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UPDATE: BCA: Endangered Missing Alert for Moorhead woman Canceled, Found Safe

UPDATE(6/5/24 1:30PM) : Melissa has been located and is safe. Thank you for assisting in sharing this information. MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Moorhead Police are asking for help finding a missing person. Melissa Lohnes, 45, was last seen in south Moorhead at 12:30. Police are referring to her as an endangered missing person. She is possibly heading to Sisseton, South…

Surveillance cameras to be upgraded at Hjemkomst Center as vandalism, thefts rise

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – Moorhead’s Heritage Hjemkomst Center is looking at ways to protect the site as there are growing security problems inside and outside the center. The Moorhead City Council unanimously approved a grant request for security cameras and software on Tuesday night. Moorhead Parks and Recreation Director Holly Heitkamp says in the last year, there’s been a growing…

Fire causes significant damage to downtown Fargo apartment building

FARGO (KVRR) – A downtown Fargo apartment building was evacuated Wednesday morning as a fire caused significant damage to the structure. The fire at 355 4th Ave. North was reported shortly before 7:00 a.m. Fargo police officers were helping residents escape when fire crews arrived. Battalion Chief Brad Bessette says crews found a fire involving the exterior of the northeast…

Slick City Action Park coming to Fargo

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A new indoor slide park is coming to Fargo. Slick City Action Park announces the city is it’s fifteenth franchise development area. The franchise has been awarded to Dan Bryant, Ryan Goodman, Brady Nash and Derek Brandenburg. Bryant is the franchise owner of Sky Zone Fargo. The facility is described as a water slide park but…

Lakeville man charged with dismembering pregnant sister

Bethany Israel, Husband/ GoFundMeLAKEVILLE, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Lakeville man is jailed on $2 million bond for the alleged killing of his sister and her unborn child last Thursday. Dakota County prosecutors say 23-year-old Jack Ball is charged with two counts of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of 30-year-old Bethany Israel. She was between 17 and 18 weeks pregnant….

Two People Face Charges After Pursuit in West Fargo

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Two people are in jail and facing multiple charges after a pursuit in West Fargo. Police arrested 34-year-old Toby Richardson of West Fargo and 37-year-old Stephanie Peterson, who has no permanent address. An officer tried to stop Richardson on Main Avenue just after midnight for a traffic violation. He fled but the officer was able…