Officer Jake WallinFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Celebration of Life is planned for Fallen Fargo Police Officer Jake Wallin next Wednesday. It’ll be will held at 1 p.m. at Scheels Arena in Fargo. A funeral service for Wallin is scheduled for Saturday morning at Pequot Lakes High School with final law enforcement honors following the service. An escort will leave…
THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) — The man accused in a gruesome workplace killing at Digi-Key in Thief River Falls is indicted by a grand jury. 32-year-old Jorge Benitez-Estremera has been indicted on first degree murder premeditated and second degree murder intent. Estremera is charged in the fatal beating death of 61-year-old Steven Opdahl of Oklee in the designated smoking…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Lee Brice is the first artist announced for this year’s Sister Cities Smokeout. The smokeout is billed as the “home of Hot BBQ, Live Tunes and Cold Beer”. It’s happening Friday, September 1 at Bluestem Amphitheater in Moorhead. There is a range of ticket prices depending on your preferred level of access, food and drink. You…
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….
