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UPDATE: Missing Ellendale Man Found Safe

August 23, 2021

TJ Nelson,

Update – 8/24/2021 – Mr. Rains has been located and is safe. *ORIGINAL STORY BELOW* ELLENDALE, N.D. — Police in Ellendale are looking for a missing man. They say 62-year-old Everett Rains was last seen leaving his home on Sunday at 9 a.m. Rains was driving a white 2002 Ford F-250 with North Dakota plates 359 CBW. The vehicle has a…

New B-21 bomber to be stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base

July 8, 2021

Jim Monk,

RAPID CITY, S.D. – The Air Force’s new B-21 bomber will be stationed first at Ellsworth Air Force base near Rapid City. The Air Force says the nuclear bomber will be tested at Edwards Air Force Base in California before it becomes active at Ellsworth in the mid-2020s. The B-21 Raider is intended to replace the B-1 Lancer and B-2…

Rabbits escape from Moorhead home

"We got a couple reports of anywhere between six and 20 rabbits that were running loose in people's yards just north of MSUM campus."

July 6, 2021

Aaron Walling,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A local rescue is warning the public to be on alert for up to 20 domestic rabbits on the loose in Moorhead. “We got a couple reports of anywhere between six and 20 rabbits that were running loose in people’s yards just north of MSUM campus,” Kritter Krazy Exotic and Reptile Rescue Founding Director Tasha Gorentz…

South Dakota lawmakers, cities warm to marijuana plans

June 22, 2021

Jim Monk,

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – South Dakota is waiting for a state Supreme Court decision on whether recreational marijuana will become legal in July. But state lawmakers and city governments are moving forward with their own pot plans. Officials statewide have warmed to the idea of legalization since voters passed a constitutional amendment in November legalizing marijuana for adults. Some cities…

Vitalant Is Facing A Blood Shortage

The organization says there's less than a four-day supply of most blood types to meet a patient's needs.

June 14, 2021

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MINNESOTA & NORTH DAKOTA (KVRR)– On World Blood Donor Day, Vitalant is asking for all eligible donors to donate blood as the non-profit is facing a shortage. The organization says there’s less than a four-day supply of most blood types to meet a patient’s needs. Type O blood is below a two-day supply. This type is used in trauma situations….

Judge charges U.S. Marshals with contempt in vaccination dispute

June 14, 2021

Jim Monk,

ABERDEEN, S.D. – A federal judge in South Dakota criminally charged three members of the U.S. Marshals Service with contempt of court and obstructing justice. The charges stem from a dispute with a deputy marshal who refused to disclose her COVID-19 vaccination status and removed prisoners from a courthouse. U.S. District Judge Charles Kornmann charged three supervisory law enforcement officers,…

Victim in Fatal Rollover Near Oakes Identified

June 13, 2021

TJ Nelson,

OAKES, N.D. — North Dakota Highway Patrol identifying the victim of a one vehicle rollover as 33-year-old Douglas Cavalier of Britton, South Dakota. The crash happened early Sunday morning about four miles southeast of Oakes, North Dakota. They say Cavalier was driving down Highway 11 at a high rate of speed when he lost control. He was thrown from the…

Noem pushes to bar critical race theory from South Dakota universities

May 26, 2021

KVRR Staff,

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – South Dakota’s public universities shouldn’t be teaching certain concepts of race and racism, Gov. Kristi Noem said Tuesday, in line with a nationwide GOP movement to keep critical race theory out of classrooms. In a letter to the Board of Regents that oversees the state’s six public universities, the Republican governor targeted critical race theory and…

Britton, SD – Town of the Week – 5-25-21

May 25, 2021

Max Mueller,

Britton defeated Wheaton to win the final Town of the Week of the season. One correction to our story, Dallas Goedert is the Eagles player from Britton. Somehow I wrote Tyler Goodert down on my notes and it stuck. No idea where I got Tyler and my bad handwriting made an O look like an E. My apologies to Britton…

Ex-Salvation Army leader pleads not guilty to child porn

May 25, 2021

Jim Monk,

RAPID CITY, S.D. – A former leader of the Salvation Army in South Dakota has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of receiving and possessing child pornography. Investigators say they seized 46 electronic items during a search this month at the Salvation Army’s Black Hills Camp. The Salvation Army says it has fired Moreno and is cooperating with the investigation….