MINNESOTA – FEMA teams will begin flooding damage assessments to public property and infrastructure in more than 50 counties and four tribal nations in Minnesota next week. It’s the first step in determining if Gov. Tim Walz can request federal aid. Department of Public Safety officials say very early estimates of flood damage tops $32 million. That’s four times more…
MINNESOTA — A proposed gas tax hike in Minnesota would raise the price by 20 cents per gallon, which would be the fourth highest in the country. But that wouldn’t affect every city in the state. A law in Minnesota would allow gas stations seven and half miles from the North Dakota border to be exempt from the tax increase. That…
WARROAD, MN (KFGO) – Marvin Windows and Doors is changing its name – sort of. The 100-year-old company will now be known simply as Marvin. Marvin announced that the new brand represents all products, including Marvin Windows and Doors and Integrity Windows and Doors. As part of the plan, the company has refreshed the yellow rose logo first used in…
MOORHEAD, Minn. – What better way to brighten up a gloomy day than with pie? The annual Salad and Pie Luncheon was held at Trinity Lutheran Church in downtown Moorhead. Hundreds gathered for a wide variety of salads and pie, all provided by members of the church. This year, the proceeds will go towards the Clay County Jail Ministry. “The different…
MINNESOTA (FOX 9) – Minnesota officials say they will make an estimated $73 million move to scrap the state’s troubled vehicle licensing and registration system — MNLARS — and move on with a privately developed software system. After an independent review of the MNLARS system, officials recommended that the state move onto an outside vendor. The review was headed by Rick King, a…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. – Gov. Walz held a roundtable at Lake Region Health Care about saving a funding stream for the state’s health care access fund. Minnesota’s 2% provider tax was created to increase access to care, contain health care costs and improve the quality of services for Minnesotans. . The 27-year-old tax with decades of bipartisan support is set…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. – Minnesota Governor Tim Walz ends his trip in Fergus Falls by attending the City address with a message of a united Minnesota. The Democrat got a standing ovation when he was introduced at Kennedy Secondary School. People were excited to have him as they believe it shows his commitment to the rural communities of the state. The…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two state teachers of the year from Minnesota and Kentucky have skipped a White House ceremony to protest the Trump administration’s education policies. Kelly Holstine of Shakopee, Minnesota and Jessica Duenas of Kentucky decided not to attend the ceremony in D.C. including an Oval Office visit. Holstine teaches English at an alternative high school in Shakopee. She says…
BELLE PLAINE, Minn. – Massachusetts-based Satanic Temple sues a Minnesota city for withdrawing permission for a satanic monument. The group’s co-founder Malcolm Jarry tells the Star Tribune people have a right to protest the proposed monument in Belle Plaine, but not at the expense of the group’s civil rights. The issue began in 2017 when officials decided to allow a steel…
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – The decision of whether or not to convict former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor in the July 2017 shooting death of Australia native Justine Ruszczyk Damond now lies in the hands of the jury. The jury–12 jurors and four alternates–consists of four women and 12 men. The jury includes half-a-dozen minorities, with four born outside the U.S. including two from the Phillipines,…
