FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Parents and grandparents opposed to mask mandates in schools came together Tuesday evening in Fargo. They gathered at a private event titled “Show Faces For Freedom” and say they should be the ones making decisions related to their kids’ health, not school board members. “We’re not saying that we don’t want any masks or nobody can…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Health officials are yet again warning of the severity of COVID-19 as cases across Cass and Clay counties continue to rise. “Given the urgency of our current situation we felt it necessary to update the community as we enter our fourth wave with the Delta variant changing the game,” Fargo Cass Public Health Director, Desi Fleming…
FARGO, N.D. –The Eastern North Dakota & Northwestern Minnesota Chapter of the Red Cross has deployed a number of volunteers to help with relief efforts for Hurricane Ida. The vehicle will go from door to door in neighborhoods or can be set up at local shelters in the affected states . The red cross has also sent 19 volunteers and…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Court of Appeals has affirmed a decision by state pollution regulators to issue a water quality certification for Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 crude oil pipeline. It’s the latest setback for opponents as the project nears completion. The court ruled that the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s approval was “supported by substantial evidence in the record.”…
KABUL, AF – The more than 1,100 Minnesota National Guard members in Kabul, Afghanistan are reportedly safe. Eighth District Congressman Pete Stauber says he spoke with National Guard leaders shortly after the ISIS terrorist attacks and was relieved to learned Minnesota soldiers were not among those killed. The troops with Task Force 1-194 were at the Kabul airport at the…
MINNEAPOLIS – An Owatonna, Minn. man has pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a gun after he bragged about his illegal shotgun and plans to kill a police officer at a Donald Trump rally at the state Capitol. Twenty-two-year-old Dayton Sauke entered his plea in federal court in Minneapolis on Wednesday. According to a criminal complaint, Sauke had been offering to…
Update: Moorhead Police say the two girls have been located safe in Minneapolis. The case file will be forwarded to the County Attorney’s Office for appropriate charges. MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Police need your help finding two girls the department says were taken by their biological father Thursday night. Moorhead Police say 40-year-old Arlow Johnson was last seen driving a…
MINNESOTA (KVRR) – As evacuations continue in Kabul, a young Afghan-American woman said she’s praying her family will be one of the lucky ones able to escape. “It is just so painful to see that the Taliban is ruling my country,” she told KVRR on Tuesday. The woman, who is not sharing her name due to safety concerns, moved to…
Greenwood Fire (Fox9)ISABELLA, Minn. (FOX 9) – The Greenwood Fire burning in the Superior National Forest more than doubled in size in the last 24 hours, now estimated to be nearly 19,500 acres. At last check, the fire was 0% contained. The U.S. Forest Service said Monday’s warm temperatures and gusty winds paired with the extremely dry vegetation fueled fire…
Northeastern Minn. wildfire (U.S. Forest Service)FINLAND, Minn. – Authorities fighting a northeastern Minnesota wildfire say the blaze did not expand over the weekend. The Greenwood Fire was expanding by about 1,000 acres a day since it started last Sunday. But after growing to nearly 7 square miles Thursday night and raging through Friday, the U.S. Forest Service estimated the size…
