RED LAKE, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Red Lake Public Safety Officer and another man were killed in a car crash this morning. Red Lake Department of Public Safety says Officer Jesse Branch was killed in a crash on Highway 1 east of Red Lake, north of Bemidji. Red Lake tribal member Alan Lussier Jr. was also killed. Branch and Lussier…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Red River Valley SWAT helped Fargo Police arrest a man accused of robbing two houses last night. They were called to a tent near the river around 2nd Street and 4th Avenue North around 4:30 a.m. for 33-year-old Manuel Perez. Police say Perez had broken into the homes north of downtown, showed a gun and left…
MOORETON, N.D. (KVRR) – Multiple agencies helped rescue an employee of a southeast North Dakota grain elevator who got stuck in a bin Friday afternoon. Rescue crews responded to Minn-Kota Ag Products west of Mooreton and found the employee trapped up to his shoulders near the door. The man was pulled from the bin. Mooreton assistant fire chief Joseph Pikarski…
Incoming ND Patrol Colonel Daniel HaugenBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Gov.-Elect Kelly Armstrong has appointed Daniel Haugen as head of the North Dakota Highway Patrol. Haugen will replace colonel Brandon Solberg, who’s retiring Nov. 30 after nearly 6 1/2 years as patrol superintendent. Haugen has been with the patrol for 24 years. He’s been field commander for the agency’s southwest region…
A paint brush helps show the scale of nearby mammoth bones uncovered in September at a site in northwest North Dakota. (Courtesy of North Dakota Geological Survey)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A dig at a site believed to have mammoth bones shows it is worthy of further excavation, according to the North Dakota Geological Survey. Mammoth bones were first…
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A North Dakota Highway Patrol trooper and Valley City Police officer both suffered minor injuries during an arrest Tuesday. The Highway Patrol says the trooper and officer were trying to arrest 48-year-old David Compson of Valley City who has a felony warrant for terrorizing. Compson resisted and assaulted both officers. Compson was eventually taken into…
NEW YORK MILLS, Minn. (KVRR UPDATE 12/2) — The name of a person who was killed in a crash early last Wednesday near New York Mills has been released. Minnesota State Patrol says 55-year-old Rebecca Shahin of Sebeka was driving a vehicle that crashed at an intersection on Highway 10 with a pickup. She died at the scene. Three people…
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) – Mayor Tim Mahoney says there’s little the city can do to prevent a sex offender treatment center from moving into a former bank in south Fargo. Sex Offender Treatment and Assessment North Dakota (STAND) has purchased the empty Cornerstone Bank branch at 27th Avenue and S. University Drive. The building is not owned by the bank….
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Fargo Police say an oversight by Red River Regional Dispatch Center led to people around the region receiving a shelter in place cancellation notice Sunday morning. The cancellation was meant for people in the area of the 1800 block of 3rd and 4th Streets N. who earlier received an alert due to a man making threats with a gun….
VENTURIA, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) – Publisher, author, and columnist Tony Bender has died. Bender’s daughter announced on social media that her father passed away Sunday evening. Bender was well-known for his syndicated columns that ran in many newspapers, including the Wishek Star and Ashley Tribune, two weeklies he owned in south central North Dakota. Bender began his career as a disc…
