JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A daycare center in Jamestown has been closed after two employees were accused of hitting children and giving them melatonin to take naps. Karen Schempp and Kaylee Cumber are each charged with two counts of felony child abuse or neglect. Investigators started looking into Buffalo City Lil’ Explorers Daycare after an 8-year-old was brought to the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — YMCA of the Northern Sky is kicking off its 2024 fundraising campaign. The combination of YMCA Cass Clay and YMCA Fergus Falls has a goal of $650,000. The F-M metro would get $500,000 with $150,000 going to Fergus Falls. The two Ys combined forces officially in July. Gifts from the campaign directly benefit local families. It…
ABC123, DilworthCLAY COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) –After the recent closure of a Dilworth daycare, Clay County leaders want to remind people of the resources that are out there during times like these. Information of openings and available child care can be found at www.parentaware.org. There are also services available for family or friends that may be stepping in to help those…
ROSEAU, Minn. (KVRR) — A daycare provider in Roseau, Minnesota faces felony charges after deputies say she admitted to spanking a child out of frustration. 33-year-old Arrial Lovelace is charged with 3rd degree assault and malicious punishment of a child. Authorities were contacted Wednesday by a social worker with Roseau County Social Services after a parent reported that their child…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A West Fargo in-home daycare provider is sentenced to just under one year behind bars for child neglect. 42-year-old Miranda Sorlie entered Alford pleas to two counts of child neglect, seven other charges were dropped. An Alford plea means Sorlie maintains her innocence but admits that evidence could find her guilty. She was given 360 days…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A West Fargo in-home daycare provider enters not guilty pleas to all nine counts of child neglect and abuse. 42-year-old Miranda Sorlie entered the pleas on Friday in Cass County District Court. Sorlie is accused of neglecting children under her care between January 2020 and last May. According to court documents, a one-year-old boy was taken…
CARRINGTON, N.D. (KVRR) — A woman running an unlicensed daycare in Carrington, North Dakota is arrested for the murder of an infant and the abuse of another child. On September 26, 2022, first responders were called to Patricia Wick’s house for an unresponsive 5-month old baby. The baby was air flighted to Sanford Hospital in Fargo and later died as…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – Crews in Fergus Falls responded to a fire in the attached garage of a home daycare Monday morning. Black smoke and fire were showing from the overhead door at 912 North Buse Street when the Fergus Falls Fire Department responded shortly before 9:00 a.m. The children and care provider of the daycare were able to…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A south Fargo daycare is forced to close temporarily after a water heater leak causes up to 14 inches of flooding. Last weekend Anna Matcha, the owner of Time 2 Play daycare, was informed the center saw a significant water heater leak coming from a nearby business. The F-M community are showing their support by starting…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — A man injured in a fire Tuesday at a house that had a daycare has died of his injuries. Moorhead city officials say 62-year-old Robert Blue of Moorhead died yesterday. Police are investigating the cause of his death and his body has been sent to St. Paul for an autopsy. Firefighters found smoke and flames in the…
