HOPKINS, Minn. (KVRR) — Two people were killed when an explosion and fire demolished a suburban Minneapolis home in Hopkins. The bodies of a husband and wife, both in their 80s, were found in the debris. The fire chief says it was a “pretty violent explosion” that reportedly shook many other homes in the neighborhood around ten this morning. The…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — The trigger law for North Dakota’s only abortion clinic was supposed to go into effect at midnight, but it has been temporarily blocked by South Central District Judge Bruce Romanick. The court granted the Red River Women’s Clinic request for a temporary restraining order prohibiting the ban from taking effect. The ban would have force patients…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – A seven-year-old boy raises $70 and donates it all to Homeward Animal Shelter. Reid spent five hours outside selling lemonade in his Moorhead front yard last week. Homeward shared the good deed on their Facebook page and the post received almost 600 likes and 50 comments thanking Reid for his donation. Reid’s stepmom says she was…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – The City of Moorhead hoped to open the 20th and 21st Street underpass today, but there’s still work to be done. Main Avenue is open from 19th Street South to Oakway and 20th Street South is drivable from 6th Avenue South to Main Avenue. Work continues on 21st Street from Main to Fourth Avenue by the…
PARK RAPIDS, Minn. (FOX 9) – A handling mishap led to a bull getting loose and taking a stroll down Main Street in Park Rapids, Minnesota, on Thursday. “I was just at work. Heard the ‘moo’ and looked out the window. There was a cow! He was window shopping a few stores,” Hanna Buggert Markert said. Known for its parking down the…
HUBBARD CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A Park Rapids, Minnesota man is arrested for DWI after hitting a teen walking on the shoulder of 170th Street in Henrietta Township earlier this month. Hubbard County Sheriff’s Office got a report of the hit-and-run on July 7. They say 18-year-old Isabelle Croskrey of Park Rapids was walking with her sister around 9:40 that…
A Minnesota native becomes the first ever female pilot to fly with the Blue Angels. Lt. Amanda Lee of Mounds View, Minnesota will join the team of pilots for the 2023 air show season. She will need to complete an intensive five-month training program with the other new members of the team. While Lee is the first female fighter jet…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Moorhead announce a $100,000 investment to prepare the city for climate change and extreme weather. The grant will be used to protect Moorhead from increased rains and floods. It identifies specific buildings, roads and other crucial infrastructure that are at highest risk of failing due to flooding. Another project includes infrastructure…
POLK CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Friday is the deadline in Polk County, Minnesota to turn in flood damage assessments. Minnesota Homeland Security and Emergency Management officials are requesting the information. They want to know about damages to private property due to flooding from April 22nd to now. The worst of the damages occurred in Crookston, Fisher and East Grand Forks….
OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. — A man wanted for seriously assaulting another man with a weapon at a hotel in Starbuck in west-central Minnesota is arrested in Otter Tail County. 41-year-old Justin Cardinal of Columbia Heights, Minnesota, had fled the scene before police arrived Saturday night. Pope County authorities say Cardinal stole a vehicle and drove to Grant County where…
