FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — On a chilly morning, another unclaimed veteran is laid to rest at Fargo National Cemetery. Richard Moldenhauer, a U.S. Air Force veteran, died on January 12 at the VA Hospital in Fargo. He had no immediate, close family. The 79-year-old was born in Brainerd, Minnesota and joined the Air Force in 1961. He was buried with…
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KVRR) — A high school football player injured in a game in Moorhead back in September is finally going home. The family of Conner Erickson wrote on CaringBridge that he has spent the last few months doing physical therapy at Mayo Clinic. They say Conner still has a long road to recovery with his upcoming cranioplasty, a surgery…
CROW WING CO., Minn. (KFGO/KVRR) — A Brainerd, Minnesota man is accused of fatally shooting his daughter’s boyfriend over suspected abuse. 45-year-old Michael LaFlex is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 23-year-old Bryce Brogle. He was reported missing after going to the LaFlex’s storage unit last Wednesday. According to a criminal complaint, LaFlex shot Brogle in the back…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Brainerd high school senior is at Sanford in Fargo after suffering a serious head injury during a football game with Moorhead Friday night. Conner Erickson underwent a three hour surgery for the head injury and a piece of his skull was removed to release pressure. In a CaringBridge update on Sunday, the family said there…
EDEN VALLEY, Minn. (KVRR) — A man is dead after a shootout with officers early Saturday in central Minnesota near St. Cloud. Eden Valley police tried to stop 34-year-old Stephen Poissant of Brainerd for a traffic offense around 2 a.m. He fled before hitting the ditch. Minnesota BCA says Poissant got out of his vehicle and exchanged gunfire with deputies…
BRAINERD, Minn. (FOX 9) – A Minnesota state senator’s snowmobile landed on top of a fellow senator who had been thrown from his sled in a crash with the state Department of Natural Resources enforcement chief, a DNR report indicates. State Sen. John Jasinski, R-Faribault, suffered three broken ribs, a broken pelvis and fractured vertebrae from the crash, which happened Friday in…
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. – Twenty-nine Minnesota Firefighters are back home after battling Oregon wildfires. The firefighters from Brainerd, Fisher, Bemidji, Eden Prairie, Motley, Crosslake and Spring Lake Park/Blaine/Mounds View spent two weeks on the frontlines of the Slater fire. They were assigned to Cave Junction, a small city about 25 miles from the California border. The firefighters were split into…
Courtesy: Minnesota Homeland Security and Emergency ManagementOREGON — Firefighters from our region continue to make headway on wildfires on the West Coast. A crew of 29 members from seven departments across Minnesota are working to contain the Slater Fire in Oregon. They are working on fire suppression, structure protection, hot spot recon and fire mop up. As of Sunday, the…
BRAINERD, Minn.–Sheriff’s officials in central Minnesota are investigating the death of an infant at a home day care. Emergency responders found the baby boy unresponsive after they were called to the home Nov. 12. The infant died a short time later at Essentia Health-St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Brainerd. State regulators have temporarily suspended the license of the day care…
BRAINERD, Minn. (AP) _ A nurse and a pilot are dead and a crew member injured after a medical helicopter crash at a regional airport in Minnesota. North Memorial Health says no patients were on board when the crash happened about 1 a.m. Friday at the Brainerd airport. The injured crew member was taken to St. Joseph’s Medical Center in…
