Author Archives: Madison Quinn
MnDOT: Planning for $4.5 Billion in Federal Infrastructure Funding
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota transportation projects will benefit from about four-point-five-billion dollars in federal funding. It's part of the recently passed trillion-dollar infrastructure package....
Nov 13, 2021 (Minnesota Department of Transportation)
1st Native American Appointed to Minnesota Court of Appeals
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Governor Tim Walz is appointing the first Native American to the Minnesota Court of Appeals. The governor says Sarah Wheelock, in her time as legal counsel for the Shakopee Mdewakant...
Nov 13, 2021 Minnesota Judicial Center
Walz offers to call special session, GOP leader calls it 'Publicity Stunt'
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Governor Tim Walz is offering to call a special session on November 29th, but with conditions Senate Republicans likely won't agree to. Both sides haven't been able to agree on which...
Nov 13, 2021 Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN)
Man trapped under vehicle dies in Moorhead
MOORHEAD (KFGO) - A man died late Wednesday morning after he got trapped under a van that he was working on in South Moorhead. Police say it happened shortly before 11:30 a.m. in the 13-hundred block ...
Nov 10, 2021
North Dakota joins lawsuit against Biden vaccine mandate for Medicare, Medicaid workers
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO) - Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has announced that North Dakota has joined the lawsuit that challenges President Biden's vaccine mandate for healthcare workers employed by com...
Nov 10, 2021 Gov. Doug Burgum, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem
Police say Dilworth apartment garage fire was arson
DILWORTH, Minn. (KFGO) - Police in Dilworth say a fire that broke out in a row of apartment garages Tuesday is being investigated as arson. At least two vehicles and personal property were destroyed i...
Nov 10, 2021 (Courtesy: KVRR)
Hershey to acquire Dot's Pretzels and Pretzels Inc. for $1.2 billion
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO/REUTERS) - The Hershey Company has agreed to buy two pretzel makers in separate deals worth about $1.2 billion to beef up its snacking business, the U.S. chocolatier said on Wednesda...
Nov 10, 2021
AAA predicts busy holiday travel season despite high gas prices
FARGO, N.D. - Gasoline prices surged in October and are likely to remain elevated through the holiday season. AAA spokesman Gene LaDoucer says in North Dakota, the average price for gas is about $3.20...
Nov 10, 2021
Minnesota delegation presents discussion on Line 3 at climate change conference in Scotland
GLASGOW, Scotland - The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland welcomed a delegation from Minnesota Tuesday, which presented a panel discussion on the Enbridge Line 3 tar sands ...
Nov 10, 2021 Betty McCollum
Minnesota To Receive At Least $100B To Expand Broadband Access
ST. PAUL, Minn. - The infrastructure bill passed by Congress late last week means Minnesota will receive at least 100-billion dollars to expand broadband access to underserved parts of the state. East...
Nov 10, 2021 Richard Patterson / CC
