DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) — Midco announces the completion of its extensive fiber build along Highway 10 in Minnesota. The company says the project brings high-speed internet access to more than 10,000 homes and businesses to Audubon, Lake Park, Hawley and Detroit Lakes. A $4 million investment will also provide Midco’s fiber network to more than 17-hundred residents and businesses…
LAKE PARK, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – A scam that the Cass County Sheriff’s Office had warned about last March has cost a Lake Park resident $400. Police Chief Brady Burnside says the victim was kept on the phone for more than 90 minutes while she transferred the money from her bank account using “cash in” at Walmart in Dilworth. Burnside says…
FARGO, (KVRR) – This is Isabella Syvertson, a 23-year-old from Lake Park, Minn., who is on the road to recovery after fracturing her L1 vertebrae. She had a horse accident on November 28 which caused loss of feeling and movement from the waist down. “I actually didn’t feel anything when I flew through the air. Whether it was from the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Amy Porter is a mom, a wife, a teacher at Roosevelt Elementary in Detroit Lakes and a beloved member of her community. But she is also facing the toughest battle of her life, as she has Stage IV metastatic breast cancer. “Try to stay as normal as possible but at times you just think about everything…
BECKER CO., Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — Becker County authorities say smoke from a massive hay pile fire may be ongoing for several weeks. It may cause visibility issues for drivers in the area. Fifteen fire departments responded Wednesday afternoon and used more than a million gallons of water to battle the fire at a farm seven miles north of Lake Park….
BECKER CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Becker County authorities identify the person hit by a vehicle in Lake Park Township early Sunday morning as 29-year-old Hunter Standfield of Dilworth. They say the driver of the vehicle, 32-year-old Samantha Qualley of Lake Park, called around 4 a.m. to report that she thought she hit someone laying in the middle of County Highway…
LAKE PARK, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A man was airlifted to Sanford in Fargo with serious injuries after losing control of his motorcycle on Highway 10 east of Lake Park Friday afternoon. According to the State Patrol, around 4:30, 40-year-old Charles Abbott of Menahga was passing another vehicle when he crossed the white divider, lost control of his motorcycle, and entered…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A jury in Fargo finds a Lake Park, Minnesota man not guilty of a hate crime. The simple assault misdemeanor was filed against 35-year-old Kirk Jensen last December and he entered a not guilty plea in February. Jensen was accused of punching a gay man outside Cactus Jacks Saloon in October. He claimed he acted in…
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LAKE PARK, Minn. (KFGO-KVRR) – Fire caused heavy damage to the Lake Park, Minnesota American Legion. The fire was reported shortly after 8 p.m Sunday by a passerby. Police Chief Brady Burnside said there was significant heat and smoke damage, mostly to the interior of the building. Fire Chief Dave Coufal said it was a very hot fire, one of…
