DES MOINES, Iowa (AP/KVRR) – The fourth-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history could soar to the largest ever if no one wins the top prize in Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing. The jackpot climbed to $1.2 billion after no one matched all six numbers Monday night to win the jackpot. That makes 38 consecutive draws without a jackpot winner since the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Early voting is underway and in Cass County there is a way you can avoid long lines. An online dashboard will show how long you’ll have to wait in line at each early voting polling location in Fargo and Casselton. There is also a mobile version of the dashboard available to access on your phone. You…
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Detroit Lions tight end T.J. Hockenson is coming to the Minnesota Vikings, the Vikings have confirmed. The Vikings will reportedly send their 2023 second-round pick and 2024 third-round pick to Detroit for Hockenson, as well as a 2023 fourth-round pick and a 2024 conditional fourth-round pick. Hockenson, who is in his fourth season, was the eighth overall pick in…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota Highway Patrol has also released the name of the man killed in a motorcycle crash in Fargo Saturday afternoon. Thirty-eight-year-old Andrew Burt, of Byron, Minnesota, was killed when he accelerated while driving out of a parking lot, lost control, and hit a curb. It happened in the 3500 Block Westrac Drive. Authorities say Burt…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Candidates and the Executive Director of the Red River Women’s Clinic host a “Rally For Roevember” at Minnesota State University Moorhead. People are applauding candidates’ platforms of letting women make their reproductive decisions and not politicians or the Supreme Court. “Because, in Minnesota, abortion is a legally protected right, it is not on the ballot in…
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Federal authorities say an investigation into the theft this summer of several semitrailers loaded with frozen beef from Nebraska has led to arrests and uncovered a multimillion-dollar theft ring targeting meatpacking plants in six Midwestern states. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security reported Tuesday that the discovery of the Miami-based theft ring began in June when…
WALKER, Minn. (KVRR) — A young boy is dead after falling out of a tree in rural Walker, Minnesota last Thursday afternoon. Deputies and first responders were called to a residence on Midway Circle, Turtle Lake Township and found a 10-year-old boy had fallen. He was taken by ambulance to a nearby landing zone for a medical helicopter while life-saving…
UNITED STATES – Diesel prices in Minnesota average $5.29 a gallon and North Dakota averages $5.34 per gallon according to AAA. It’s not quite the record of $5.62 a gallon North Dakota saw in June, but it’s still pretty high. “We have seen it pop up here in the past month or so. We are up over 50 cents a…
THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) — Pizza Ranch has signed an agreement to develop a new location in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. An opening date was not given in the company’s August franchise news release. It is part of the popular pizza chain’s effort to accelerate growth. They have opened a new location in Gillette, Wyoming and signed other development…
MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) — A Red Lake, Minnesota man is sentenced to 9 years in prison for the sexual abuse of a minor. 40-year-old Keith Ehrich pleaded guilty in July to one count of sexual abuse of a minor for an incident on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in October 2020. The case was investigated by the FBI, Red Lake Police…
