A Rochester, Minn. man has been arrested for second degree murder in the September 10 shooting death of Abdi Abdi. Moorhead Police say Rochester Police Officers, Olmstead Sheriff's deputies and Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension…
MINNEAPOLIS - Four former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights have pleaded not guilty to the federal charges against them. A federal grand jury indicted Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao in May…
LONG PRAIRIE, Minn. (KVRR/KDLM) - Authorities in Todd County have identified a man who died after he was shot early Sunday. Thirty-three-year-old Antonio Francis Rodriguez Fortes of Perham died early Sunday morning due to multiple gunshot wounds. Two other people…
FARGO (KVRR) - A vice-president at Sanford Health in Fargo says a growing number of unvaccinated COVID-19 patients have created a crisis for health care workers across the region. "We really are in a crisis" according to Sanford Medical Officer…
ISABELLA, Minn. - Authorities say a vast majority of the Greenwood Lake wildfire in northern Minnesota is contained, one month after lightning ignited the blaze in the Superior National Forest. The U.S. Forest Service reported that the nearly 27,000-acre fire…
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- An Illinois militia group leader has been sentenced to 53 years in prison for being the mastermind behind the 2017 bombing of a Bloomington mosque. Emily Hari, who was previously known as Michael Hari and recently…
DILWORTH, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) - Dilworth police have released the name of a Dilworth man who died in a car-motorcycle crash over the Labor Day weekend. He was 33-year-old Joshua Johnson. The motorcycle Johnson was riding hit a vehicle that was westbound…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Family, friends and even strangers came together Saturday afternoon to celebrate the 100th birthday of a U.S. Navy veteran from Moorhead. Reflecting on previous birthdays, Martin Pelkey says there isn't one…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) - Moorhead police say the are investigating shooting death as a homicide. Police said they responded to calls of gunshots about 8 p.m. Friday on the south side of the city. When officers arrived, a bystander was…
BECKER CO., Minn. -- The victim of a fatal crash in Becker County Saturday morning is identified as 33-year-old Tammara Eischens of Ponsford. The sheriff's office tells us Eischens rolled her vehicle on County Road 143 in Maple Grove Township…
FARGO, N.D. -- The Fargo-Moorhead area Out of The Darkness community walk is helping raise awareness for those struggling with mental health. Over 2,000 people were in attendance at the event at Scheels Arena in Fargo. Brenda Weiler, one of…
DALLAS (AP) - Ask anyone old enough to remember travel before Sept. 11, 2001, and you’re likely to get a gauzy recollection of what flying was like. There was security screening, but it wasn’t anywhere near as intrusive. There were…
UPDATE: A fire that broke out at Washington Square Mall in Detroit Lakes this…
FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) - An organizer of the George Floyd-inspired march in Fargo on May 30 of last year has died. Anyiwei Maciek died unexpectedly in Fargo. Black Lives Matter activist Faith Dixon says she and others who are part of the…
ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. - A threat of physical violence has caused a synagogue in a Minneapolis suburb to cancel preschool and shift Sabbath services online Friday. Beth El Synagogue in St. Louis Park was informed that the Anti-Defamation League…
FARGO (KVRR) - Amazon says the first day of operations at its new Fargo Fulfillment Center will be Sunday, Sept. 19. The 1.3 million square-foot facility had been under construction for nearly a year. The building is believed to be the…
Talk about a sweet deal. There's not much on this earth that's better than a brand-new puppy. In fact, one of the only things better is a well-behaved brand new puppy -- something that's…
BAGLEY, Minn. (KVRR) - Authorities say 23 people were arrested following a pipeline demonstration Tuesday in northwestern Minnesota. The Clearwater County Sheriff's Office received a call regarding protesters blocking a road. The initial call reported that they were setting…
