Pet Connection: Meet Chanel and Gucci
FARGO -- If you need a couple of cuties to cuddle up with on this long, cold weekend, you can snuggle in style with the help of Chanel and Gucci. The three-month-old kittens were rescued…
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Cold Conditions Continue to Threaten Drivers
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) - At the start of the cold snap, the concern with driving was largely centered around crashes and spinouts. With temperatures falling fast, though, the focus of law…
Clay County DMV to end Same-Day Issuance Pilot Project
CLAY COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) -- People in Clay County will no longer be able to receive a license the same day after January 30th. The Same-Day Issuance Pilot Project is being discontinued in the county after launching in October 2022.…
Man accused of taking running rental vehicle last Friday in Fargo is arrested
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -- A Detroit Lakes man was arrested after a high-risk traffic stop last Friday in Fargo in a stolen vehicle. Police say 31-year-old Christopher Anderson took the vehicle which was left running with the keys inside in…
MN U.S. Sen. Klobuchar takes first steps to launch run for governor
ST. PAUL (KVRR/FOX9) -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar has taken the first formal steps to launch a campaign for governor of Minnesota. Sources told FOX 9 in the Twin Cities that Klobuchar has filed preliminary paperwork with the Minnesota Campaign Finance…
Federal officers detain a 5-year-old boy who school official says was used as ‘bait’
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) – A 5-year-old boy arriving home from preschool in Minnesota was taken by federal agents along with his father to a detention facility in Texas, school officials and the family’s lawyer said, making him the fourth…
AMBER Alert leads to safe return of Minnesota girl, man arrested
ZIMMERMAN, Minn. (KVRR) -- A man is jailed in Sherburne County, Minnesota for abducting a 7-year-old girl on Wednesday in Zimmerman. The sheriff's office says 28-year-old Joseph Bragg, who has no permanent address, took the girl around 4 p.m when…
Two people involved in Minnesota church protest arrested
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A prominent civil rights attorney and at least one other person involved in an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church have been arrested, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday, just as Vice…
Former federal prosecutor: ICE warrants do not give authority to enter homes
FARGO (KVRR) - A former federal prosecutor from North Dakota says administrative warrants issued by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officials do not give ICE agents the authority to enter private property and make arrests. A leaked ICE memo claims officers…
Portable heater believed to have caused fire in Miltona, Minnesota
MILTONA, Minn. (KVRR) -- A portable heater is believed to be the cause of a fire in Miltona, Minnesota. Douglas County Sheriff's Office says they responded to a call before 5 p.m. at 252 Elm Street North. They were assisted…
Local Health Services Collaborate on Drug Overdose Prevention, Preparedness
MOORHEAD, MN (KVRR) - Local public health authorities came together to curate a group exercise intended to help authorities with changing trends in drug overdoses. The event took place at the Family Service Center in Moorhead. Organizers from both Cass…
House Republicans vote to lift 20-year ban on mining near pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans moved closer Wednesday to lifting a 20-year ban on mining near Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, pushing a resolution to end the moratorium through the House despite environmentalists' warnings that it could devastate a…
ICE officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, memo says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people’s homes without a judge’s warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press, marking a sharp reversal of longstanding guidance…
VP Vance to defend I.C.E. efforts during visit to the Twin Cities on Thursday
MINNEAPOLIS (CNN) -- Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to visit Minnesota tomorrow. The White House says Vance plans to meet with I.C.E. agents and defend their immigration operations. Vance's visit comes days after the justice department subpoenaed several Minnesota…
MN man enters Alford guilty plea in deadly stabbing outside Fargo bar in 2024
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -- The West Lakeland, Minnesota man charged in a fatal stabbing outside SouthTown PourHouse in Fargo has changed his plea to guilty and avoids going on trial. Michael Diedrich entered an Alford plea, agreeing there would be…
Court lifts restrictions on immigration officers' tactics in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An appeals court on Wednesday suspended a decision that restricts immigration officers' aggressive tactics in Minnesota, while Maine declined a request for more undercover license plates for U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicles, citing “abuses of power”…
From the NFL sidelines to a Minnesota US Senate race: Michele Tafoya's new play
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya launched her campaign for the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, hoping to win the Republican nomination for the Minnesota seat being vacated by retiring Democratic Sen. Tina Smith. “For years, I covered…
Charges forwarded for 13-year-old who brought 1,500 fentanyl pills to school
MOORHEAD (KVRR/KFGO) – The teen arrested after police say he brought 1,500 fentanyl pills to Horizon Middle School in Moorhead has been referred to the Clay County Attorney for juvenile charges. Police and the Moorhead Area Public School District say…
DHS Secretary Noem says arrests will be made tonight for protest at St. Paul church
MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR/FOX9) -- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says arrests will be made "in the next several hours" after protesters disrupted a church service on Sunday in St. Paul. Activists accused the pastor of have having ties to I.C.E. Noem…
Local activist group prepares to gather for next protest against ICE
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) -- Hundreds of people have gathered at protests and rallies in the metro area hosted by local activist group Red River United Indivisible. And…
Crookston Bishop says immigration system is broken and in need of reform
CROOKSTON, Minn. (KVRR) - Another Catholic bishop in Minnesota is speaking out about the effects of ICE activity across the state. Diocese of Crookston Bishop Andrew Cozzens oversees more than 60 parishes in 14 counties in northwestern Minnesota. Cozzens says law-abiding,…
Update: Justice Department subpoenas Walz, 5 other Minnesota officials
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal prosecutors served six grand jury subpoenas Tuesday to Minnesota officials as part of an investigation into whether they obstructed or impeded federal law enforcement during a sweeping immigration operation in Minneapolis-St. Paul area, a person familiar…
Commissioners give green light to Clay County Sheriff's cadet program
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – The Clay County Commission has unanimously approved a cadet program for the Clay County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Mark Empting presented the idea to the commission on Tuesday, Jan. 20. He says cadets must be 18 or…
Fargo-Moorhead area unions endorse strike in opposition to Minnesota ICE activity
FARGO (KVRR) - Local union leaders are supporting a plan that calls for a general strike in opposition to ICE activity in Minnesota. The Red River Valley AFL-CIO and the West Area Labor Council are endorsing the action in solidarity…
ICE says an immigrant who died in a sprawling Texas detention facility killed himself
EL PASO, T.X. (AP) — An immigrant from Nicaragua was found dead at a Texas immigration detention facility last week, federal officials said. Victor Manuel Diaz appears to have killed himself Wednesday at the sprawling tent complex at the U.S.…
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