MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) — Hennepin County Medical Examiner has identified the man killed in a shooting Wednesday night in Minneapolis as 34-year-old Nate Banks of Detroit Lakes. His cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds. The circumstances of the shooting are not yet known A woman was also shot and seriously hurt during the incident. Banks was pronounced dead at the…
Phouttasa PrathanePELICAN RAPIDS, MN, (KVRR) — Authorities in Pelican Rapids are looking for a shooting suspect. They say Phoutthasa Prathane fled the area after the shooting and officers are actively looking for him. He was last seen in a black 2011 Toyota Tundra with Minnesota license plates: 1092CD. The vehicle is a four door with wrap around brush guard on…
GRACIN CLEM & LUIS ALVARADOBISMARCK, N.D. (AP/KVRR) — Two North Dakota Army National Guard soldiers are recognized for saving migrants from drowning at the southern border. Specialists Gracin Clem of Dickinson and Luis Alvarado of Bismarck were conducting surveillance for U.S. Customs and Border Protection on March 22nd. That’s when they saw five migrants attempting to cross the Rio Grande…
LISBON, N.D. (KVRR) — A man crossing Highway 27 near Lisbon on a UTV is hit and killed. The crash happened Saturday night just before 6 o’clock. Highway patrol says 67-year-old William Funk was pronounced dead at the hospital in Lisbon. The pickup driver, 29-year-old Ryan Reinke and his passenger, 31-year-old Karla Hainsworth, both of Lisbon, were treated for minor…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Several people are arrested during a high-risk, knock-and-announce search warrant in south Fargo. Red River Valley SWAT Team assisted Fargo Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division just before 8 Thursday night in the 2500 block of 14th Street South. A flash bang device was used and no one was hurt. Police say no further information is available as…
PETERSBURG, N.D. (KVRR) — Take a look at what those strong winds can do. It caused this semi pulling an empty trailer to tip onto its side on U.S. Highway 2 and left it hanging over the guardrail of the overpass. The crash happened around 12:30 this afternoon near Petersburg, North Dakota, east of Devils Lake. Eastbound traffic was rerouted…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A Fargo man pulled from his crashed vehicle in Moorhead is pronounced dead at Sanford Health. Officers responded to 34th Street South and I-94 around 6:15 Monday night where witnesses had pulled 72-year-old Steven Wear from his vehicle. They say it left the roadway, rolled and came to rest on its roof in standing water. Wear…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) — A Ponemah, Minnesota man is sentenced to 12 years in prison for murdering a woman he was dating on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. 24-year-old William Jones the 4th pleaded guilty to second degree murder back in October. Court documents show Jones repeatedly assaulted the woman he lived with in November 2019. She was left…
Henry AikenFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo man who fired at officers and into the lobby of the Radisson when he was in distress in late 2019 is sentenced to three years behind bars for terrorizing and reckless endangerment. Henry Aiken was given credit for time already served which is more than two years. When he is released, he’ll have…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A fire at a storage complex, that was being illegally inhabited, sends people to the hospital and causes significant damage to multiple units. West Fargo Fire was dispatched to West Fargo Storage Units around 2:30 Saturday afternoon. Crews arrived to visible flames. After further investigation, one of the units appeared to be illegally inhabited although…
