FILE – Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, middle, holds the bill signed to legalize recreational marijuana for people over the age of 21, making Minnesota the 23rd state to do so, May 30, 2023, in St. Paul, Minn. Former Gov. Jesse Ventura stands at center. Fueled by election gains, Democrats in Minnesota and Michigan this year enacted far-reaching policy changes that…
DULUTH, Minn. (KVRR) — Essentia Health and Marshfield Clinic Health System plan to merge. They have entered into an agreement to form a new integrated regional health system serving rural and mid-urban communities across four states. They hope to get regulatory approval by the end of the year. Essentia Health serves patients in Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota. It is…
ALBERTA, CANADA (KVRR/FOX) — Firefighters in Alberta, Canada are dealing with out-of-control fires as a result of abnormally hot and dry weather. The wildfires have been going on for weeks and more than 10,000 people have been forced to leave their homes. There’s extensive property damage to both homes and businesses in the region. There is also a growing concern…
N.D. Attorney General Drew WrigleyBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Judgments shut down a vast robocall operation involving Rising Eagle Capital Group out of Texas along with JSquared Telecom and Rising Eagle Capital Group– Cayman. North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley says they blasted billions of illegal robocalls to people across the country including millions of calls to people in North Dakota…
BATTLE CREEK, MI (KVRR) — Fargo AirSho is extending its deepest sympathies to the family of Chris Darnell and the entire Shockwave Jet Truck & Flash Fire Jet Trucks team. Darnell died Saturday at the Field of Flight Air Show in Battle Creek, Michigan. His Shockwave Jet Truck was racing two airplanes at 300 mph when it suddenly burst into…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – A federal judge in North Dakota has sentenced a Flint, Michigan man to two years in prison for social security fraud, health care fraud, and aggravated identity theft. U.S. Attorney Nick Chase says 77-year-old Robert McKee, also known as William Patrick O’Hara, was also sentenced to 3 years supervised release and ordered to pay a $400…
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) – Michigan authorities say they’re searching for two parents charged with involuntary manslaughter in a high school shooting. Jennifer and James Crumbley are the parents of Ethan Crumbley, who is charged with murder and terrorism in the deaths of four students at Oxford High School on Tuesday. Crumbley’s parents were charged Friday. A prosecutor says they gave…
FARGO, N.D. — A Calumet, Michigan man arrested for vehicular manslaughter in a collision that killed an Alexandria man in Fargo last September changes his plea to guilty. The move avoided a trial for David Torgerson and the judge sentenced him to six years in prison followed by two years of probation. He was given credit for nearly 8 months…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Outgoing U.S. Attorney for North Dakota Drew Wrigley announces key arrests in a major drug trafficking investigation. Several members of the Michigan Reub gang are currently in custody due to a joint investigation between North Dakota and Michigan agencies. Wrigley says the operation involves tens of millions of dollars of narcotics and thus far has targeted…
By: Amanda Rooker WASHINGTON – The Senate will move forward with a vote on Energy Secretary nominee Jennifer Granholm. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee approved her nomination in a 13-4 vote. Senator John Hoeven, who sits on the committee, pressed Granholm to support North Dakota’s energy industry if confirmed. “We’ve got to keep building our energy resources. And…
