Bailey Hurley
Multimedia Journalist
Fargo, North Dakota
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Born and raised in West Fargo, Bailey is happy to be a voice for the people of the Red River Valley. She first started with Valley News Live as an intern during the summers and Christmas breaks of 2015-2017. After graduating from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a TV Broadcasting degree and a minor in criminology, she joined the VNL team as the crime and safety reporter. Bailey's passion is being a voice for victims of violent crimes and accidents, as she believes they deserve to be known for more than their unfortunate circumstances.
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Updated: 5 hours ago
|By Bailey Hurley and Amanda Alvarado
Patricia Wick, 48, is charged with murder, child abuse and operating a day care without a license.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 9:57 PM CST
|By Bailey Hurley
Court documents say Anthony Kruger shot at Jeremiah Medenwald 15 times on the night of Jan. 16.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 2:39 PM CST
|By Bailey Hurley and Kortney Lockey
As of Friday afternoon, Anderson says WPD has still not identified a suspect or made an arrest, and are still in the process of putting together a timeline of the night.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 5:57 PM CST
|By Bailey Hurley
Multiple shots rang out shortly after 7 p.m. outside of the Sterns Sports Arena in the 1000 block of 11th St. N., near Wahpeton High School.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 9:19 PM CST
|By Bailey Hurley
More than 1,000 cyber tips came across investigators desks in North Dakota last year; all involving sex crimes against children online. Just over 700 cases were investigated in 2021.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 6:43 PM CST
|By Bailey Hurley and Jordan Gartner
A woman has been arrested and charged after an investigation into claims of neglect and abuse of young children.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 1:49 PM CST
|By Bailey Hurley
42-year-old Miranda Sorlie is charged in Cass County court with three felony counts of child abuse, as well as six felony counts of child neglect.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 12:29 PM CST
|By Bailey Hurley
The trial for Shannon Brandt is scheduled for May 30-June 9, 2023
Updated: Dec. 28, 2022 at 8:54 PM CST
|By Bailey Hurley
Crews are in clean up mode across North Dakota and Minnesota after several recent days of bad weather left many drivers in the ditch, which in turn took out hundreds of cable median barriers on their way.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2022 at 6:32 PM CST
|By Jordan Schroeer and Bailey Hurley
“It just gives you a good feeling,” Dorothy says.
Updated: Dec. 20, 2022 at 10:14 PM CST
|By Bailey Hurley
Christmas came early for one West Fargo girl today who is continuing her fight against Stage 5 kidney cancer.
Updated: Dec. 19, 2022 at 1:52 PM CST
|By Bailey Hurley
55-year-old Steven Piechowski is now charged in Grand Forks County Court with manslaughter, three felony counts of aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, and two misdemeanor counts of assault and simple assault.
Updated: Dec. 5, 2022 at 8:48 PM CST
|By Bailey Hurley
Several shots were fired both inside and outside a Grand Forks County home Sunday.
Updated: Dec. 5, 2022 at 8:27 PM CST
|By Bailey Hurley
wo weeks after pulling an elderly couple out of their burning vehicle near Wahpeton, saving them, a Minnesota man has been honored for his bravery and heroism.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2022 at 3:02 PM CST
|By Alix Larsen and Bailey Hurley
No word on the condition of the victim.
Updated: Nov. 22, 2022 at 10:17 PM CST
|By Bailey Hurley
Jared Hoechst served as a paramedic for just six months in Lisbon, N.D. before he moved on to something new, but that short-lived training saved Alberta and Korre Bratland’s lives.
Updated: Nov. 19, 2022 at 8:07 AM CST
|By Bailey Hurley
Fargo Police say at 3:17 Saturday morning, they responded to a call for shots fired in the 1000 block of 15th St. N.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2022 at 6:15 PM CST
|By Bailey Hurley
For months, members of the Police Advisory and Oversight Board as well as the Human Rights Commission have been pushing for an external investigation to be done on the shooting that left 28-year-old Shane Netterville dead.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2022 at 6:10 PM CST
|By Bailey Hurley
“She was kind in everything she did."
Updated: Nov. 14, 2022 at 12:23 PM CST
|By Bailey Hurley and Stacie Van Dyke
46-year-old Christopher Thompson is charged with one class A felony of DUI resulting in a death, as well as one class C felony of DUI resulting in injury.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2022 at 2:56 PM CST
|By Bailey Hurley
29-year-old Justin Arp is charged with two felony counts of possession of prohibited materials.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2022 at 12:49 PM CDT
|By Bailey Hurley
27-year-old Lucas John Puhr is charged in Barnes County Court with gross sexual imposition, aggravated assault, child abuse and two counts of child neglect. If convicted on the first count, Puhr faces the rest of his life in prison.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2022 at 11:54 AM CDT
|By Bailey Hurley
The raid happened in the early morning hours of Sept. 21 in the Hawthorne neighborhood after newly unsealed court documents say the home was one of many in Fargo at the center of a months-long investigation into a meth distribution ring.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 8:59 PM CDT
|By Bailey Hurley
Prosecutors have declined to press charges against a longtime bus driver after health experts say he suffered a medical emergency in the moments leading up to a crash that ended in a river.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 3:08 PM CDT
|By Bailey Hurley
Hours after the incident, 24-year-old Schuyler Ferguson turned himself into police.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 12:19 PM CDT
|By Bailey Hurley
A 2021 internal investigation has come to light involving a nude photo accidentally sent by a lieutenant with the Cass County Sheriff’s office to a fellow deputy.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 6:04 PM CDT
|By Bailey Hurley
Life is much different than Eric O’Meara ever thought it would be.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2022 at 3:32 PM CDT
|By Bailey Hurley and Gretchen Hjelmstad
Arthur Kollie has been found guilty in the murder of 14-year-old Jupiter Paulsen near the Party City parking lot in June of 2021.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 5:00 PM CDT
|By Alix Larsen and Bailey Hurley
He should have life without the possibility of parole.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2022 at 9:56 AM CDT
|By Bailey Hurley
“He was a pillar of the community it’s a total devastating loss. Everybody loved Doug Dulmage."
