MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A frustrated Moorhead veteran appears before the Clay County Commission about the status of his home ownership. Gulf War Veteran Kevin Shores is in the middle of a property tax dispute where he received letters from the County’s Auditor’s Office informing him about missing deadlines for delinquent taxes. The state of Minnesota seized his home in…
GRANT CO., Minn. — One person was killed in a head-on crash near Elbow Lake in Grant County Sunday afternoon. 18-year-old Tyler Stone of Hoffman was driving a car that crashed with a pickup at the intersection of two rural roads. Stone died in the crash. The driver of the pickup, a 23-year-man from Brandon, was taken to the Elbow…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Hornbacher’s and its customers are making a big impact in the fight to end hunger. They’re donating nearly $80,000 to the Great Plains Food Bank as part of Check Out Hunger. The campaign ran through most of July in the F-M area where customers were asked in checkout lines to make donations of one, three or…
MINNESOTA (KVRR) – A Red Lake man is found guilty of sex crimes in federal court. Thirty-eight-year-old Descart Austin Begay, Junior is convicted of two counts of aggravated sexual abuse and two counts of sexual abuse. Begay raped and sexually assaulted a victim in her home until she was able to break free and escape. Categories: Crime, Local News, Minnesota…
WADENA, Minn. (KVRR) – Firefighters fight flames at a Wadena home twice in around 11 hours. The first call came in Monday around 4:15 PM on the 10000 block of Mohawk Street. The Wadena Fire Department says crews saw flames coming out of an attached garage. Firefighters were able to get the flames out before they spread to the home….
MINNESOTA & NORTH DAKOTA (KVRR) – On this Labor Day, what are some local labor laws and how do they impact us? Minnesota’s minimum wage law is unique because it goes up each year with inflation. Wages rise 2.5 percent from this year in The Land of 10,000 Lakes. This year, someone with a minimum wage job from a large…
ROLLAG, Minn. (KVRR) – It’s been happening for 69 years. The Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion is an event farmers and machinery fans look forward to every Labor Day Weekend. The theme every year is to show how people used steam to get the job done. The event is full of hot air. The good kind. At the end of…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Kennedy, Minnesota native Dr. Josh Deere is named the new president of Altru. Deere has been medical director of primary care for seven years and most recently the interim chief medical officer since February. That is when Dr. Steven Weiser was forced out as Altru’s president. Deere earned his medical degree from UND and completed…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Epilepsy Foundation Minnesota hosts a walk at M.B. Johnson Park in Moorhead to share support and resources with people with the disorder. The eight walks across the state are the biggest fundraising events of the year. The foundation is praising the Seizure Smart Schools Act that was signed into law last summer. It makes sure every…
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A judge has again blocked a trigger law banning abortion in North Dakota as he weighs a lawsuit from the state’s lone abortion clinic. The clinic argues that the law violates the state constitution. Burleigh County District Judge Bruce Romanick on Thursday granted the motion for a preliminary injunction sought by the Red River Women’s Clinic…
