Minnesota News

Pet Connection: Meet Kooky

Kooky is the latest little bundle of feathers and fun who's looking for a forever home courtesy of the rescue workers at Center for Avian Adoption, Rescue and Education, or CAARE here in…

East Grand Forks Man Identified in Fatal Crash

  CROOKSTON, Minn. -- An East Grand Forks man is dead after a car and semi crashed in Crookston. The state patrol says the crash happened just before 5 this morning at the junction of Highways 2 and 75. They…

Money Talks: Disasters and the Market

Hurricane Harvey. Then Irma. Then Maria. All the while, mounting tensions and the looming threat of possible nuclear engagement with North Korea, and then, the Vegas massacre. Headlines like those and the accompanying…

Minnesota Man Arrested for 28th DWI

NEW YORK MILLS, Minn. -- The man with the record for the most DWI convictions in Minnesota has been arrested again. It is the 28th DWI arrest for 64-year-old Danny Bettcher of rural New York Mills. An off-duty deputy saw…

MSUM Celebrates Homecoming With Block Party

MOORHEAD, Minn. -- School Spirit is in the air as MSUM is celebrating homecoming at their block party! There is no shortage on fun on the campus mall. Live music, inflatable games, balloon…

Detroit Lakes Police Investigating Home Burglaries

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. -- Police in Detroit Lakes are investigating three home burglaries that happened while the homeowners slept. They all happened on the northwest side of town sometime between 4 and 5 in the morning on Sunday. In each…

Woman Who Had Been Drinking Crashes ATV Into Squad Car

BEMIDJI, Minn. -- Minnesota State Patrol says two Bemidji officers were hurt when an all-terrain vehicle crashed into their squad car during a chase. Authorities say the officers were trying to help with the pursuit of the ATV started by…

Minnesota Group Reenacts Civil War Battle

OAKPORT, Minn. -- The Minnesota Infantry Company D took people back in time to the Civil War at Probstfield Farm in Oakport. The organization held a battle reenactment…

Officer Involved Shooting In Becker County

AUDUBON, MN --One person has been taken to a Fargo hospital after a shooting and police chase in Becker County. Sheriff Todd Glander says deputies became involved in a high speed chase in the western part of the county at…

Former Bemidji Assistant Principal Pleads Guilty to Child Porn

BEMIDJI, Minn. -- A former assistant principal at Bemidji Middle School has pleaded guilty to producing child porn. Thirty-five-year-old Brandon Bjerknes of Bemidji also admitted to a second count of coercion and enticement of a minor. Prosecutors say Bjerknes posed…