Updated: Aug. 25, 2022 at 2:48 PM CDT
|By Bailey Hurley and Jordan Gartner
A 31-year-old mother has died after a brutal attack with her ex-husband being the main suspect in the assault.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2022 at 11:33 AM CDT
|By Bailey Hurley
43-year-old Mario Butler has been charged in Cass County Court with negligent homicide in the death of 43-year-old Kelli Haggerott, reckless endangerment, driving under suspension and driving without liability insurance.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 4:17 PM CDT
|By Bailey Hurley
After years of waiting on the transplant list, a woman is getting a second-chance at life and it’s all thanks to her little sister.
Updated: Aug. 13, 2022 at 12:26 PM CDT
|By Bailey Hurley
Videos of the event have gone viral online as they’ve garnered thousands of views and shares.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2022 at 3:17 PM CDT
|By Bailey Hurley and Jordan Gartner
Authorities in Minnesota say a woman is facing several charges stemming from the disturbing treatment of animals at her home.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 5:56 PM CDT
|By Bailey Hurley, Jordan Schroeer and Gretchen Hjelmstad
A perimeter was set up and authorities tried to use a flash-bang to get the people out of the home.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2022 at 10:48 AM CDT
|By Bailey Hurley
56-year-old Steve Longie was last heard from in the fall of 2020 in Belcourt, North Dakota on the Turtle Mountain Reservation.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 6:53 PM CDT
|By Jordan Schroeer, Julie Holgate and Bailey Hurley
The Cass County Jail confirms 28-year-old Maichael Yousa is under arrest for aggravated reckless endangerment.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 6:16 PM CDT
|By Bailey Hurley
34-year-old Eric O’Meara was driving southbound on I-29 just before 5 p.m. on July 19 when witnesses watched helplessly from their front seats as a pickup weaved in and out of interstate traffic.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 11:52 AM CDT
|By Bailey Hurley
The North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation has a heavy case load in Fargo as investigators are now working two officer-involved shootings within two agencies which happened less than two weeks apart.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2022 at 10:56 PM CDT
|By Bailey Hurley
Teresa Blotsky was on her way to the gym Tuesday evening waiting at the stoplight at 32nd Ave. S. and 32nd St. S., near Essentia hospital.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2022 at 11:40 AM CDT
|By Bailey Hurley
Newly filed court documents say a van drove ‘directly towards’ Fargo officers before one of the officers fatally shot the man behind the wheel.
Updated: Jul. 11, 2022 at 7:42 PM CDT
|By Gretchen Hjelmstad and Bailey Hurley
The rally is happening at 4:00 p.m. at Fargo City Hall. The Fargo City Commission meeting starts at 5:00 p.m. Event organizers are calling for people to bring signs, their voices and drums.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2022 at 5:08 PM CDT
|By Bailey Hurley
It continues to be a dangerous week for motorcyclists in North Dakota as at least four crashes involving bikes have happened since Friday evening, three of those ending in fatalities.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2022 at 6:09 PM CDT
|By Bailey Hurley
Friends and family of a young Fargo woman are still in disbelief tonight after a motorcycle accident left her with fatal injuries Sunday.
Updated: May. 31, 2022 at 11:31 AM CDT
|By Bailey Hurley
First responders were called just after 2 p.m. May 30 to the U32 apartments in the 1100 block of 32nd Ave. N. where a child had fallen from a fourth-floor window after pushing out a screen.
Updated: May. 19, 2022 at 9:57 PM CDT
|By Bailey Hurley
21-year-old Lucia Garcia and her 7-month-old son Dominique were gunned down just before 2 p.m. on May 18 at Plaza Azteca off of Veterans Blvd. in Fargo.
Updated: May. 17, 2022 at 5:43 PM CDT
|By Bailey Hurley
“It’s pretty scary walking through the Target and Walmart aisles realizing there’s literally no milk,”
Updated: Apr. 27, 2022 at 12:08 PM CDT
|By Gretchen Hjelmstad and Bailey Hurley
The estimated street value of the drugs is $37,000.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2022 at 5:18 PM CDT
|By Bailey Hurley
Capt. Bryan Niewind says while nine open spots doesn’t seem like much, it’s about 10 percent of their staff.
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