OTTER TAIL COUNTY –The Minnesota State Patrol is asking for help finding a car involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash early this morning in Otter Tail County. Three males were walking on the shoulder of Highway 78, and one of them tripped and fell into traffic. A car hit the person and kept going without stopping. The two other people…
CROW WING COUNTY, Minn. – A northern Minnesota man lighting illegal fireworks gets injured on the Fourth of July. It happened at a home north of Merrifield, which is near Brainerd. The Crow Wing County Sheriff’s office says the 49-year-old was trying to light four boxes of aerial mortars when one went off and hit him in the face. The…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — You probably don’t think about all the work that goes into putting on a fireworks show. A 20 minute show takes hours of preparation. Crew members spent the day loading shells into tubes and getting the circuits hooked up. “I love everything about it, the adrenaline once the show starts, seeing what can happen up in the air…
FARGO, N.D. –The Fourth of July is all about celebrating America’s independence, but how much American history do people actually remember? We asked some people in downtown Fargo some trivia questions to test their knowledge. Everyone got the year the Declaration of Independence was signed correct (1776), but as for the name of the war we fought for our independence,…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. –If you’re headed to the lakes in Minnesota this holiday weekend, make sure you’re not being reckless on the water. The DNR, State Patrol, and Sheriff’s offices are all teaming up to stop people from boating while drunk. It’s part of a campaign called Operation Dry Water. Many boaters are also keeping safety top of mind. “Of…
POLK CO., MN — An early morning fire on Tuesday destroys an outbuilding and all of its contents including a semi, spray trailer, two pay-loaders and hay. The fire call came in to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office around 3:30. Crews arrived to find the building in Parnell Township was fully engulfed in flames. The building and the contents inside…
OTTER TAIL COUNTY, MINN. (KFGO) – A naked man standing on his pontoon boat on North Turtle Lake, east of Underwood was arrested for indecent exposure. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office reports a man and woman were in their home when they saw the man directly facing their property, fishing, about 50 feet from shore. 59-year old Michael Blake…
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) _ A man suspected of assaulting a woman has been fatally shot following a standoff with police in Eagan. Authorities say the man was armed and fled on foot after assaulting the woman in a car about 6 p.m. Tuesday. Officers tracked him down in a commercial area near Highway 13 and Seneca Road. Eagan police spokesman…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Having a disability doesn’t make a person much different than anyone else. That is the message Minnesota Miss Amazing Junior Teen, Addie Loerzel of Moorhead, is spreading to others across the state. “Even though kids might have disabilities, they can still accept them for the way they are,” Loerzel said. To reach as many people as possible…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — One man is arrested after officers find heroin during a narcotics search. Police arrest 34-year-old Dennis Akins, of Moorhead, after searching a house at 1220 14th Street North. Authorities found 12 grams of powder heroin with an estimated street value of $2,400. Six children were in the house at the time with their mother. He is being…
