MINNESOTA. (KVRR) – Back by popular demand, the Minnesota Department of Transportation is inviting the public to help name another round of eight snowplows. The eight plows will be named by each of Minnesota’s eight district’s. Each person is limited to one submission and the DOt asks to please remember to keep the submissions clean. Past winners include names like…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) – A special commission is collecting public comments on the six final entries chosen to replace the Minnesota State Flag. After the Minnesota emblem redesign commission narrowed down the number of flags from nearly 2,200 to 6 in November. The selections were posted for public opinion. “Typically I read through them to see, are there notes…
LONDON (AP) — Police in England arrested a man Tuesday on suspicion of manslaughter in the death of American ice hockey player Adam Johnson, whose neck was cut by a skate during a game. Johnson, 29, was playing for the Nottingham Panthers against the Sheffield Steelers on Oct. 28 when he was struck by an opponent’s skate blade in the…
DOUGLAS CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A young hunter in Douglas County accidentally shoots himself in the leg. The sheriff’s office responded around 4 o’clock Saturday afternoon along County Road 74 in Nelson, Minnesota. The hunter was able to walk to a nearby property and ask for help. He was treated and then flown from the scene by Life Link. The…
MINNESOTA (KVRR) – Minnesota is one step closer in a very long process to get a new state flag. A committee has received over 2,100 submissions. They vary from showcasing the north star to the state’s bird, the common loon. “Lots of variations of the north star either on the seal or on the flag,” said Anita Gaul, the vice-chair…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Nearly 1 million chickens on a Minnesota egg farm will be slaughtered to help limit the spread of the highly contagious bird flu after it was confirmed there, officials said Monday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that the virus was found at a farm in Wright County, Minnesota, as well as in three smaller…
FILLMORE CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz gets the deer hunting season going in the state with the 21st annual Governor’s Deer Hunting Opener. He traveled to Lanesboro on Saturday, in far southeastern Minnesota, and was hosted by Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center. Walz was joined on the hunt by Jim Vagts, a former Board of Animal Health…
NORTHFIELD, Minn. (KVRR/AP) — President Joe Biden is in Minnesota. He stopped by a family farm in Northfield, just south of the Twin Cities, to announce over $5 billion to support rural communities. It will go toward better adapting agriculture to climate change, as well as expanding high-speed internet access and improving infrastructure. The funding comes from infrastructure and inflation…
GREENVILLE, MINN. (KVRR) – NutriSource, a Perham, Minnesota based dog food company, is opening a new service dog training facility. The Spot located in Greenfield, west of the Twin Cities, will support veterans and first responders on their path toward healing with their four legged best friend by their side. The facility along with training will offer daycare,…
LAUGHLIN, Nev. (AP) — Donald “Don” J. Laughlin, a resort owner and the namesake of a southern Nevada town that he turned into a tourist destination, has died. He was 92. Laughlin died Sunday at his penthouse home at the Riverside Resort Hotel & Casino in Laughlin, Diana Fuchs, the resort’s marketing director, said Monday. He died of natural causes….
