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Update: All Minnesota highways open except I-94

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) - The Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Minnesota State Patrol have reopened all state and federal highways in west central Minnesota, except Interstate 94 from Moorhead to Fergus Falls.…

Biden orders 3,000 additional troops to Poland

WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior defense official says President Joe Biden has approved the deployment of 3,000 more U.S. troops to Poland. They will join 1,700 other members of the 82nd Airborne Division who have been heading to Poland in…

Emerson Port of Entry blockade continues

EMERSON, Manitoba (KVRR) - Protesters continued to maintain a border blockade at the Emerson Port of Entry, just north of Pembina, N.D. Friday. Winnipeg Alternative Media reported that the number of participants appeared to be down because a winter…

Police identify body found in Grand Forks

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) - Police in Grand Forks say a body found in an alley near a night club Thursday afternoon has been identified as 26-year-old Anthony Valdez. Valdez was last seen on Sunday in the downtown area by…

BIA officer dismissed from wrongful death lawsuit

BISMARCK, N.D. - One of two Bureau of Indian Affairs officers has been dismissed from a federal wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a man who was fatally shot on the Standing Rock Reservation in 2017. A federal…

Sale of largest coal plant in North Dakota reapproved

MAPLE GROVE, Minn. - Great River Energy’s cooperatives have once again approved the sale of the company’s Coal Creek power plant in North Dakota and an accompanying power line, despite opposition from its largest member. The sale of Coal Creek,…

CIA has secret program that collects American data

WASHINGTON (AP) - The CIA has a secret, undisclosed data repository that includes information collected about Americans, two Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee said. While neither the agency nor lawmakers would disclose specifics about the data, the senators alleged…

Fargo judge will not run for Attorney General

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) - A district judge in Fargo has decided not to seek the Republican nomination for attorney general. East-Central District Judge Wade Webb had considered the race, but he says after careful family and other considerations, he decided against it.…

Pet Connection: Meet Burr

There is still plenty of dog to go around at our area shelters. And we do mean plenty. This week's Pet Connection profile is a lot of dog for any family. We're meeting Burr,…

Wrigley Takes Oath of Office as North Dakota Attorney General

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO/PRAIRIE PUBLIC RADIO/KVRR) – Former US Attorney Drew Wrigley has taken the oath of office as North Dakota Attorney General after being appointed by Gov. Doug Burgum. It was done in a private ceremony.  Supreme Court Chief Justice…

Fargo man sentenced for prostitution robbery conspiracy

FARGO (KVRR) - A Fargo man has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for conspiring to rob customers of commercial sex. U.S. Attorney Nick Chase says 22-year-old Jordan Daniel Kraft and 21-year-old Harleigh Haugen of Fargo conspired…

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