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Veterans Ruck For Mental Health Awareness

Veterans Haul Rucksacks to Raise Awareness of Mental Health Issues with Military Members

This is the 9th annual ruck in honor of the late Brady Oberg.

May 24, 2026

Gabriel Ostler,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – In 2015, combat veteran Brady Oberg died by suicide after struggling for years with post-traumatic stress disorder. Ever since, fellow veterans have organized rucks across North Dakota and Minnesota to highlight the importance of mental health for members of the military. John Dalziel has been spearheading these rucks for almost a decade now, after serendipitously getting…

GoFundMe Page Started, Other Fundraisers Held for Family of Freddy Mendoza

Mendoza was killed early Wednesday morning in West Fargo when he was struck by a car.

May 7, 2026

Gabriel Ostler,

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The family of Freddy Mendoza, as well as other community members, are attempting to raise money for his funeral costs and other expenses that have come up as a result of his untimely passing. A GoFundMe page has been created, raising nearly $3,000 as of this evening. Mendoza’s family members have also taken to Facebook…

Community Gathers to Celebrate Life of Isadora Wengel

Isadora's family wanted to make it clear that the event was a celebration of life, not a funeral, because they refuse to have a formal funeral until they have remains to properly bury.

March 15, 2026

Gabriel Ostler,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Members of law enforcement and volunteers from the public are still searching for the remains of Isadora Wengel, but on the evening of March 14, many took a break to congregate at the Avalon Events Center and share their sorrow at her absence. “I don’t think she ever realized how many people cared about her,” said…

Service Held for Unclaimed Marine

Rickey Allen Boyd died about a year ago and no family members or friends came forth to claim his remains.

December 3, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Many military veterans and other members of the Fargo-Moorhead community braved the cold on December 3 to honor a Marine who would have otherwise gone unclaimed. According to the Fargo Memorial Honor Guard, the recently deceased Rickey Allen Boyd passed on without any known family or friends to take possession of his remains. The Guard then…

Memorial service to mark two years since Fargo Police Officer Wallin was killed in the line of duty

July 13, 2025

TJ Nelson,

Officer Jake WallinFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Police will hold a memorial service to honor fallen Officer Jake Wallin on Monday at 9 a.m. at police headquarters. Wallin was killed in the line of duty by a gunman on July 14, 2023. Officers Andrew Dotas and Tyler Hawes were shot and wounded during the ambush. Officer Zach Robinson shot and…

Parents, Families Mourn Collectively at Infant Memorial Service

Essentia Health holds the service every year in Detroit Lakes to provide a space for grief.

May 4, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) – The many burial plots at Oak Grove Cemetery in Detroit Lakes saw their numbers grow by one on this day. It’s a representation of lost youth, the annual Infant Memorial service hosted by Essentia Health. “We see a lot of miscarriages, a lot of ectopic pregnancies, pregnancy loss, infant loss,” explained Paige Perrine of Essentia….

Thousands expected at memorial service for 3 slain Minnesota first responders

Thousands of law enforcement officers, firefighters and paramedics are expected to pack a Minnesota church Wednesday for a memorial service for three first responders who were gunned down in the line of duty.

February 28, 2024

Site Staff,

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Thousands of law enforcement officers, firefighters and paramedics are expected to pack a Minnesota church on Wednesday for a memorial service for three first responders who were gunned down while responding to a report of a domestic incident at a home with seven children inside. The Minneapolis suburb of Burnsville has been in mourning in the week and a…

Fargo Memorial Honor Guard hosts annual 9/11 Ceremony

September 11, 2023

KVRR Staff,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – H.W. Davy Memorial Park was home to this year’s ceremony honoring those who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks, as well as those who continue to protect our country today. Tom Krabbenhoft Spokesman for Fargo Memorial Honor Guard said, “This really means a lot to me, I had a lot of friends who deployed for there…

Police remove makeshift memorial in south Fargo

August 28, 2023

Jim Monk,

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Fargo Police personnel spent about an hour Monday morning collecting items on the boulevard along 25th Street South where the July 14 shooting took place and had become a makeshift memorial to fallen Officer Jake Wallin. Officers and staff packed up the handcrafted memorabilia, law enforcement patches, flowers, signs, and hundreds of flags well-wishers and mourners have…

Hundreds across Red River Valley honor Mark Knutson’s legacy

July 15, 2023

Site Staff,

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) — The Red River Valley celebrates Mark Knutson’s legacy this weekend. “I’ve lived here for ten years. He just moved here. But, seeing him on the lake, on his boat, in his element, just happy up at Detroit Mountain. He was doing so many good things for this community. He did a wonderful job with Fargo,…