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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…

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…

“His dedication was second to none” Norman Co. ready to say goodbye to Sheriff Thornton

ADA, Minn. (KVRR) – Norman County is mourning the sudden loss of Sheriff Jeremy Thornton who died after a battle with pancreatic cancer at age 53. “It will be impossible to replace Sheriff Thornton,” Norman County Chief Deputy Ben Fall said. It’s a sudden loss that Norman County will take some time to mourn. Sheriff Jeremy Thornton began feeling fatigued…

Five Former Moorhead Mayors Attend Swearing In Ceremony

Morrie Lanning, Wayne Ingersoll, Mayor Shelly Carlson, Del Rae Williams, Mark Voxland & Judge Johnathan JuddMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Five former Moorhead mayors attend the swearing in of Mayor Shelly Carlson and newly and re-elected council members. The election winners were all sworn in by Seventh Judicial District Judge Johnathan Judd, a former mayor of Moorhead. Other former mayors included…