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Update: Police release names of 7 family members who died in Moorhead home

Noticias Digital says the victims - a mom, dad, three kids, an aunt and a niece - died from suspected "gas poisoning"

December 20, 2021

Jim Monk,

GoFundMeMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Moorhead police have released the names of seven people who were found dead in a Moorhead home Saturday night. The victims are identified as 37-year-old Belin Hernandez, 34-year-old Marleny Pinto, 16-year-old Breylin Hernandez, 7-year-old Mike Hernandez, 5-year-old Marbely Hernandez, 32-year-old Eldor Hernandez Castillo and 19-year-old Mariela Guzman Pinto. Capt. Deric Swenson says the preliminary autopsy has…

Live Coverage: Closing arguments in Kim Potter trial

December 20, 2021

Jim Monk,

MINNEAPOLIS – Closing arguments are scheduled today in the manslaughter trial of the former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota police officer who says she meant to use her Taser instead of her gun when she killed Daunte Wright as he tried to drive away from a traffic stop. Kim Potter’s case will go to the jury after Judge Regina Chu gives final…

UPDATE: Boy Taken By Noncustodial Parent in Mahnomen Located Safe

December 19, 2021

TJ Nelson,

MAHNOMEN, Minn. (KVRR) — White Earth Police say the child has been located and is safe as of 9:30 Sunday night. **ORIGINAL STORY BELOW** MAHNOMEN, Minn. (KVRR) — White Earth Police say 10-year-old Dallas Sommers was taken by his mother, Deanne Sommers, Sunday afternoon in Mahnomen. They say Deanne does not have custody rights. Police say she is driving a…

Moorhead Area Public Schools Prepares Crisis Team

Sudden Deaths of Three Students

December 19, 2021

TJ Nelson,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Statement from Moorhead Area Public Schools on the deaths of three students this weekend: Moorhead Area Public Schools was notified by the Moorhead Police Department of the tragic deaths of three Moorhead Area Public School students. The students attended S.G. Reinertsen Elementary School and Moorhead High School. It is a difficult time for our school family…

Fallen veterans honored at Fargo National Cemetery

Volunteers are remembering veterans by laying wreaths on their headstones

December 18, 2021

Site Staff,

HARWOOD, N.D. (KVRR-TV) – The Daughters of the American Revolution, the Civil Air Patrol, and members of the Fargo Memorial Honor guard are remembering veterans by laying wreaths on their headstones at the Fargo National Cemetery. This effort is a nationwide movement, called Wreaths Across America. Over 2,500 wreath-laying ceremonies are happening across the United States, at sea, and…

UPDATE: 7 People Found Dead in Moorhead Home, Cause Not Revealed

Family members discovered the people dead at the home Saturday night

December 18, 2021

KVRR Staff,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR:Update 4:30 PM Sunday) — Police in Moorhead confirm that seven people died in a south Moorhead home. The unattended death case is in the 4400 block of 13 Street South. Police were called to the home just before 8 Saturday night and found four adults and three children. All of the victims have been taken to the…

Golden Drive brings holiday cheer to the needy

"We have raised over 18,000 pairs of socks this year."

December 17, 2021

Site Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Santa is helping Golden Drive raise money and homelessness awareness in the cold. Santa and his helpers are ringing their bells at the West Fargo Fire Department accepting donations to help homeless kids in the community. “It warms me so much that it helps me pass the -40 nights up in the North Pole. Especially this…

Train Hits Pickup On Tracks In Moorhead, Driver Charged With DWI

The train hit a truck witnesses said slid under the crossing arms onto the tracks.

December 17, 2021

Site Staff,

Moorhead, Minn. (KVRR-TV) – Police arrest a Moorhead man for DWI after a train crashed into his truck on the tracks. The crash happened just after 4:50 Friday afternoon at 11th Street North and 1st Avenue North. Officers found a truck with significant damage to the driver’s side. The driver, 35-year-old Cody Polipnick was the only person in the truck….

Appeals court lets Biden administration enforce vaccine rules for large employers

December 17, 2021

KVRR Staff,

(CNN) – The Biden administration scored a significant victory Friday in its court battles to enforce various federal vaccine mandates, with an appeals court ruling that the government can enforce a vaccine-or-testing rule for companies with more than 100 employees. The decision, from the 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals, came after a separate appeals court on Friday declined a…

Wrigley giving ‘serious consideration’ to attorney general race

December 17, 2021

Jim Monk,

Drew WrigleyFARGO (KVRR) – Former North Dakota U.S. Attorney and former Lt. Gov. Drew Wrigley says he is seriously considering seeking the Republican nomination for North Dakota Attorney General. Wrigley made the remarks Friday after longtime Republican Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem announced he would retire at the end of his current term, which expires in 2022. “I’ve given this a…