ESMOND, N.D. — North Dakota Highway Patrol has identified the man who was killed after failing to stop for a stop sign in Benson County. They say 68-year-old Emil Vetsch of Balta failed to yield at an intersection on Highway 19, about 2 miles west of Esmond. His pickup was hit on the driver’s side by a semi. Both vehicles…
FARGO, N.D. — Fargo police are investigating an armed robbery that happened Saturday night at Royal Liquors at 1606 Main Avenue. A man entered the store around 10:30, showed what appeared to be a handgun, and demanded money from the employee. He was given an undetermined amount of cash and fled. Police are not yet releasing any additional information. Categories:…
FARGO, N.D. – A lightning strike may have caused a garage fire in South Fargo. It happened at 11:35 Monday morning in the 2500 block of Amber Valley Court South. Fargo Fire Department Battalion Chief Dane Carley says crews responded at 11:48 after a neighbor saw smoke in a garage near a twin home. Carley says firefighters knocked the fire…
JAMESTOWN, N.D.–Police say a Jamestown officer was assaulted by a suspect during a weekend arrest at a bar. Authorities say officers responded Saturday to a report of a suspicious man peeking into windows. An officer found the man in the parking lot of Casey’s General Store and ordered him to take his hands out of his pockets. Police say the…
It’s a difficult subject, and a dark place to find yourself in. And strange as it may seem, to some people, talking about suicidal thoughts and mental health struggles may be almost as scary as actually going through them. That’s why, for years now, the activists from Out of the Darkness Fargo-Moorhead area walk have been working to save lives…
FERGUS FALLS, MINN. (KFGO) – A Fergus Falls man has died of injuries suffered in a mobile home fire earlier this month. 56-year-old Kraig Weinrich died at a Minneapolis hospital. Police, the fire department, a deputy state fire marshal and a federal Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms investigator have not been able to pinpoint a cause for the fire. There’s no…
DEVILS LAKE, N.D.–A Devils Lake man has been arrested for driving under the influence after he ran his vehicle off the road at 12 a.m. on Monday. The North Dakota Highway Patrol reported the vehicle ran off the road, rolled, and the driver was ejected and landed approximately 30 feet from the vehicle. There was one passenger, James Raynor Jr….
ECKELSON, N.D.–Authorities say a North Dakota man was killed in an all-terrain vehicle crash while searching for his brother, who had died in a similar wreck minutes earlier. The Highway Patrol says the two crashes happened about 10 minutes apart Friday night near Eckelson. Authorities say each brother was driving an ATV to a farm. Forty-three-year-old Kyle Foster of Tucson,…
MOORHEAD, MINN. (KFGO) – Moorhead police are investigating reports of gunfire. Sgt. Joel Voxland says the dispatch center received multiple 9-1-1 calls of gunshots in the 1900 block of 18th Avenue South around 9:40 p.m. Sunday. Two vehicles were seen leaving College Park Apartments neighborhood immediately after the gunshots were reported. No one was hurt, no damage was found and…
COON RAPIDS, Minn.–Authorities say an adult and a child escaped from their car just before it was hit by a freight train and caught fire in Coon Rapids. Fire officials say the car got stuck on railroad tracks late Saturday. The driver saw the approaching train and made it out of the vehicle with the child. Firefighters kept the train…
