Author Archives: Madison Quinn

COVID-19 hospital surge further taxes health care providers
MINNEAPOLIS - The number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 has surged above 1,500 in Minnesota, causing further strains on those working to care for them. Monday's 1,532 coronavirus hospitalizations...
Madison Quinn Dec 01, 2021 sergio santos / CC

4 jurors seated for Kim Potter trial
MINNEAPOLIS - Prosecutors and defense attorneys for the suburban Minneapolis police officer charged in Daunte Wright's death are to resume jury selection Wednesday after seating four jurors the first ...
Madison Quinn Dec 01, 2021

St. Paul School Board Decides Not To Close 3 Of 5 Schools On List
ST. PAUL, Minn. - The St. Paul School Board has backed off a plan to close five schools in the district after getting strong resistance from community members, parents, teachers, and students. Monday ...
Madison Quinn Dec 01, 2021

Lakefront construction project moves Tall Ships Festival to Two Harbors
TWO HARBORS, Minn. - A lakefront construction project in Duluth is moving next year's tall ships festival to Two Harbors. The Festival of Sail Lake Superior was canceled by the pandemic last year. Wor...
Madison Quinn Dec 01, 2021 OakleyOriginals / CC

Clinic leader: Court case 'grave threat' to abortion rights
FARGO, N.D. - The head of North Dakota's sole abortion clinic says the stakes have never been higher in the debate over a woman's right to an abortion. Red River Valley Women's Clinic Director Tammi K...
Madison Quinn Nov 30, 2021 Red River Women's Clinic

Forum Communications purchases Fargo FOX affiliate, KVRR
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) - Fargo-based KVRR TV has been sold to Forum Communications. Sources tell KFGO News that the deal also includes the TV station owned by the Red River Broadcast Company Group in Dulu...
Madison Quinn Nov 30, 2021 (KVRR)

2016 Pine Ridge reservation slaying draws 15-year sentence
RAPID CITY, S.D. - One of three men accused in a fatal shooting on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 2016 has been sentenced in federal court after reaching a plea deal with prosecutors. 28-year-ol...
Madison Quinn Nov 30, 2021 (Pine Ridge Indian Reservation)

Boebert in call refuses to apologize for anti-Muslim remarks
WASHINGTON D.C. - Conservative congresswoman Lauren Boebert has spoken by phone with congresswoman Ilhan Omar just days after likening the Minnesota Democrat to a bomb-carrying terrorist. By both lawm...
Madison Quinn Nov 30, 2021 Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN)

Top adviser to Ellsworth AFB commander removed from post
ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. - The primary adviser to the commander of the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota has been removed from his post for what officials describe as in...
Madison Quinn Nov 30, 2021 Justin Deisch (Ellsworth Air Force Base)

Fargo City Commission creates Police Advisory and Oversight Board
FARGO, N.D. - The Fargo City Commission voted three to two to create a Police Advisory and Oversight Board. Police Chief Dave Zibolski says the proposal is the culmination of months of research and wo...
Madison Quinn Nov 30, 2021
