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Minneapolis Man Killed in ATV Crash Saturday in Becker County

BECKER CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A Minneapolis mas has died in an ATV crash in Becker County. The sheriff’s office says 48-year-old Jeremy Mickelson drove off the road while going around a corner and crashed. It happened Saturday afternoon around 3 on Wolf Lake Forest Road in Wolf Lake Township, east of Detroit Lakes. Lifesaving efforts were attempted on Mickelson…

One Person Hurt, Pet Killed After Explosion and Fire in Jamestown

Photo: Joe JacobsonJAMESTOWN, N.D.(KVRR/KFGO) — An investigation is underway in Jamestown after an explosion and fire injured one person and caused extensive damage to a house and neighboring property. Fire Chief Jim Reuther says the house and garage were on fire when firefighters arrived around 1:30 a.m. A 55-year-old resident suffered severe burns and was flown to a Minneapolis hospital….

Moorhead Man Faces Mandatory Sentence After Pleading Guilty to Distributing Meth

MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) — A Moorhead man pleads guilty in federal court in Minneapolis to distributing meth. According to court documents, 46-year-old Jamie White acquired over 500 grams of meth from April 2023 to last February. His home was searched last October during an investigation into the alleged restraint of a woman in his basement. Officers found over 400 grams of…

Fraud trial juror reports getting bag of $120,000 and promise of more if she’ll acquit

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A juror was dismissed Monday after reporting that a woman dropped a bag of $120,000 in cash at her home and offered her more money if she would vote to acquit seven people charged with stealing more than $40 million from a program meant to feed children during the pandemic. “This is completely beyond the pale,” Assistant U.S. Attorney…

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.

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…

Driving along … and the roadway vanishes beneath you. What’s it like to survive a bridge collapse?

Survivors of past bridge failures in Minnesota and Texas tell The Associated Press that the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore brings back harrowing memories of their own ordeals.

A gold pin in the shape of Minnesota – with the words “Interstate 35W ‘Bridge’ Remembering August 1, 2007” – is photographed on Linda Paul in St. Paul, Minn., on March 27, 2024. She survived the Interstate 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis on Aug. 1, 2007, and was reminded of it after the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed…

Get Ready To Strut With The Stray Cats At Bluestem This Summer

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Minneapolis guitarist Brian Setzer is reuniting with Stray Cats and they’re coming to Bluestem Amphitheater in Moorhead on Thursday, August 8. The band put Rockabilly music back on the record charts in the early ’80s and scored several big hits including “Stray Cat Strut” and “Rock This Town”. Tickets for the rain or shine concert run…

Burnsville woman charged with buying guns used in Minnesota standoff that killed 3 first responders

(Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP)MINNEAPOLIS (AP/KVRR) – A Burnsville woman, Ashley Dyrdahl, has been charged with illegally buying guns used in the killings of three Minnesota first responders in a standoff at a home in the Minneapolis suburb of Burnsville, where seven children were inside, federal authorities said. The 35-year-old Burnsville woman conspired with the shooter between Sept. 21 and…

Minnesota man suspected in slaying of Los Angeles woman found inside her refrigerator

Minnesota man has been arrested on suspicion of killing a 31-year-old woman who was beaten, bound and stuffed inside the refrigerator at her Los Angeles apartment, authorities said Wednesday

A street-side memorial for Maleesa Mooney, who was killed in her apartment, is displayed on Sept. 20, 2023, in downtown Los Angeles. On Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, a 41-year-old Minnesota man was arrested in connection with the September killing of Mooney, a model who was beaten, bound and stuffed inside the refrigerator of her downtown Los Angeles apartment, police say….