DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) — A crash on South Shore Drive in Detroit Lakes has killed 53-year-old Mark Knutson. Knutson was riding his bike just after 7 a.m. when he was hit by a pickup towing a boat. Life saving measures were performed on Knutson at the scene. He was flown by helicopter to Sanford Medical Center in Fargo where…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Police release the identity of a man whose body was recovered from the Red River in Fargo-Moorhead last Wednesday. He is 35-year-old Casey Binfield. Authorities started getting reports from people who saw Binfield jump into the river near Dike East in Fargo early Wednesday afternoon. Numerous agencies responded to search for the man. His body…
Courtesy KROXPOLK CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Polk County Sheriff identifies the pilot killed in a crop sprayer crash this week as 39-year-old Adam Parnow of Crookston. The sheriff’s office was notified of the crash around 8:30 Tuesday night a few miles south of Crookston. First responders found the plane in a field in Hammond Township and Parnow was found dead…
GRAND FORKS CO., N.D. (KVRR) — The body of a Grand Forks man is recovered from the Turtle River in Grand Forks County. Police say the 31-year-old was reported missing late Wednesday night. Officers determined the man may have been at Turtle River State Park earlier in the day. Grand Forks County deputies and state park officials searched the area….
Marcus WaybenaisBECKER CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A Walker, Minnesota man is arrested for stabbing a man early this morning in Pine Point in Becker County. The sheriff’s office says 34-year-old James Kettle of Ponsford was found with a stab wound to the chest. Kettle was taken to the hospital in Detroit Lakes and his current condition is unknown. Authorities arrested…
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KVRR) — A Jamestown man changes his plea to guilty to negligent homicide after hitting and killing a bicyclist last June. A charge of leaving the scene of an accident involving death was dropped against 79-year-old James Lees. He is set to be sentenced in September. The parents of the victim, 20-year-old Timothy St. John of Northbrook, Illinois,…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — The search for a homicide suspect comes to Moorhead. Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and law enforcement served a warrant at an apartment complex on 18th Street South in Moorhead Tuesday night. They were looking for 40-year-old Michael Croud of White Earth, but he was not located. Croud is wanted in connection to the shooting death…
BARNES CO., N.D. (KVRR) — An 88-year-old Sanborn, North Dakota man is arrested after hitting two bicyclists on a charity run Tuesday afternoon. They were with a group of 15 bikers with the organization Texas 4000 for Cancer. Peter Schuck hit the bikers while they were crossing the railroad overpass bridge, about two miles west of Valley City. Authorities say…
JoJo’s FacebookWEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Another restaurant has abruptly closed in the metro. JoJo’s announcing on Facebook Monday that they had closed permanently. The casual Italian dining restaurant operators say they made the decision with a “heavy heart”. They say you can direct any questions to info@eculinaryinc.com. The restaurant first opened at 915 19th Avenue East in 2021. A…
PALESTINE, Ill. (KVRR) — Farm Rescue marks a major milestone. The organization has completed its one-thousandth assistance case. Volunteers harvested a winter wheat crop at the farm of Brad Pifer in Palestine, Illinois. The farmstead, including buildings, grain storage and equipment, was destroyed by a tornado this spring. Farm Rescue was founded in 2005 by North Dakota native Bill Gross….
