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Horizon Middle School Students Honor Victims of Columbine Massacre

The students wore white t-shirts and stayed silent throughout the school day in memory of the thirteen victims

MOORHEAD, Minn. –Students at Horizon Middle School spent the 19th anniversary of the Columbine massacre with a unique tribute. Thirteen students wore white t–shirts with the name and age of each victim. Each of the students stayed silent throughout the school day, only speaking if a teacher asked them a question related to class. The students feel this tribute was…

LIVE: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

We're talking dirty, live in studio, with the director of the latest FMCT musical.

It’s not often we get to talk dirty on TV, and thanks to the hard work of the folks at Fargo Moorhead Community Theater, we’re making it happen live on the Morning Show. “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” director Adam Pankow sat down with Emily Welker for a live in-studio interview about the 11-time Tony Award-nominated musical, based on the 1988 movie…

Two Dead After Single Vehicle Crash In Becker County

The names of the two people who were killed is being withheld pending family notification.

SOUTH ROUND LAKE TOWNSHIP, MN — The Becker County Sheriff’s Office reports two are dead after a single vehicle crash on County Highway 35, west of Ice Cracking Lodge. The crash happened around 1:52 a.m. on Friday, April 20. The names of the two people who were killed is being withheld pending family notification. Two other people in the vehicle…

Former School Superintendent Facing Additional Indecent Exposure Charges

Eight more counts have been added to 10 previous charges of indecent exposure filed in Stearns County against Scott Staska.

COLD SPRING, Minn. (AP) _ The former superintendent of the Rocori School District is facing additional charges of indecent exposure. Eight more counts have been added to 10 previous charges of indecent exposure filed in Stearns County against Scott Staska. The St. Cloud Times says the additional charges are connected to incidents that happened in St. Cloud between November and…

Perham Murder Victims’ Neighbor Discusses Interaction With Suspect

21-year-old William Hillman will undergo a 60-day psych evaluation

OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. — 21–year–old William Hillman of Pine River is accused of murdering a 42–year–old Denise Mcfadzen and her son, 22–year–old Dalton Mcfadzen in rural Perham. “What happened over there at the Mcfadzen’s, that’s terrible. That’s just totally horrific and I wouldn’t wish that on anybody,” said Peggy Jay, one of the Mcfadzens’ neighbors. Police arrived to the Mcfadzen…

Fugitive Lois Riess arrested in Texas

SOUTH PADRE, TX (KMSP) – Fugitive Lois Riess was arrested Thursday evening in South Padre Island, Texas, according to a spokesperson for the U.S. Marshal Service, ending a nearly month-long manhunt for the Minnesota woman. She is believed to have killed her husband, David Riess, in Blooming Prairie last month. Authorities have also connected her to the murder of Pamela Hutchinson, 59,…

3-Year-Old Murder Victim’s Mother Describes Man Charged In Connection To His Death

Family shares their devastation over the loss

BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. — Charges have been filed against Tracy Brant, who is allegedly involved in the homicide of his 3 year old son, Winter Barker. Winter’s mother tells KVRR about the relationship between her family and Tracy and role he played in Winter’s life. “He was always a good little boy he would always follow me everywhere, his mama’s boy,”…

Charges Filed In Double Homicide in Perham

Hillman is charged in the deaths of Denise McFadzen, 42, and her 21 year old son Dalton McFadzen.

Otter Tail County, MN — William Hillman, charged in the murders of a mother and son, said he blacked out and didn’t remember what happened. Hillman is charged in the deaths of Denise McFadzen, 42, and her 21 year old son Dalton McFadzen. A criminal complaint revealed that Hillman beat the pair with a pipe wrench. Hillman has a history of…

No Criminal Charges Will Be Filed In Prince’s Death

The announcement Thursday from Carver County Attorney Mark Metz means the state's investigation into how Prince got the fentanyl that killed him is closed.

MINNEAPOLIS – The prosecutor in the Minnesota county where Prince died says he’s filing no criminal charges in the musician’s death. The announcement Thursday from Carver County Attorney Mark Metz means the state’s investigation into how Prince got the fentanyl that killed him is closed. It came hours after documents revealed a doctor accused of illegally prescribing an opioid for…

Father Charged In Death of Three Year Old

Tracy Norman Brant, 35, of 200 Park Avenue in Breckenridge is charged with one count of felony murder, three counts of third degree assault and two counts of malicious punishment of a child.

BRECKENRIDGE, MN — Criminal Charges are filed against the father of a 3-year-old Winter Barker, a Breckenridge boy who was found dead on April 10, 2018. Tracy Norman Brant, 35, of 200 Park Avenue in Breckenridge is charged with one count of felony murder, three counts of third degree assault and two counts of malicious punishment of a child. Brant has been…