Author Archives: Madison Quinn
Greenwood Fire grows to 8200 acres in Northeastern Minnesota
ISABELLA, Minn. - The Greenwood Fire in northeastern Minnesota continues to grow and is now more than 82-hundred acres. Sarah Shapiro with Superior National Forest says it's very important the public ...
Aug 21, 2021 Greenwood Fire (U.S. Forest Service-Superior National Forest)
Biden backs end to wolf protections but hunting worries grow
FARIBAULT, Minn. - President Joe Biden's administration is sticking by former President Donald Trump's decision to lift protections for gray wolves across most of the U.S. But a top federal wildlife o...
Aug 21, 2021 dalliedee / CC
Minnesota State Fair returns this week after 1-year COVID-19 hiatus
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. - The Minnesota State Fair is back this week after a one-year hiatus due to COVID-19 but it won't be back to normal when the gates open on Thursday for the fair's 12-day run thro...
Aug 21, 2021 Minnesota State Fair (KFGO file)
Man arrested in connection with Becker County hit-and-run
BECKER COUNTY, Minn. (KFGO/KVRR) - Police have arrested a man in connection with a hit-and-run in Becker County that left two people hospitalized Thursday, August 12. The Becker County Sheriff's Offic...
Aug 21, 2021
Downtown Fargo storefronts vandalized, police release surveillance photo of suspect
FARGO (KFGO KVRR) - Windows were smashed out of several businesses along Main Ave. and in the downtown Fargo early Wednesday morning. Police were called to a report of a male breaking windows in the 6...
Aug 18, 2021 person of interest in Fargo vandalism
Tree trimmer dies in electrocution accident
BIG LAKE TOWNSHIP, Minn. - Authorities in Sherburne County say a 33-year-old tree trimmer died from apparent electrocution while he was sawing branches last week. Deputies were told Noah Ness was on a...
Aug 18, 2021 Intermountain Forest Service, USDA Region 4 Photography
UND recommends COVID vaccine to incoming students
GRAND FORKS (KFGO) - As students prepare to return to the University of North Dakota next week, UND President Andrew Armacost - in a message to the campus community - said getting vaccinated is the be...
Aug 18, 2021
NDSU requires masks in all classrooms, student petition started to choose to mask
FARGO (KFGO) - NDSU President Dean Breschani is requiring masks to be worn in all classroom settings, when classes resume next Monday. In a campus e-mail, Breschani said this comes because Cass County...
Aug 18, 2021 (Photo: NDSU)
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Beasley completes jail sentence
BUFFALO, Minn. - Minnesota Timberwolves guard Malik Beasley is done serving his sentence for making threats of violence last fall. Beasley was released from the Wright County Jail Tuesday after servin...
Aug 18, 2021 Malik Beasley (Credit: Minnesota Timberwolves)
Incident management team arrives to battle Northern MN wildfires
ISABELLA, Minn. - Significant new logistical resources are being brought in Wednesday to battle the Greenwood wildfire and others in northern Minnesota. The incident management team is made up of fire...
Aug 18, 2021 Greenwood wildfire (US Forest Service)
