Kevin Wallevand

Fargo

WDAY TV News Reporter since 1983. Journalism Adjunct at MSUM. Proud Otter Tail Co. native. National Edward R. Murrow Awards and Emmys for doc/special projects.

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Senior siblings gather to fish often in secret spot on Devils Lake

3 days ago | inforum.com | Kevin Wallevand

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. — One thing about fishing: it doesn't matter how old you are, baiting that hook is just the perfect start to a day. And on Devils Lake, among the fancy boats and electronics, you'll find the Nowatzki "kids." Brothers and sisters who gather weekly to fish for walleye and northern — the oldest kid is 87. Far from the honey holes on Devils Lake, they gather just off an old abandoned stretch of Highway 281.
Fargo North students headed to Smithsonian with project about ARC lawsuit

4 days ago | inforum.com | Kevin Wallevand

FARGO — A group of Fargo North students will have an incredible story about their first week of summer vacation. They're headed to Washington D.C.'s Smithsonian museum, to proudly show their award winning History Day project, that's now in a national competition. The project documents one of North Dakota's darkest days: the 1980 class action lawsuit of what was then called: The Association of Retarded Citizens versus the State of North Dakota.
Nurse Honor Guard pays tribute to local nurses when they die

1 week ago | inforum.com | Kevin Wallevand

FARGO — They have sat at the bedside of your dying parent, helped deliver your first born, and been there to hold your hand following a troubling diagnosis. They are nurses from our region who often spent years working in hospitals and clinics, and now they are being honored, when they die. A Nurse Honor Guard has started in Fargo-Moorhead and surrounding communities and it is a touching way for nurses to say good-bye to colleagues.
Miles and miles of lakes country roads in Otter Tail County means costly, needed repairs

1 week ago | inforum.com | Kevin Wallevand

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — It's obvious this time of year; it's road construction season. In Otter Tail County, that means repairing and rebuilding one of the largest systems of paved, county roads in Minnesota. But that means costly, needed repairs come summertime. And lawmakers and county officials say more dollars are needed for greater Minnesota.
'A perfect boy': Family of 10-year-old in shock over son's sudden death

1 week ago | inforum.com | Kevin Wallevand

WEST FARGO — A West Fargo family says it still feels like a bad dream. The Qaderi family's energetic 10-year-old boy, Nadim, died suddenly from a brain aneurysm on Friday, May 16, shortly after suffering headaches during a physical education class at Aurora Elementary School. "He was just a perfect boy," a proud Zahir Qaderi said of his son. When Zahir talks about Nadim, it is clear the boy was something special. "He was a very brilliant boy, very resilient," Zahir said.
West Fargo family grieves after sudden loss of son

2 weeks ago | inforum.com | Kevin Wallevand

WEST FARGO — A GoFundMe has been set up to help cover funeral and burial expenses after 10-year-old Ahmad Nadim Qaderi died unexpectedly of a brain aneurysm. Teachers at Aurora Elementary in West Fargo said Nadim became ill suddenly during a physical education class last Friday. He was rushed to Sanford but doctors were unable to save him. Students and parents were notified of Nadim’s passing, and many held a balloon release in his memory.
Son honors father who was MIA in Vietnam War with exhibit at Fargo Air Museum

2 weeks ago | inforum.com | Kevin Wallevand

FARGO — A son's tribute to his father at the Fargo Air Museum comes as we prepare to mark the Memorial Day weekend. Mike Keller was just 4 years old when his father, Col. Wendell Keller, was shot down over Laos while flying an F-4 during the Vietnam War. For decades, the crash site and the remains were left in the jungles of Laos. But after U.S. search teams were able to get in there and dig around, the Keller family got their answers.
Weld Hall's Wurlitzer finds a home, in a home

2 weeks ago | inforum.com | Kevin Wallevand

FARGO — It has traveled from old country churches, to theaters, and now a south Fargo home. A pipe organ that just turned 100, was headed for the garbage dump. That's when a 20-year old organist in Fargo found the perfect spot. "Crank it," said Dylan Thiele, as he started to play the Wurlitzer. Not far from Lindenwood Park in south Fargo, you can actually hear the sound of the Wurlitzer. Inside Dylan Thiele's home, the 1925 Wurlitzer greets those coming through the front door.
Bruce Altman

2 weeks ago | inforum.com | Kate Almquist |Kevin Wallevand

Sep. 08, 1949 - May. 20, 2025 FARGO, N.D. - Bruce Altman, 75, Fargo, N.D. died Tuesday, May. 20, in Bethany on University. Visitation will be held on Saturday, May 31, 2025 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. followed by the funeral service at 2:00 p.m. at Anselm Trinity Lutheran Church rural Sheldon. Burial will be at Anselm Trinity Lutheran Cemetery. Bruce's service will be live streamed on the Dahlstrom Funeral Home website. Arrangements by Dahlstrom Funeral Home-Lisbon.
Joyce Cortese

2 weeks ago | inforum.com | Kate Almquist |Kevin Wallevand

Joyce A (Daley) Cortese, 85 of Fargo passed away Sunday April 6th, 2025, at Highland Oaks Nursing Home in Elgin, Illinois. Joyce was born in Britton, SD, lived her childhood and high school years on a farm in Cogswell, ND and later moved to Fargo where she met Gene Cortese to whom she was married to for 59 years. Joyce devoted over 40 years of service working at Dayton’s/Marshall Field’s/Macy’s department stores.