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Ad hoc committee on responding to federal immigration efforts in Moorhead ends after third meeting

May 12, 2026

TJ Nelson,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Moorhead will no longer hold an ad hoc group on how the city can respond to federal immigration enforcement, after meeting a third time. Mayor Shelly Carlson was also the tie breaking vote to end discussion during the council meeting Monday night on an ordinance limiting how the city engages with ICE agents. The vote was…

Local group to join calls for release of MN woman in ICE custody in Texas in need of urgent medical care

April 22, 2026

TJ Nelson,

(U.S. Rep. Angie Craig/Facebook)FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Local community and faith leaders are joining the call for the release of a Burnsville, Minnesota woman in ICE custody in Texas. Last week, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig called on the Trump administration to release Andrea Pedro-Francisco. She is suffering from a tennis ball-sized ovarian cyst at risk of rupture and needs urgent…

Motions to restrict I.C.E. access to public property in Moorhead are tabled and pushed to a workshop

February 9, 2026

TJ Nelson,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Moorhead City Council tables a motion to direct city staff to look into ways to restrict I.C.E. access to public property for staging areas. The item to draft such a policy was added this morning to the agenda by council members Nicole Mattson, Emily Moore and Deb White. They offered up a separate motion to look…

Locals protest in Moorhead over recent ICE shooting in Minneapolis

January 9, 2026

Juliana Pelaez,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Many made their way to Moorhead to protest over the recent ICE shooting in Minneapolis that led to one woman’s death. The protest hosted by the Clay County DFL was held at 8th & 24th Ave. South in Moorhead. Many who showed up to protest held signs displaying pictures of Renee Nicole Good, the 37-year-old who…

Moorhead City Council approves 2026 budget, including more firefighters

December 9, 2025

KVRR Staff,

Moorhead City Council meeting on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025.MOORHEAD (KVRR-KFGO) – The Moorhead City Council unanimously approved the 2026 tax levy budget and capital improvement plan. Finance Director Jenica Flanagan says budget priorities included wages and benefits, wastewater utility improvements, community and economic development, and public safety staffing. The estimated tax rate increase of 3.89% was approved. Flanagan says a…

Moorhead City Council Introducing Resolution To Support Somalis

Moorhead City Council passes resolution supporting immigrant and refugee communities

The possible passage of the resolution comes on the heels of Mayor Shelly Carlson making a public proclamation in support of the immigrant community.

December 8, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Tensions over the mere presence of Somalians in the United States are still elevated following Trump’s lambasting of the group and subsequent measures by ICE to crack down on the population. A Cinnabon employee in Wisconsin was fired after directing a racist rant at a customer they believed to be Somali, while video from the Twin…

Tense moments during preliminary budget talks at Moorhead City Council

September 22, 2025

TJ Nelson,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Tensions ran high during discussions about the preliminary budget and the hiring of additional firefighters at Moorhead City Council. After two hours of back and forth, the council voted 6-2 for what they are calling budget proposal levy scenario 3. It would cap a raise of Moorhead property taxes by 5.58% while council members and city…

Five Former Moorhead Mayors Attend Swearing In Ceremony

January 9, 2023

TJ Nelson,

Morrie Lanning, Wayne Ingersoll, Mayor Shelly Carlson, Del Rae Williams, Mark Voxland & Judge Johnathan JuddMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Five former Moorhead mayors attend the swearing in of Mayor Shelly Carlson and newly and re-elected council members. The election winners were all sworn in by Seventh Judicial District Judge Johnathan Judd, a former mayor of Moorhead. Other former mayors included…

Deb White Announces Run For Re-Election in Moorhead’s Ward 3

July 26, 2022

TJ Nelson,

Deb WhiteMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Moorhead City Council member Deb White launches her re-election campaign. The MSUM professor has represented Ward 3 since 2018. White says she wants to tackle issues including workforce shortages, lack of affordable housing and childcare, and increased strain on city infrastructure and public safety. Her husband, former KVRR Chief Meteorologist Rob Kupec, is a DFL…

Moorhead denies 24-hour schedule request to complete underpass

May 25, 2021

Jim Monk,

MOORHEAD. Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – Additional cost and noise are reasons the Moorhead City Council turned down a contractor’s request to be allowed to work extra hours to wrap up the Main Avenue/20th Street South underpass yet this year. Ames Construction Company wanted to work a 24-hour, six-day-a-week schedule to complete the project that includes three railroad bridges. Two of the…