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Update: More than 30 Fargo-Moorhead area businesses targeted by burglars

Business owners are encouraged to regularly set alarms, maintain surveillance equipment and keep buildings secure

December 23, 2021

Jim Monk,

FARGO (KVRR) – Police in Fargo, West Fargo, Moorhead and the Cass County Sheriff’s Office are asking business owners to take precautions following a string of dozens of commercial burglaries in the area since September. Owners and managers are encouraged to regularly set alarms, maintain surveillance equipment and to keep buildings secure when businesses are closed. Cass County Sheriff ‘s…

Update: Moorhead family members died from carbon monoxide poisoning

December 22, 2021

Jim Monk,

GoFundMeMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Seven members of a Moorhead family who died in a home over the weekend were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning. Police say the preliminary causes of death are based on laboratory blood tests, although the investigation remains open. The victims were 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…

One dead in house fire near Detroit Lakes

December 22, 2021

Jim Monk,

ROCHERT, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – One person is dead after a house fire Northeast of Detroit Lakes. The blaze was reported shortly after 2 a.m. Wednesday. The Becker County Sheriff’s Office says the home had already collapsed by the time deputies arrived at the home on Hubble Pond Road. The victim’s body was recovered after the fire was out. Frazee, Wolf Lake,…

Tremendous Response To Woman Offering Free CO Detectors

December 21, 2021

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Twin Cities area woman we featured on KVRR Monday night has had tremendous response to her offer for a free carbon monoxide detector. Sheletta Brundidge says she has had 70 people ask for one so far. She will personally pay for and mail out 100 carbon monoxide detectors to the people who ask for them….

Lindsay Whalen nominated for Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame

December 21, 2021

KVRR Staff,

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – JULY 13: Lindsay Whalen #13 of the Minnesota Lynx handles the ball against the Las Vegas Aces on July 13, 2018 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement….

Jury in Kim Potter trial ends another day without verdict

December 21, 2021

KVRR Staff,

Kim Potter MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A Minnesota jury has ended its second day of deliberations without reaching a verdict in the manslaughter trial of the suburban Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot Black motorist Daunte Wright. The jury weighing Kim Potter’s fate broke at about 6 p.m. Tuesday. They deliberated for about half a day Monday. Jurors asked Judge Regina…

Jury asks judge what to do if verdicts can’t be reached in Potter trial

December 21, 2021

Jim Monk,

Judge Regina ChuMINNEAPOLIS – Jurors in the trial of former Brooklyn Center, Minn. police officer Kim Potter asked the judge what they should do if they cannot agree on verdicts. Judge Regina Chu instructed the jury Tuesday afternoon to keep deliberating. The jury is in its second day of deliberations. Potter is charged with two counts of manslaughter in the death…

Squirrels force St. Paul park to scale back holiday lights

December 21, 2021

Jim Monk,

city of St. PaulST. PAUL, Minn. – Hungry squirrels are forcing a downtown St. Paul park to scale back its Christmas lights display. Friends of Mears Park had to reduce and reconfigure its display this year because a troop of squirrels chewed through the wires last year and the vendor refused to go through the ordeal again this year. The…

Fire destroys Wilkin County home, family safely escapes

December 21, 2021

Jim Monk,

courtesy, Sheriff Rick FiedlerCAMPBELL, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – A fire has destroyed a home in Wilkin County. Sheriff Rick Fiedler says the fire was reported at 2742 460th Street, a half-mile east of Campbell just after 7:00 a.m. Tuesday. Five people, including several children, were able to get out safely. The Campbell Volunteer Fire with mutual aid from the Tintah Fire…

Walz isolating after testing positive for COVID-19

December 21, 2021

Jim Monk,

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) – Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says he and members of his family recently tested positive for COVID-19. “Yesterday, my 9th grade son tested positive for COVID-19. Gwen and I were both tested that same day, and after initially testing negative yesterday morning, last night we received positive COVID-19 tests.” Walz says his son has mild symptoms…