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Parents, Families Mourn Collectively at Infant Memorial Service

Essentia Health holds the service every year in Detroit Lakes to provide a space for grief.

May 4, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) – The many burial plots at Oak Grove Cemetery in Detroit Lakes saw their numbers grow by one on this day. It’s a representation of lost youth, the annual Infant Memorial service hosted by Essentia Health. “We see a lot of miscarriages, a lot of ectopic pregnancies, pregnancy loss, infant loss,” explained Paige Perrine of Essentia….

Former Executive Director of Presentation Partners In Housing in Fargo Is Charged With Theft

May 4, 2025

KVRR Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — The former executive director of Presentation Partners In Housing in Fargo is accused of embezzling over $200,000 from the non-profit. Court records show Cheri Gerken of Moorhead was fired after a private forensic accountant found she had used her company credit card for unauthorized purchases from 2019 to 2023. Gerken has been charged with felony theft…

Teen Driver Rescued After Being Thrown From Circling Boat on Lake Miltona

May 4, 2025

TJ Nelson,

DOUGLAS CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A boat is left going in circles on Lake Miltona, north of Alexandria, Minnesota, after throwing it’s 15-year-old driver overboard. It happened early Saturday afternoon. The boy was able to call 911 while yelling for help. He was not wearing a life jacket. The teen was rescued by a person with a pontoon and was…

Missing Moorhead Man Found Dead in Colorado

Leroy Schmidt was reported missing in January, but hadn't been seen since November of 2024.

May 3, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

MOORHEAD, MN – A Moorhead man who was reported as missing in January has been found dead in Colorado. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says the body of 51-year-old Leroy Schmidt was discovered in Summit County, Colorado. While he was reported missing in January, he hadn’t been seen or heard from since November 2nd. Schmidt’s body was found in…

Concordia cuts expenses in face of $2 million budget shortfall

May 2, 2025

Eric Bolin, Jim Monk,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Concordia College is cutting its operating expenses in response to a projected $2 million budget deficit. The college says the deficit is associated with a national decline in enrollment. A Concordia spokesperson says departments have been directed to cut 5% of their operating expenses. “Concordia is not immune to the challenges facing higher education. We are…

Moorhead woman arrested, accused of fleeing in a motor vehicle and possession of stolen property

May 2, 2025

KVRR Staff,

MOORHEAD — A Moorhead woman was arrested after a vehicle chase on Thursday, May 1. According to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, witnesses alerted them and the Moorhead Police Department to multiple reports of a vehicle traveling the wrong way on the westbound lanes of Interstate 94. The vehicle was described as a white Chevrolet pickup. As officers searched for…

Moorhead man arrested in West Fargo on 34-year-old warrant

May 2, 2025

KVRR Staff,

WEST FARGO — West Fargo police arrested a man suspected to have a 34-year-old warrant on Thursday, May 1. According to the West Fargo Police Department, officers pulled over a vehicle for a traffic violation and discovered that a passenger had possible warrants. Officers learned that the passenger had a felony warrant from 1991 in Burleigh County for gross sexual…

Nationwide May Day Protest Brings Over A Hundred People Together in Fargo

May 1, 2025

Juliana Pelaez,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Over a hundred people came together in solidarity at the Veterans Memorial Bridge to protest on this May Day. Striking with the thousands of others nationwide to demand for a change. “This May Day, we’re standing together to send a message loud and clear across the country and the globe. We’re united in our resolve to…

Minnesota State Trooper charged with production of child porn

May 1, 2025

Alison Voorhees,

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) — A Minnesota state trooper has been charged in federal court with production of child pornography. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Jeremy Plonski was arrested and will remain in custody pending a detention hearing. He was taken to the Sherburne County Jail in Elk River, which has a contract to hold federal prisoners. The patrol says…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Lavina

May 1, 2025

Emily Welker,

FARGO — It’s our favorite day of the week again, and this week’s Pet Connection cutie is Lavina the domestic shorthair tabby, who came all the way with foster mom Samantha Becker to our studio from Polk County, Minnesota. Lavina came in to Smiley’s Rescue as a baby, along with all her littermates. She is the last of her brothers…