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Cabinet members, federal agents, others attend funeral for Clint Hill

Hill was born in North Dakota. He was 93 when he died in February

April 8, 2025

Jim Monk,

Funeral for Clint Hill 4/8/2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) – Presidential cabinet members and the law enforcement community attended the funeral for former Secret Service Agent Clint Hill at Washington National Cathedral Tuesday. Hill grew up in Washburn, North Dakota, attended Concordia College in Moorhead and served in the Army before joining the Secret Service. Television host Mike Rowe, a close…

Funeral for Clint Hill will be at Washington National Cathedral

April 1, 2025

Jim Monk,

FARGO (KVRR) – The funeral for former Secret Service Agent Clint Hill, the North Dakota native who witnessed the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, will be held at Washington National Cathedral on April 8. Hill was 93 when he died on Feb. 21. Hill was in the presidential motorcade in Dallas, Texas in November, 1963. An iconic photo shows Hill…

Troy Seibel Monitor Via Bismarck Tribune

Funeral service scheduled for former deputy attorney general Troy Seibel

September 16, 2024

KVRR Staff,

Troy Seibel testifies at a meeting of House Judiciary Committee, Feb. 8, 2021 (North Dakota Monitor via Bismarck Tribune)MANDAN, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Funeral services are set for former North Dakota Deputy Attorney General Troy Seibel, who died September 3. An obituary says family and friends will gather Saturday, Sept. 21 at 11 a.m. at Dawise-Perry Crematory in Mandan. The obituary…

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Fallen Fargo Officer Wallin remembered as a hero

A funeral was held in Pequot Lakes, Minn.

July 22, 2023

Aaron Walling,

Funeral for fallen Fargo Officer Jake Wallin in Pequot Lakes, Minn. Max Mueller (KVRR)PEQUOT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) – It was a quiet and somber Saturday across North Dakota and Minnesota. As a funeral procession left Fargo, ND, and made it’s way to Pequot Lakes, Minn., in honor and remembrance of fallen Fargo Officer Jake Wallin. “May they and everyone take…

WATCH: Norman Co. Sheriff Thornton honored for three decades of service

January 11, 2023

Site Staff,

ADA, Minn. (KVRR) – Norman County Sheriff Jeremy Thornton is remembered for giving three decades of service with law enforcement and always being there for friends and family. Thornton was eulogized by classmates including Moorhead Deputy Police Chief Tory Jacobson. They remembered him for holding their school’s high jump record for years and making thin blue line wooden flags. He…

Fundraisers And Special Event Planned After Single-Mother Dies in Crash Monday

November 10, 2022

TJ Nelson,

Josephine Jacobawi/StretchLab Fargo (Facebook)FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — The loss of a Fargo woman in a crash Monday in Milbank, South Dakota has resulted in two fundraisers and a special event planned at StretchLab in Fargo. 28-year-old Josephine Jacobawi was a flexologist at the fitness center and a single mother. She leaves behind a five year old daughter, Delilah, who was…

Funeral Service Set for Former Clay County Sheriff Bergquist

August 2, 2022

TJ Nelson,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — The funeral service for former Clay County Sheriff Bill Bergquist is set. It will be held Monday, August 15 at 11 a.m. at Nemzek Hall at Minnesota State University Moorhead. Visitation will be from 9-11 a.m. Interment will follow the service at Riverside Cemetery in Moorhead. Bergquist died last Friday at Sanford’s Hospice House in Fargo…

Former West Fargo Public Schools Superintendent Dies at 84

July 5, 2022

TJ Nelson,

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A man who led West Fargo Public Schools for twenty years has died. Marvin Leidal died on Saturday at 84. He worked for the school district for nearly 40 years, with half of those spent serving as superintendent. He is also the namesake of the district office, the Leidal Education Center. Leidal was one of…

Public Funeral Services Set For North Dakota’s Attorney General

January 31, 2022

TJ Nelson,

Wayne StenehjemBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Funeral services are set for North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem who died suddenly on Friday at the age of 68. The visitation will be Wednesday from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the North Dakota State Capitol Great Hall. The funeral service begins at 11:00 a.m. Thursday at the Bismarck Event Center Exhibit Hall. Both…

First Responders Funeral Procession for Fallen Firefighter Tim Kath

January 12, 2022

TJ Nelson,

Courtesy: Whitney Demarais / Joseph Vertin and Sons Funeral HomeLIDGERWOOD, N.D. (KVRR) — A funeral procession is held for fallen firefighter 42-year-old Tim Kath of Nashua, Minnesota as services are held in Lidgerwood, North Dakota. Kath died on New Year’s Eve at Sanford in Fargo after getting COVID-19. National Fallen Firefighters Foundation classifies his death as a Line of Duty…