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City of Moorhead Seeks Input on Phase 2 of Downtown Master Plan

MOORHEAD, Minn.–The City of Moorhead is seeking feedback for phase two of the Downtown Master Plan. The City says the community helped create a vision for phase one, and now they need help discovering how to turn that vision into reality. The feedback collected will be used to create specific design strategies for private and public properties. The City has…

Collin Peterson Appoints Moorhead High School Senior to West Point

Kai is a member of the National Honor Society and the Key Club.

MOORHEAD, Minn.–A Moorhead High School senior has been appointed to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. Congressman Collin Peterson nominated Kai Holm after he completed a lengthy application followed by an interview. Peterson announced the news to Holm and his parents in a phone call. Peterson said, ““I want to congratulate Kai and his family on this…

Excessive Force Lawsuit Filed Against Otter Tail County

Kameron Boudin is seeking $2 million in damages from the county

MINNEAPOLIS – A man who claims he suffered a serious brain injury during an arrest by an Otter Tail County sheriff’s deputy has filed a federal lawsuit over the incident. Kameron Boudin is seeking $2 million in damages from the county and the deputy as a result of his arrest in December 2018. Authorities had been looking for Boudin in…

LIVE: Hope Inc. Is Wheels-Up for Giving Hearts Day

A workout for your heart in more ways than one.

With two days to go until Giving Hearts Day, adaptive athletics and recreation nonprofit Hope Inc. is wheels-up and ready to fly into the future. Bill and Adair Grommesh started the group with just a handful of kids with mobility issues and a drive to get the most they could out of athletics, and out of life. Today, they’re more…

LIVE: All Abuzz About Beekeeping

It could be a beee-eautiful way to start the spring season.

We hear a lot about bees disappearing from the landscape, and this morning, there’s a couple in our region who’s trying to help you bring some back. Lisa and Rich Burns are the pair behind FM Red River Valley Beekeepers, and they’re here to teach you how to get started keeping your own bees. The Burnses got their hands on…

“Snoway But Up & Snoway But Round” Competition

Unique Annual Event Hits Detroit Mountain

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — Most people think of hitting the slopes by bringing things like skis and snowboards. A group of competitors are doing the unconventional, in a set of wacky races for a good cause. There is a silence through the hills of Detroit Mountain near Detroit Lakes as the ski lifts are at a halt before opening for…

Sisters meet for first time after discovering each other through DNA test

Barb Pohl and Kathryn Graves share the same dad

DILWORTH, Minn. — It’s a day Barb Pohl will never forget. “I’m kinda nervous,” she says. Her whirlwind of emotions all started with an at-home genealogy test. “Both my brother and I took DNA from ancestory.com.” That one DNA kit turned into something much bigger just a week ago, when it connected her to a genetic match. “I found her,…

Man Pulled From Rice Lake After Snowmobile Goes Through Ice

He tried to avoid the water but skidded and broke through thin ice

BECKER CO., Minn. — A man is taken to the hospital in Becker County after falling through the ice Saturday. 36-year-old Jason Morris was riding his snowmobile on Rice Lake when he approached open water. He tried to avoid the water but skidded and broke through thin ice. Passing snowmobile riders saw Morris and pulled him out of the water…

Gun Fires Accidentally Slightly Wounding One Person In Moorhead

The bullet hit the ceiling and there was nobody in the room above

MOORHEAD, Minn. — A person could be charged after accidentally firing a weapon in the noon hour in Moorhead. Police say the gun went off in a building in the 400 block of 8th Street South. The bullet hit the ceiling and there was nobody in the room above. The only injury was a minor wound to the person who…

Local event helps teens find perfect prom dress at no cost

Mersadi Green is a High School Student at Moorhead High School looking to find the perfect dress for prom

MOORHEAD, Minn.- It’s an event that high-schoolers look forward to all year. “I’m shaking with like excitemen,” says Mersadi Greene, a Senior at Moorhead High School. It celebrates the closing of one chapter, and the opening of another. “Just going and creating new memories with friends,” she says. Mersadi Greene is Senior at Moorhead High School and is looking for…