(Minnesota Timberwolves)MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (Minnesota Timberwolves/KVRR) – The NBA today announced Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert has been named the 2023-24 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year. This is Gobert’s fourth career NBA Defensive Player of the Year honor (2023-24, 2020-21, 2018-19 and 2017-18), becoming the third player in NBA history to win the award four times, joining Dikembe Mutombo…
This image provided by the Sherburne County Jail in Elk River, Minn., shows Abelhamid Al-Madioum, a Minnesota man who once fought for the Islamic State group in Syria. Al-Madioum, who has been cooperating with federal authorities and now expresses remorse for joining a “death cult”, will learn Wednesday, May 1, 2024, how much prison time he faces. Al-Madioum was brought…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – A family in Moorhead have been grieving since the death of their 13-year-old daughter, and they are using that pain to ask for changes in Minnesota law by marching at the capitol this week. The Rich family are asking for laws regarding water safety, like life vests being required for minors under the age of 18…
State Sen. Nicole Mitchell (D) Woodbury, Minn.ST. PAUL (KFGO/KVRR) – Senator Nicole Mitchell says, “I do not intend to resign,” in a statement released by her attorneys. The Woodbury Democrat faces burglary charges for breaking into her stepmother’s home early Monday morning in Detroit Lakes. Republicans are calling for an immediate ethics investigation with the apparent goal of expelling Mitchell…
**UPDATE** Lake Latoka rest area building reopens DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) – The Minnesota Department of Transportation announced that the Lake Latoka Rest Area building on I-94 near Alexandria is closed for emergency repairs. The building is without running water and will be reopened when the repairs are done. Tags: I94, minnesota, MNDOT
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – A new sales tax is being discussed in the Minnesota legislature, it could impact many cities across the state. One of the biggest highlights of this new bill is the proposed 3.2% e-waste tax increase. And the difference between border states will be significant. For example, Fargo has a 7.5% sales tax, and with the new…
Minnesota Lynx X/TwitterMINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) – The Minnesota Lynx selected Utah’s Alissa Pili 8th overall in the 2024 WNBA Draft. Pili, who comes from Anchorage, Alaska, averaged 21.4 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists on 40.4% 3FG for the Utes last season. Pili spent a portion of her college career playing for USC in the Pac-12. Tags: Basketball, minnesota, minnesota lynx,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Lakeville, Minnesota man is arrested after Fargo Police respond to a hostage situation. Officers were sent to the 2600 block of 14th Street South on Monday when the victim texted her employer, saying she couldn’t come to work because she was being held hostage by her ex-boyfriend. The woman told officers she had been held…
FARGO, N.D. – The North Dakota State women’s basketball team erased a 16-point deficit before falling short in the final seconds at Minnesota, 69-65, in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT) on Friday night at Williams Arena in front of 2,367 fans. With the loss, the Bison finish the season with the most wins in the NDSU Division era with…
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…
