ST. PAUL (KVRR) — A St. Paul man has been arrested and charged for the theft of a bronze statue of a young F. Scott Fitzgerald two weeks ago. The statue of the Minnesota native sat outside his former school building on Dale Street. Police say 37-year-old Dustan Schmitt attempted to sell the statue, which had been cut up into…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A St. Mary’s Cathedral statue valued at $900 has been stolen. It was taken from the rectory yard outside the cathedral in downtown Fargo last Sunday, September 10. The Catholic Diocese says church surveillance footage video shows a man drive up in a car around 2 a.m., grab the Mary statue, loaded it in the vehicle,…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — MSUM is commemorating one of the first black Civil War veterans in the area with a statue. Felix Battles was a Union soldier born into slavery in Tennessee and moved to Mississippi during his childhood. Sometime before 1860, he gained his freedom by likely escaping and moving north to Iowa. In 1864, he was one of…
MEDORA, N.D. (KVRR-PRAIRIE PUBLIC) – A controversial statue of former President Theodore Roosevelt will not be displayed immediately when the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library opens in Medora. The statue, called the “Equestrian Statue of Theodore Roosevelt,” stood outside the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Unveiled in 1940. It depicts Roosevelt on horseback with a Native American man…
NEW YORK (KVRR) – A controversial statue of President Theodore Roosevelt that has long been criticized by civil rights activists has been removed from New York’s American Museum of Natural History. The “Equestrian Statue of Theodore Roosevelt” will be moved to the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, North Dakota. The statue, unveiled in 1940, depicts Roosevelt on horseback, with…
FARGO (KVRR) – A statue was vandalized outside St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in south Fargo. A church volunteer says the statue was decapitated sometime between Saturday night and Monday morning. The church is asking nearby residents to check their surveillance video and to contact them if they have more information. Fargo police been notified. …
NEWARK, N.J. (KVRR) – A statue of George Floyd is on display outside city hall in Newark, N.J. The 700-pound sculpture was commissioned by Newark mayor Ras J. Baraka and filmmaker Leon Pickney. The statue unveiling coincides with the Juneteenth holiday, which commemorates when slaves in the U.S. learned that they had been freed on June 19, 1865. The statue…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A New Brighton man is charged for his role in the take down of the Christopher Columbus statue at the Minnesota State Capitol. Fifty-six-year-old Michael Forcia is charged with felony criminal damage to property. Forcia was one of many that protested outside the capitol on June 10th. But the attorney’s office says it’s clear that Forcia…
CHANHASSEN, Minn. — An 11-foot statue of Prince’s famed love symbol is unveiled at Paisley Park. The statue will greet visitors to Paisley Park as they enter the Chanhassen museum. According to Paisley Park, Prince assumed the symbol as his identity in 1993 after becoming frustrated with his publishing and recording contracts which owned the name Prince. The symbol was…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP)–The Minnesota Twins have removed a statue of former owner Calvin Griffith at Target Field, citing racist remarks he made in 1978. Griffith’s statue was one of several installed when the team opened its ballpark in 2010. Griffith moved the Washington Senators to Minnesota for the 1961 season, and the team was renamed the Twins. During a 1978 speech…
