DULUTH, Minn. – Authorities in Duluth are investigating after a Minnesota State trooper’s squad car was damaged by gunshots. Police say the trooper was conducting a commercial vehicle inspection Monday when the vehicle’s driver’s side window was struck and shattered. Investigators said it appears the window was struck twice with projectiles consistent with a BB or pellet gun. No one…
CROOKSTON, Minn. (KVRR) – The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a head-on crash involving an Erskine Fire Dept. vehicle and a pickup. The crash was reported at 5:26 p.m. Monday on 320th St SE and 120th Ave SE. The sheriff’s office says the pickup struck the fire truck head-on and then continued driving west, nearly missing another fire truck….
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Precautionary lockdowns were ordered at four West Fargo schools Tuesday morning while police responded to a report of an aggravated assault. The assault was reported in the area of 9th St. and 13th Ave. E. The suspect was seen running eastbound from the scene. West Fargo High School, Willow Park Elementary School, Eastwood Elementary and…
VERGAS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – A home was destroyed by fire near Vergas, Minn. Monday. The fire at 50771 East Lake Seven Rd. was reported shortly after 5 p.m. The investigation determined the fire started from a maple syrup boiler in the driveway that spread to the house. There were no injuries. The Vergas Fire Dept, was assisted by fire departments…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – The University of North Dakota says during four days in March, Grand Forks International Airport was the busiest airport in the nation. The airport’s combination of passenger flights and UND flight training traffic topped all airports in takeoffs and landings in the U.S. on March 1-3 and again on March 8. UND says the Grand…
Fargo Park DistrictFARGO (KVRR) – The Fargo Park District no longer has a police officer who works exclusively on park-related enforcement matters. Executive Director Dave Leker says the changes were made earlier this month by Fargo Police Chief Dave Zibolski. Leker says Zibolski prefers a department-wide approach to patrolling the parks, rather than limiting the job to a single officer….
HARWOOD, N.D. (KVRR) – Firefighters from several communities are on the scene of a fire in Harwood, North Dakota. Multiple fire crews including from Harwood and West Fargo spent the afternoon fighting a shop fire on the 3100 block of 165th Avenue SE in very windy conditions. Crews say the fire was possibly caused by a lawn mower and the…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – A temporary burn ban is in effect in Grand Forks County. The National Weather Service says abnormally dry to moderate drought conditions, which developed last summer and fall, have persisted throughout an abnormally dry winter season, and are beginning to intensify. The burn ban is in effect until further notice. It was approved by the…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – West Fargo Police are asking for help in locating two more suspects in connection to the Sunday, March 21, shooting in the 1500 block of 11th Ave. E. Police are looking for 21 year-old Leotis McGee Jr of Fargo and 20-year-old Jahmond Walker of Glyndon, Minn. Walker is wanted on a charge of conspiracy to…
BISMARCK, N.D. – A former Marine who launched a fundraising effort to bring military veterans to join a protest camp of the Dakota Access Pipeline has sued the city of Bismarck and a rental company over a rental car dispute that resulted in a warrant for his arrest. Michael Wood Jr., who was also a former Baltimore police officer, raised…
