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Fargo Commission Not Only Got An Earful About Cutting DEI, But Also About Rising Taxes

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FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo City Commissioners voted 4-1 last night to make cuts to the proposed 2025 budget, including ending the DEI program. They cut a total of 6.2 positions including three which are currently occupied and three-point-two that are vacant. The total savings in salary and benefits would be over $680,000 in a budget that is worth $133…

Thomas Lane
Crime, Local News, Minnesota News

Thomas Lane Released From Federal Prison, Convicted For His Role in George Floyd’s Murder in 2020

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LITTLETON, CO (KVRR/FOX9) — Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane, who was convicted for his role in George Floyd’s murder in 2020, is released from prison. Lane has completed his state and federal sentences. It was just his fourth day on the job when he held down Floyd’s legs while former officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck. A federal…

George Floyd Chauvin Lawsuit
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Lawsuit says ex-Officer Chauvin kneeled on woman’s neck, just as he did when he killed George Floyd

A former employee sued the city of Minneapolis on Tuesday, alleging ex-police Officer Derek Chauvin hauled her from her minivan and pinned her to the ground with his knee in January 2020, just as he did four months later when he killed George Floyd.
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FILE – In this image taken from video, former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court at the Hennepin County Courthouse, June 25, 2021, in Minneapolis. A former employee sued the city of Minneapolis on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, alleging Chauvin injured her when he hauled her from her minivan and pinned her to the ground with his knee…

Year In Review
Local News, Morning - Features

Top Stories Of 2023 For The Red River Valley

Some major events changed our entire region forever in 2023. KVRR's Adam Ladwig put together a list of some of the biggest stories, both good and bad, that impacted the Red River Valley this year
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  FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Some major events changed our entire region forever in 2023. KVRR’s Adam Ladwig put together a list of some of the biggest stories, both good and bad, that impacted the Red River Valley this year. 2023 started with dashed hopes. The NDSU Bison made yet another FCS Championship game, this time against arch rival South…

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Inmate who stabbed Derek Chauvin 22 times is charged with attempted murder

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TUSCON, AZ (AP) – Derek Chauvin was stabbed in prison 22 times by a former gang leader and one-time FBI informant who told investigators he targeted the ex-Minneapolis police officer because of his notoriety for killing George Floyd, federal prosecutors said Friday. John Turscak was charged with attempted murder a week after the Nov. 24 attack at the Federal Correctional Institution…
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Inmate stabbed Derek Chauvin 22 times, charged with attempted murder

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Derek Chauvin(AP) – A federal inmate was charged Friday with attempted murder in the prison stabbing of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd. John Turscak stabbed Chauvin 22 times in the law library at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, Arizona, with an improvised knife, federal prosecutors said. Turscak, 52, told correctional officers he…
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Businesses in area where George Floyd died sue Minneapolis

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George Floyd memorial MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Several stores at the location where George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police in 2020 have sued the city, accusing it of neglecting the area and hurting business. The lawsuit, filed in mid-November in state court, also names Mayor Jacob Frey and other officials and accuses the city of not properly policing the area…

Chauvin Trial Videos
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Ex-Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin stabbed in prison

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(AP) – Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, was stabbed by another inmate and seriously injured Friday at a federal prison in Arizona. The attack happened at the Federal Correctional Institution, Tucson, a medium-security prison that has been plagued by security lapses and staffing shortages. The person was not authorized to publicly discuss details…

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Local News, Minnesota News

Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of former cop convicted of killing George Floyd

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WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider the appeal of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin’s conviction for second-degree murder in the death of George Floyd. The justices did not comment in leaving in place state court rulings affirming Chauvin’s conviction and 22 1/2-year sentence. Chauvin’s lawyers argued that their client was denied a fair trial in…

George Floyd Officer Trial
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Ex-Minneapolis officer sentenced to nearly 5 years on state charge for role in George Floyd’s death

Tou Thao, the last former Minneapolis police officer convicted in state court for his role in the killing of George Floyd, was sentenced Monday to 4 years and 9 months
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Tou Thao, the last former Minneapolis police officer convicted in state court for his role in the killing of George Floyd, was sentenced Monday to 4 years and 9 months. Thao had testified that he merely served as a “human traffic cone” when he held back concerned bystanders who gathered as former Officer Derek Chauvin, who is…