RED LAKE COUNTY, Minn. — Two people are dead after a car collided with a train in Red Lake County. The Minnesota State Patrol says 78-year-old Emilie Skjerven of Plummer failed to yield on a private driveway around 10:45 this morning and was hit by a Canadian Pacific train. It happened near Highway 59 north of Plummer. Skjerven, and…
SABIN, Minn. — The pilot of a single-engine airplane landed the aircraft on a highway near Sabin, just south of Moorhead. Clay County Sheriff Bill Bergquist says one person was aboard the airplane when it landed late this morning on Old Highway 52, about two miles south of Sabin. Bergquist says no one was hurt. The circumstances surrounding the…
TEHAMA COUNTY, Calif. — Authorities say they believe it was a case of bad neighbors that left seven people dead and 10 people hurt after a shooting rampage in northern California. Authorities say witnesses are coming forward, saying it was a neighborhood dispute that spilled into the streets. The sheriff’s office says the gunman, identified as Kevin Neal, shot…
WEST FARGO, ND — The West Fargo Police Department is warning people after a series of vehicle break-ins were reported. Around 9 o’clock yesterday morning, police responded to multiple break-ins in the area south of 32nd Avenue West and west of Sheyenne Street. They want to remind people to not leave anything valuable their vehicles and to lock their…
NATIONAL — Wells Fargo is coming forward and confessing they have uncovered at least 450 more cases in which the company illegally repossessed the vehicles of U.S. service members. This brings the total number of cases to more than 860. Bank officials say they will pay $5.4 million for the repossessions, repair the service members’ credit, pay each member…
CLAY COUNTY, Minn. — The FBI and the Clay County Sheriff’s Office are working on a child pornography investigation in rural Clay County. Computers, cellphones, CD’s and tablets were among the items seized from a rural Hawley home on October 24. So far, charges have not been filed. Court documents say the person being investigated is “likely involved in…
RAMSEY COUNTY, Minn. — A Fargo man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for scamming Minnesota welfare programs. Elfonzo Shelby, 47, was sentenced in Ramsey County District Court for using fake identities to swindle more than $300,000 in general assistance and food stamp benefits. Shelby pleaded guilty to the allegations in September. He used information he collected on…
ANDOVER, Minn. — Bail has been set at $1 million for the driver accused in the hit-and-run death of a teen in Andover, Minnesota. Loren Gafner, 19, appeared in Anoka County District Court on charges of second-degree murder and criminal vehicular homicide. Two juveniles also face charges of aiding and abetting second-degree murder. A criminal complaint says the three teens…
BURKE COUNTY, ND — Melissa Etheridge has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of possessing marijuana in North Dakota. The rock singer will have to pay $1000 in fines and fees and be on unsupervised probation. She was arrested in August while crossing the border from Canada into Burke County. The cancer survivor has said she believes in the…
MILES CITY, Mont. — The father of the three-year-old St. Cloud boy who accidentally shot himself with a gun has been arrested. William Dickerson, 28, was taken into custody during a traffic stop in Miles City, Montana. He was wanted for negligent storage of a firearm and being a felon in possession of a firearm. It is believed that Dickerson’s…
