DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) — WE Fest is coming “Alive in ’25”. WE Fest’s 2025 lineup is out and the headliners are Hardy, Jon Pardi and Cody Johnson. Other acts include Ashley McBryde, Gretchen Wilson, Kip Moore, Megan Moroney and a whole bunch of newcomers. Tickets, ad-ons, camping and parking passes all go on sale Thursday, September 26 at we…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) — An 81-year-old man is dead after getting hit by a car while walking in the 1500 block of Randolph Road in Detroit Lakes. The man and the 19-year-old female driver of the car are both from Detroit Lakes. Becker County Sheriff’s Office says the incident happened in the noon hour. The man died shortly after…
State Sen. Nicole Mitchell (D) Woodbury, Minn.DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (AP)– A Minnesota state senator has pleaded not guilty to burglarizing the home of her estranged stepmother after her father’s death.Sen. Nicole Mitchell, a Democrat from the St. Paul suburb of Woodbury, was charged in April. She told police at the time that she broke into the home in Detroit Lakes…
BECKER, CO., Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — The suspect in a fatal shooting near Frazee, Minnesota Saturday is claiming self-defense. 31-year-old Willis McDonald told deputies that he was visiting a woman he had met days before when 31-year-old Arlan Bergstrom Jr. broke his car window and began punching him. McDonald says he reached for his handgun and shot him as he continued…
FRAZEE, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – One man is dead and another man in jail after a deadly shooting in Becker County. Becker County Sheriff’s Office responded around 1:20 a.m. Saturday to a call that a man had been shot at a trailer home just off Highway 10 about 4 miles northwest of Frazee. First responders attempted to save the victim’s life,…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) — WE Fest is back for its 41st year at the Soo Pass Ranch near Detroit Lakes. It is one of the largest country music and camping festivals in the nation. Typically, more than 100,000 people attend each year. With that attendance comes increased traffic in the area around the festival grounds. Minnesota State Patrol will…
FRAZEE, Minn. (KVRR) — Afternoon storms cause some damage around Frazee and Detroit Lakes. These pictures come to us from Highway 10 by the hotel and campground outside Frazee. Some campers were overturned, trees uprooted, and buildings were damaged. Some people online reported hail and lots of wind east of Detroit Lakes. One woman said she saw the roof blown…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) – Don Getz has sold a lot of cars, and he’s been selling them for a long time. Don has been helping people drive away in newly-purchased vehicles from Nereson Automotive in Detroit Lakes, about half of his almost seven decades in the car business. “Well I’ve been working for about 70 years. I must…
ST. PAUL (KVRR/KFGO) — A Senate Ethics committee holds another hearing on Minnesota DFL State Senator Nicole Mitchell in St. Paul. Mitchell did not appear at the brief hearing. Many in the Minnesota DFL party, including Gov. Tim Walz, have called for her resignation after her arrest for burglary at her stepmother’s home in Detroit Lakes in April. Mitchell told…
State Sen. Nicole Mitchell (D) Woodbury, Minn.ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR/FOX 9) — A judge in Minnesota is weighing whether or not to release body camera video of when State Senator Nicole Mitchell was arrested. The democrat was caught breaking into her stepmother’s home in Detroit Lakes in April. Mitchell told police she was trying to retrieve some of her late…
