PARKERS PRAIRIE, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – A 25-year-old Park Rapids man suffered serious injuries when a demolition derby car fell off a jack and onto his head early Saturday morning. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says Elijah Hensel was working underneath the car in a garage northeast of Parkers Prairie when it fell from the jack. People at the scene…
UPDATE: The man who died last Thursday afternoon when a tree fell on him northeast of Menahga has been identified as 41-year-old Ryan McNeil of rural Park Rapids. BLUEBERRY TOWNSHIP, MN (KVRR) – A tree removal service worker died after a tree he was trying to cut down ended up falling on him. According to the Wadena County Sheriff’s Office,…
OTTER TAIL COUNTY, MN (KVRR) – An 8-year-old has been life-flighted to a Fargo hospital after sustaining injuries in a UTV crash. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office, along with other agencies, responded to the report of a UTV rollover crash at 24041 County Highway 1 at about 2:45 P.M. on August 1. Witness accounts say the driver, 8, and…
NAYTAHWAUSH, MN (KVRR) – A 13-year-old boy has died after a firework accident in Mahnomen County. The Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Office says that they responded to a distress call at a residence in Naytahwaush a little after 11:00 P.M. on July 4. According to witness statements, Michael Turner was holding a large firework in his hands and pointing it away…
ST. MICHAEL, MN (KVRR/KFGO) – The Wright County Sheriff’s Office says that despite eight people flipping their tubes during a river outing near St. Michael, Minnesota on July 4, nobody was hurt. Sheriff’s Deputies found a man and boy hanging onto a tree branch, unable to swim. They were retrieved by first responders. Authorities say a total of two adults…
CASS COUNTY, N.D. – An adult woman and a juvenile are both seriously injured after a head-on car crash that took place early on the morning of June 13. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says that at approximately 8:00 A.M., a Hyundai Santa Fe was traveling west on Cass County Road 26, about a half mile west of Northern Cass…
(UPDATE 2PM JUNE 9) North Dakota Highway Patrol has identified the motorcyclist who was killed Saturday morning after crashing into an SUV. He is 26-year-old Andrew Rose of Fargo. FARGO, N.D. – A motorcycle rider is dead after an accident occurred on the morning of June 7th. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says that at 11:30 a.m., a motorcycle was…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The NDHP says they have not yet seen any particular uptick in calls for service since this sudden storm blew into town, but that they need the public’s health in staying vigilant so that doesn’t change. “Every road might be a bit little different, even on the same stretch of road – you never know what…
near BALFOUR, N.D. – Tragedy in McHenry County as the efforts of a Good Samaritan appear to have lead to a man’s untimely death. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says on the evening of January 8th, 64 year old Corey Stevens was attempting to leave a driveway on 42nd St N in rural McHenry County. However, Stevens’ 1989 Ford F350…
The damage done to the trooper’s 2020 Ford Explorer.CASS COUNTY, N.D. – All parties involved feel lucky to be unharmed after a scary collision on the evening of December 14 in Cass County. An unnamed state trooper pulled their 2020 Ford Explorer to the right shoulder to investigate a crash scene on eastbound Interstate 94, around mile marker 342. At…
