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WATCH: Norman Co. Sheriff Thornton honored for three decades of service

ADA, Minn. (KVRR) – Norman County Sheriff Jeremy Thornton is remembered for giving three decades of service with law enforcement and always being there for friends and family. Thornton was eulogized by classmates including Moorhead Deputy Police Chief Tory Jacobson. They remembered him for holding their school’s high jump record for years and making thin blue line wooden flags. He…

Sandy’s Donuts closed until Friday after rooftop unit nearly catches fire

All locations will be closed on Thursday, January 12

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Sandy’s Donuts is closing all of its locations until Friday. In a Facebook post, they wrote that one of their rooftop units at their production facility nearly caught fire. The West Fargo Fire Department was able to get there quickly and prevent the unit from going into flames. Sandy’s says nothing was damaged other than…

Moorhead couple pledges $1 million matching grant to Fargo Park District projects

FARGO (KFGO) – The parents of two Moorhead brothers killed in a 2015 crash on I-94 near Dalton, Minnesota have announced a $1 million matching grant for the Fargo Parks Sports Complex and Island Park Pool projects. Ray and Kathie Kvalvog pledged the money ahead of Giving Hearts Day on February 9. The “Kvalvog Million Dollar Match” will include a…

West Fargo daycare provider charged with 9 felonies

Multiple families reported bruises on their kids and diapers were not being changed.

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A West Fargo woman is charged with nine felonies following a lengthy investigation into abuse and neglect at her in-home daycare. Cass County State’s Attorneys Office says 42 -year-old Miranda Sorlie is accused of neglecting four children under her care between January 2020 and last May. According to court documents, a one-year-old boy was taken…

Keller Brothers of Bobcat Skid-Steer Loader Fame To Be Inducted Into Inventors Hall of Fame

FARGO, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) — The brothers who invented the world’s first compact loader, which would later become known as a Bobcat skid-steer loader, are being inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Cyril and Louis Keller operated a machine shop in Minnesota. In 1957, a farmer asked them to build him a machine that he could use to clean…