OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Authorities in Otter Tail County identify the woman who was found dead and the man who was arrested after a standoff Monday on Big Pine Lake near Perham. The victim is 77-year-old Jean Mart. The suspect, who remains in custody, is 79-year-old Paul Mart. They lived on the south end of the lake, east…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Two crashes on I-29 in Fargo cause traffic to back up for about a mile in both southbound lanes of the interstate for around 2 hours. North Dakota Highway Patrol says the first crash happened around 5:45 p.m. and involved a semi, pickup and an SUV. There were minor injuries with one person taken to the…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR)– A number of agencies worked together to catch a high speed chase suspect early Monday morning in Moorhead. Barnesville police used stop sticks to try and stop 28-year-old Amber Jahner of Dilworth around 1 a.m. But Jahner kept driving on old highway 52 towards Moorhead and hit speeds of 100 miles per hour. Stop sticks were deployed…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The community is still in shock after three Fargo police officers were shot in the line of duty on Friday afternoon while responding to a traffic crash on 25th Street South near Big Top Bingo. Officer Jake Wallin was shot and killed by a man who wasn’t even involved in the crash. The investigation now in…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A late afternoon thunderstorm brings hail to the metro and some minor flash flooding. Large hail is to blame for damage from Mapleton to the F-M area as that severe thunderstorms moved through the region. These snapshots are out of West Fargo where you can see hail stones from pea size to about quarter size. The…
PELICAN RAPIDS, Minn. (KVRR) — A Pelican Rapids woman is accused of killing her 3-year-old daughter. Charging documents say police arrived at 27-year-old Suad Ali’s home Monday night to find the girl lying on the living room floor, unresponsive. Ali was sitting on the couch, and a family member was kneeling over the child, shouting at her. The documents say…
UPDATE: The man who was found dead in a vehicle in a field near Edgeley earlier this week has been identified. North Dakota Highway Patrol says 59-year-old Marek Kaluza’s vehicle left Highway 281 sometime on Wednesday. Kaluza was unresponsive when located by a passerby just before 10 o’clock that night. First responders arrived and pronounced him dead at the scene….
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KVRR) — A former Jamestown priest will avoid jail if he completes 50 hours of community service after pleading guilty to sexual assault. The plea deal for Neil Pfeifer included a charge of sexual exploitation by a therapist being dismissed. A trial on the charges was supposed to begin today in Jamestown. He was sentenced to 360 days…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Private and public services are planned for Mark Knutson. The executive director of the Fargo Marathon died Sunday in Detroit Lakes after he lost control of his bicycle and fell into the path of an oncoming pickup pulling a boat. He was just 53. A private family service will be held on Friday. A public Memorial…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The mosquitoes are getting bad so Cass County Vector Control is taking to the sky. They were supposed to start aerial spraying of Fargo and West Fargo at 8:30 Wednesday night, but that has been rescheduled to Thursday. The insecticide used is non-toxic to humans and pets. Dilworth will be ground spraying for mosquitoes on Thursday…
