Minnesota News

Sanford Health Donates Land & Building In Concordia Partnership

MOORHEAD, Minn. --  Concordia College President William Craft announcing a partnership with Sanford Health. Sanford is donating the land and building where the 8th Street clinic now stands to Concordia. The college's School of Health Professions is also being renamed…

WE Fest making upgrades for 2021

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR/KDLM) - Organizers of WE Fest in Detroit Lakes are making upgrades to the facility ahead of the festival in August. The event, owned by Live Nation announced that the general admission area will be larger and…

LIVE: Unglued at the Summer Craft Fest

It's the first fully-vaccinated, CDC-guideline-approved, social-distancing-free live, in-studio event in more than a year for the Morning Show, and boy is it right up our alleys. One of our favorite returning guests, Unglued's Ashley Morken,…

Pet Connection: Horse Rescue Fundraiser

We're pleased to report that last week's Pet Connection pet, Bailey the palomino, is enjoying her forever home this morning. But Happy Acres horse rescue in Lakota, N.D. still has nearly twenty other horses…

Judge sends man to prison for shooting bear on reservation

ST. PAUL, Minn. - A federal judge has sentenced a Brainerd man to 15 months in prison for killing and then beheading a 700-pound black bear on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson sentenced 39-year-old…

Lawsuit accuses law firm boss of firing pro-Trump employees

ST. CLOUD, Minn. - Three former partners at a St. Cloud law firm are suing the firm's president after he fired them and other employees he felt supported former President Donald Trump. William Kain, Margaret Henehan and Kelsey Quarberg are…

Police investigate stabbing in Moorhead

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) - Police in Moorhead responded to a report of a stabbing Tuesday night.  It happened around 10:30 p.m. in the 800-block of Belsly Blvd. When officers arrived, they found a man with a superficial cut to his hand.…

Young adults sue for right to carry guns in Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS  - Three young adults have filed a federal lawsuit alleging Minnesota’s minimum age of 21 to carry a gun is unconstitutional. Kristin Worth, Austin Dye and Axel Anderson filed the action on Monday. Three gun groups — the Minnesota…

Two killed after ambulance collides with dump truck

MINNEAPOLIS - Two people are dead after a dump truck collided with an ambulance in Itasca County. The crash happened Tuesday morning in Lawrence Township.  According to the Minnesota State Patrol, the ambulance was heading south and the dump truck was…

Straw bale blaze at Masonite plant in Wahpeton

WAHPETON, N.D. (KFGO) – Wahpeton and Breckenridge fire departments are working to put out a large, burning straw pile outside the Masonite International plant north of Wahpeton. The fire was reported around 2:15 this (Wed) morning The straw pile is…

USL W League bringing women's soccer franchise to MN

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Officials with the USL W League, a women’s pre-professional soccer league starting in May 2022, will have Minnesota as one of eight inaugural franchises. The league will serve as the nation’s top pre-professional league, developing top…

Dead boy's stepfather opened fire at graduation party

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Prosecutors say the stepfather of a 14-year-old boy shot to death at a graduation party opened fire on partygoers he thought were harassing the boy and his brother. Keith Dawson of St. Paul was charged Monday…

Hundreds Block Line 3 Pipeline Work Station

SOLWAY, Minn. (KVRR) - Indigenous leaders, actress Jane Fonda and more than one thousand water protectors march to the headwaters of the Mississippi River where the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline is proposed to cross…

Charges pending against drunken driver in police crash

ST. CLOUD, Minn. - Charges are pending against a suspected drunken driver who crashed head-long into a St. Cloud Police officer's squad car. The crash occurred about 6:20 a.m. Sunday. Investigators said the officer was on traveling southbound on patrol…

Minnesota Capitol will reopen Thursday

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) - The Minnesota State Capitol will reopen to the public on Thursday, June 10. State officials say the Capitol will be open regular weekday hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Weekend hours will resume at…