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NFL To Drop Preseason Games in 2020 Due To Pandemic

The NFL Players Association has agreed to the league’s plan to drop all preseason games for the 2020 season, according to the Associated Press. The league had initially proposed two preseason games before deciding to scrap the preseason altogether. That…

Mandatory Masks Coming To Minnesota?

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Gov. Tim Walz says he is close to announcing a decision on whether to require people across Minnesota to wear face masks as a way to slow the spread of the coronavirus. He will announce the…

Two MSUM student-athletes test positive for COVID-19

MOORHEAD, MN -- Two student-athletes at Minnesota State University - Moorhead have tested positive for COVID-19. MSUM Athletic Director Doug Peters confirms that exposure took place off campus. The student-athletes were tested because someone they worked with tested positive. Both…

Minnesota lawmakers reach deal on police accountability measures

ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9)--Minnesota's divided Legislature struck a deal to strengthen police accountability Monday night, delivering a response two months after the death of George Floyd at the knee of a now-fired Minneapolis police officer. The House quickly voted 102-29 to…

Business Owner Arrested In Moorhead For Solicitation of a Minor

MOORHEAD, Minn. -- Disturbing details are coming out about a business owner living in Moorhead who allegedly offered to pay money to "deflower" a 10-year-old girl. James VanRaden was unknowingly chatting with a West Fargo Police detective after answering a…

Minnesota Senate GOP leader says deal near on policing bill

MINNEAPOLIS (AP)--The top Republican in the Minnesota Senate says legislative leaders have a tentative agreement on the outlines of a police accountability bill. But chances appear dimmer for a $1.9 billion public construction projects package that has yet to win…

3M files 18 lawsuits over alleged unlawful N95 mask sales

MAPLEWOOD, Minn. (AP)--The leading manufacturer of N95 masks in the U.S. says it has investigated 4,000 reports of fraud, counterfeiting and price gouging in connection with the product and filed 18 lawsuits as a result. 3M, based in Maplewood, is…

14-year-old boy killed in Douglas County crash

CARLOS, Minn.--A bicyclist hit and killed in Douglas County has been identified as a 14 year old Miltona boy. Blake Nohre was pronounced dead at the scene. 14 year old Nick Lambertson of Alexandria was flown to a Minneapolis hospital…

Minnesota ICU patients with COVID-19 drops to 3-month low

MINNEAPOLIS (AP)--The number of coronavirus patients in Minnesota intensive care units has dipped to a three-month low. The Minnesota Department of Health on Thursday reported 103 patients in intensive care, a total last seen April 16 in the early weeks…

Bear Sighting in Becker County

A visitor gave a homeowner *paws* in Becker County. Anne-Marye Hastad Hoban shared this video on Facebook. A leisurely bear meandering up to her home on White Earth Bay around 10:15 Monday night. The big…

Nationwide coin shortage hits Fargo-Moorhead

FARGO, ND - You may have noticed signs at your favorite fast food restaurants asking for exact change or a credit card, that's because there is a coin shortage nationwide. The cause of the shortage:…

Man accused of fatally shooting pregnant woman arrested

MINNEAPOLIS (AP)--Police have arrested a Minneapolis man charged with fatally shooting a woman who was pregnant with his child. The baby was delivered at a hospital and survived the shooting. Twenty-seven-year-old Zachary Robinson was arrested in Chicago. He was charged…

20 Years Later: KVRR Local News Hits a Milestone

FARGO, N.D. --This weekend marks a milestone for KVRR Local News. We have been around 20 years ever since our first on-air newscast in July 2000. Former news director Jim Shaw says, "with us, we…

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