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Fire Departments Across Minnesota Take Part In Homemade Mask Drive

The CDC recommends wearing cloth face masks in public settings while still maintaining physical distancing guidelines

April 25, 2020

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MOORHEAD, Minn. – More than 700 fire departments across the state of Minnesota took part in an initiative that wants to supply workers and people living in congregated facilities with masks. “Governor Walz set an initiative about two weeks ago that today, the 25th, fire departments across the state of Minnesota will be collecting masks. Homemade masks, donated masks, whatever…

Fire engulfs barn, animals not injured

Nobody was hurt

April 25, 2020

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NELSON, Minn. — The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office responded to a barn fire on Homestead Road Northeast in Nelson, Minnesota Saturday morning. The homeowner reported that his barn was fully engulfed in flames on one side. 64-year-old Darwin Krick was able to move his cattle and horses away in time. The barn, however, was a total loss. No injuries were…

Minnesota Reports Its Highest One Day Total For Covid Deaths

April 25, 2020

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ST. PAUL, MN- Minnesota is seeing their highest daily figures for deaths and positive cases as well as testing. There was 2,810 test conducted in the last 24 hours resulting in 261 new cases. The total in Minnesota is 3,446. The highest one day figure for deaths was 23, that makes 233 in all. Some positives did come out of…

MN releases coronavirus test site locator, 23 counties don’t have one

April 24, 2020

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MINNESOTA – Minnesota has a new website to locate coronavirus test sites. Gov. Tim Walz says the state is one of a handful in the country to provide a service like this. The website also has a self screening tool so only symptomatic people go to hospitals and clinics. 23 counties do not have a testing site. Walz says putting…

Some MN businesses can reopen Monday, distance learning continues for rest of school year

April 23, 2020

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SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Gov. Tim Walz announces some businesses can reopen Monday and schools will continue distance learning for the rest of the school year. Industrial and manufacturing businesses like wholesale trade, warehouses can welcome back workers. Office-based businesses that aren’t customer-faced will also be open for business. This affects up to 100,000 workers and 20,000 businesses. In order…

Minnesota will be able to test 20,000 per day for COVID-19, Gov. Walz announces

April 22, 2020

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SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Gov. Tim Walz announces the state has built the capacity to test as many as 20-thousand Minnesotans per day for the Coronavirus. It’s all part of a partnership between the health department, Mayo Clinic and the University of Minnesota. Walz says the collaboration will help assure every person with symptoms gets tested. Funding for the increase…

Police investigating shooting at Moorhead apartment complex

April 22, 2020

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MOORHEAD, Minn. – A witness says three people drove off after a shooting at a Moorhead apartment complex. It happened around noon Wednesday on the 1300 block of 19 1/2 Street South. She says she say a car pull in the parking lot behind another when two men and a woman started shouting. They started fighting, guns were taken out…

Golfers Excited To Be Back At The Links

Nothing is going to keep golfers off of the green. Not even the snow or chilly temperatures.

April 21, 2020

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MOORHEAD, Minn. – Nothing is going to keep golfers off of the green. Not even the snow or chilly temperatures. “We’re definitely gonna stay out and finish the course. We came out here to play 18, we’re gonna play 18 today,” said Tyler Millar, a golfer out for the opening day. Certainly not the global pandemic. “It’s easy to keep…

Search For Murder Evidence at Clay County Landfill

April 21, 2020

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MOORHEAD, MN – Law enforcement officers are searching the Clay County landfill near Hawley, Minn. in connection with the death investigation of Dystynee Avery. The 19-year-old Avery was last seen on April 3. Twenty-seven-year-old Ethan Broad has been charged with second-degree murder without intent while committing a felony. According to court documents, Broad told investigators that he killed Avery in…

Moorhead man charged with killing, dismembering missing woman

Friends and family last heard from Dystynee Avery on April 3rd, according to court documents

April 20, 2020

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MOORHEAD, Minn. — Police say a Moorhead man admits to murdering and dismembering a woman who had been missing for weeks. 27-year-old Ethan Broad is charged with second degree murder. According to court documents, Broad says he cut up 19-year-old Dystynee Avery’s body and placed the pieces in dumpsters near his apartment. The complaint says Avery was last heard from…