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Kevin Mahoney Missing
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Family still searching for Kevin Mahoney 28 years after his disappearance

Law enforcement is calling on the community to help solve a 27 year old missing persons case
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FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Almost three decades have passed and a family is still looking for closure. Kevin Mahoney disappeared after a party Oct. 2, 1993 ago en route to his brother’s apartment in South Moorhead. His family is still searching for answers years later. “Every year we try to get out posters and flyers with the news just to…

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Burgum: North Dakota hospitals are at tipping point, doctor says ‘chaos’ inside

Jim Monk,

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – Gov. Doug Burgum and doctors from several of the state’s largest hospitals today warned that hospital capacity in North Dakota is reaching critical levels and urged the public to help reduce the need for hospitalization. “The pressure on hospitals and clinics in both our urban and rural areas is reaching critical levels, and we all need…

Toxins
Business, Entertainment, Ghoul Morning-Halloween, Halloween-Family Friendly Fun, Local News, North Dakota News

LIVE: Hidden Toxins in Your Kids’ Halloween Products

It's the kind of scary you *don't* want for scary season.
Emily Welker,

We’re kicking off Halloween season and our Ghoul Morning coverage this month with a story about a kind of witches’ brew you don’t want any parts of. Environmental toxins are out there, and toxins specialist Tonya Harris has some tips on finding the hidden ones to keep them away from your kids. Harris is a childhood cancer survivor who just…

Nd Boosters
Coronavirus, Coronavirus-ND, Health, Local News, North Dakota News

More than 8,000 North Dakotans have received three COVID-19 vaccine shots, including booster doses

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FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Roughly 8,000 North Dakotans have received three doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the state’s Department of Health. That includes people who are immunocompromised and were recommended to get a third Moderna dose, as well as those who got the Pfizer booster dose beginning late last week. “COVID vaccines do continue to be highly effective…

Refugees
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Afghan refugee reunited with her husband in ND

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NORTH DAKOTA (KVRR) – As Afghanistan continues to experience chaos and turmoil people are still fleeing from the Taliban’s reign. North Dakota in partnership with Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service have partnered together in an effort to admit a group of Afghan refugees to the Peace Garden State. One has already been admitted in an effort to reunite a wife…

Patricia L Freeman 093021
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UPDATE: 17-year-old Fargo runaway found safe

TJ Nelson,

UPDATE (10/01/21 at 917 p.m.): Fargo Police say Freeman has been found safe.   FARGO, N.D. — Fargo Police Department is asking the public for help in locating 17-year-old Patricia Freeman. They say she ran away on Wednesday night and was last seen in the 1300 block of 18th Avenue South. Freeman was last seen wearing a navy blue pull over…
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Rural Wahpeton cemetery vandalized

Jim Monk,

WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – Don Resler says he was shocked when he went to Calvary Cemetery southwest of Wahpeton Sunday and discovered gravestones had been vandalized.  No arrest has been made. Resler, the cemetery groundskeeper, says three large stone markers were knocked over but were not broken. Several large metal vases were also damaged and will have to be replaced….