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A conversation with Sahan Journal’s new executive director Vanan Murugesan
ListenA conversation with Sahan Journal’s new Executive Director Vanan Murugesan. On Minnesota Now, we’ve heard many stories brought to light by reporters at Sahan Journal. It’s a nonprofit newsroom launched in 2019 to cover immigrants and communities of color in Minnesota. On Monday, the organization announced its...
Trump rally shooting could impact Minnesota politics and St. Cloud is in the center of it
ST. CLOUD — Saturday’s assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump could have long-term political implications both at the local and state level, depending on how St. Cloud voters react. College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University Professor of Political Science James Read told the St. Cloud Times the shooting is sparking energy within the Republican party and could increase Republican turnout this election cycle. ...
DNR CONFIRMS ZEBRA MUSSELS FOUND IN UNION LAKE NEAR ERSKINE
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has confirmed the presence of zebra mussels in Union Lake, near Erskine in Polk County; First Silver Lake, near the town of Battle Lake in Otter Tail County; and Heilberger Lake, near Erhard in Otter Tail County. A lake property owner contacted the DNR...
Body Camera Footage Released in Crookston Shelter Shooting
FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - On June 30th, 44-year-old Christopher Ryan Junkin lost his life after police were dispatched to the Care and Share Shelter in Crookston to deal with a disturbance he was causing. Since then, multiple people have come forward on our whistleblower hotline to express their...
Minneapolis works to clear storm debris and fix thousands of power outages across metro area
Thousands of Minneapolis and Twin Cities metro residents remained without power Monday afternoon following severe thunderstorms over the weekend, but electric utility and city cleanup officials said the vast majority of outages will be fixed by Tuesday. As of Monday afternoon, there were roughly 12,000 Xcel Energy customers in Minnesota...
Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar tours a new veterans home in Preston
KIMT News Three's Evan Berg spoke with the senator about her visit to the new home on Monday. U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar visits State Veterans Home in Preston. After almost a decade of waiting, Preston opened a new state veterans home earlier this year, several months later, residents and one U.S. Senator are happy with what they’ve seen.
150 juror summonses to be sent out in Grand Forks County for Rice trial
GRAND FORKS COUNTY, N.D. (KFYR) - The woman accused of the 2007 Minot killing of her college roommate was back in court on Monday. Judge Richard Hagar went over some housekeeping details about the trial’s move to Grand Forks with Nichole Rice, her attorneys and prosecutors. Judge Hagar said...
Tornado in Richland County rated as an EF-1
RICHALND COUNTY, N.D. (Valley News Live) - The National Weather Service says a tornado that touched down on Saturday, July 13, is rated as an EF-1. The damage survey says the tornado touched down in a rural area north of Barney and Mooreton, North Dakota. No structures were damaged. The storm traveled over cropland and gravel roads and the National Weather Service says a tree was snapped north of Mooreton.
Woman arrested in West Fargo stabbing, victim identified
WEST FARGO (KFGO) – West Fargo Police have arrested a woman in an early Monday morning stabbing death at West Creek Apartments. 31-year-old Robyn Lee of West Fargo is in the Cass County Jail. The jail booking says Lee was arrested for murder. Police say Lee was taken into custody for potential charges related to the stabbing.
Wimbledon, ND, featured in new commercial, gets international attention
WIMBLEDON, N.D. (KFYR) - Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the world. It’s also considered the most prestigious. Over the weekend, 21-year-old Carlos Alcaraz won Wimbledon. It’s something American tennis great Andy Roddick never managed to do. But finally, Roddick has found success at Wimbledon. And it’s...
Large Tornado Just Misses Several North Dakota Towns Saturday Evening
Several severe thunderstorms developed along a boundary moving south perpendicular to the Red River of North Dakota extending into Minnesota. Storms produced several reports of damaging wind gusts and large hail including a couple of tornadoes in North Dakota’s Richland County near Colfax, Barney, Mooreton, and Dwight. The most significant of said tornadoes, was a (preliminary) 26 yard wide EF1 tornado with an estimated peak wind speed of 107 mph that danced through 13.03 miles of relatively open farm fields, dodging several towns and farms. As this Tornado evolved and gained strength, it picked up more soils and plant matter from the ground and fields giving it a very “dirty” black coloring to its cone. The tornado was on the ground from approximately 7:15 – 7:58 pm CDT, before lifting just a mile north of Mooreton ND, and a few miles west of Dwight ND (approx. 40 miles south of Fargo). Thankfully there are no reports of injury or structure damage, mainly just tree damage, ground scarring, and some wind-whipped/missing crops in its wake.
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