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UPDATE: Moorhead shooting suspect arrested in Rochester

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…

Ex-cops accused of violating Floyd's rights plead not guilty

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…

Man killed in Long Prairie shooting was from Perham

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…

Most of northern Minnesota wildfire contained

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…

Police identify man killed in motorcycle crash

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…

Friday Night Death in Moorhead Investigated as a Homicide

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…

Victim of Fatal Rollover in Becker County Identified

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 Hosts Out of The Darkness Community Walk

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…

How 9/11 changed air travel: more security, less privacy

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…

Fargo BLM activist dies, death not considered suspicious

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…

Threat closes St. Louis Park synagogue as Sabbath begins

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…

Pet Connection: Meet Milano

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…

Sheriff: 23 pipeline protesters arrested in northwestern Minnesota

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…

LIVE: Midwest Mediterranean

A new book is bringing the Mediterranean to you right here in the Midwest. And before you say it can't be done... the authors are from right here in the region. It's a collection…

Klobuchar had breast cancer, says treatment went well

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar says she has been treated for breast cancer and the treatment “went well.” The 61-year-old tweeted Thursday that the cancer was found in February during a routine mammogram, and eventually she had a…

Gazelka joins governor's race, attacks Walz on pandemic

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Republican state Sen. Paul Gazelka has joined the Minnesota governor’s race. He's accusing Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of failed leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and the unrest that followed George Floyd's death last summer. Gazelka…