DUNVILLA, Minn. — A teen driving a UTV was arrested after another teen was hurt in Otter Tail County. The teen made a sudden change in course and caused a 17-year-old boy in the rear cargo area to be thrown after two in the morning on Saturday east of Dunvilla. The boy suffered serious head injuries. He was taken to…
ST. JAMES, Minn. — Two people are dead southwest of the Twin Cities after an argument over a forgotten wedding anniversary. 59-year-old Scott Engelbrecht of St. James, Minnesota is charged with two counts of murder and one count of assault with a dangerous weapon. A criminal complaint says Engelbrecht and his wife Joyce argued Saturday at their home when she…
MILNOR, N.D. — A teen dirt bike rider was flown to Fargo from Milnor after getting hit by a pickup. The highway patrol says 14-year-old Jayson Gainor of Lisbon was thrown from the bike after being hit by a pickup driven by 44-year-old Ryan Smith of Milnor. Gainor was taken to the hospital in Lisbon before being flown to Sanford…
THOMPSON, N.D. — A forklift operator is dead after getting hit from behind near Thompson, North Dakota. The highway patrol says the 61-year-old Grand Forks man was driving the forklift on Highway 15 when he was hit by a minivan just before one o’clock this afternoon. 80-year-old Marilyn Pederson of Northwood was behind the wheel of the minivan. Pederson and…
DULUTH, Minn. — A cargo ship that ran aground in the Duluth-Superior Harbor over the weekend is no longer stuck. The U.S. Coast Guard says American Spirit floated free from the bottom as the water level rose Sunday evening. The nearly 1,000-foot ship scheduled to carry iron ore pellets at the time of the incident, ran aground in the harbor…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Passions ran high as Minnesota regulators opened a key hearing on whether to approve Enbridge Energy’s proposal for a pipeline replacement across northern Minnesota. The pipeline would replace the deteriorating Line 3 crude oil pipeline. A crowd that was about evenly divided filled the hearing room this morning in St. Paul. People held signs outside reading,…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — A former prison inmate has walked away from his work release program in Detroit Lakes. 41-year-old Ricardo Gomez of Willmar was reported absent from work around 5:30 Saturday evening. He was being housed at the Becker County Minimum Security Annex since being accepted into the work release program. Gomez previously spent time in prison in Stillwater…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator John Hoeven of North Dakota is part of a planned trip by Republican leaders to Russia, according to the Washington Post. It would be the first such trip since claims of election meddling by the Russians in the 2016 election. The Post says the trip to Moscow is being planned by U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon…
TRAILL COUNTY, N.D. — A Mayville, North Dakota area woman is being treated in Fargo for a gunshot wound to her hand. Traill County Sheriff’s Office received a 9-1-1 call around 12:30 by family members. They told them that they were taking the 53-year-old rural Mayville woman to the emergency room at Sanford. Authorities say it appears the woman was…
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Minn. — A Hoffman, Minnesota woman was rescued by a Douglas County sheriff’s deputy after her car vaulted off I-94 and into a lake Saturday night. Authorities say 76-year-old Beverly Toso was driving in the wrong lane in a construction area and drove off the bridge which is being replaced. Her vehicle was mostly submerged in Lake Lakota….
