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Man Dies After Rollover Crash In Grand Forks County

Highway Patrol says the crash happened just after 7 Tuesday night on state highway 15 about 3 miles east of Northwood

January 18, 2023

Site Staff,

UPDATE JAN. 19, 2023: Victim has been identified as 75-year-old Ervin Skeldum. GRAND FORKS COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) – An elderly man is dead after a single-car rollover crash in Grand Forks County. Highway Patrol says the crash happened just after 7 Tuesday night on state highway 15 about 3 miles east of Northwood. The 75-year-old driver from Northwood was going…

Worker Taken To Hospital After Explosion & Fire at LM Wind Power in Grand Forks

December 20, 2022

TJ Nelson,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — An employee at LM Wind Power is taken to Altru after an explosion is reported. The call came in just after three Tuesday afternoon. Grand Forks Fire crews arrived to find the building had been evacuated and the fire protection system was operating. When they entered, they found no active fire but one worker was…

Mother Shot By Son In Grand Forks Last Week, Dies of Her Injuries

October 31, 2022

TJ Nelson,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A mother who was shot by her own son last week in Grand Forks has died. Police say 53-year-old Jennifer Harrison died of her injuries at Altru. They say it appears her son, 21-year-old Tyler Harrison, shot his mother numerous times on Wednesday morning before shooting himself in the head in the driveway. A motive…

One Man Found Dead, Woman Found With Gunshot Wound in Grand Forks

October 26, 2022

TJ Nelson,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR-UPDATE 4:40PM) — One man is dead and a woman is at Altru in Grand Forks being treated for a gunshot wound in what police are calling a domestic related incident involving a firearm. Police were called to the 300 block of Wren Drive just after 10:30 this morning on a report of shots fired. When officers…

Deadly Rollover Crash On Highway 2

A driver is dead after a crash on Highway 2 just east of Rugby, North Dakota

October 7, 2022

Site Staff,

PIERCE COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) – A driver is dead after a crash on Highway 2 just east of Rugby, North Dakota. A 15-year-old boy from Rugby in a pickup was stopped at an intersection three miles east of town. He drove into the intersection and hit an SUV going eastbound. The SUV rolled into a ditch. The SUV driver, a…

Affiliates of B.o.B. Hurt In Vehicle Crash Early Monday in Grand Forks

September 27, 2022

TJ Nelson,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Six passengers involved in a crash on Demers Avenue in Grand Forks early Monday morning are affiliated with the musical act B. o. B., but are not band members. B.o.B. played a show at Alerus Center Sunday night. The driver, 32-year-old Starsha Swift of Grand Forks is charged with DUI, DUI refusal, six counts of…

Dr. Josh Deere Named New President of Altru

September 1, 2022

TJ Nelson,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Kennedy, Minnesota native Dr. Josh Deere is named the new president of Altru. Deere has been medical director of primary care for seven years and most recently the interim chief medical officer since February. That is when Dr. Steven Weiser was forced out as Altru’s president. Deere earned his medical degree from UND and completed…

UPDATE: Names Released after Motorcyclist Hurt After Crashing Into Vehicle in Grand Forks

May 3, 2022

TJ Nelson,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Two people are now cited after a motorcycle-vehicle crash Tuesday night in Grand Forks. Police say 20-year-old Adam Hanson of Grand Forks was turning from Columbia Road onto 2nd Avenue North in front of an oncoming motorcycle. 20-year-old Blake Krpan of Logansport, Indiana was thrown from his bike in the crash and taken to Altru…

UPDATE: People Involved in Grand Forks Police Vehicle Crash Identified

April 27, 2022

Jim Monk,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR-UPDATE) — A young woman on a police ride along in Grand Forks gets more than she bargained for. 20-year-old Sarah Hall was in a police vehicle that crashed with another vehicle while responding to a theft in progress at Rock Bottle Shop last night around 8 o’clock. Hall and Officer Nicholas Fladland, along with the driver…

Man Suspected of Happy Harry’s Theft, Crashes & Is Arrested in Grand Forks

April 18, 2022

TJ Nelson,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A Grand Forks man accused of stealing from Happy Harry’s after 8 Monday morning, crashes just a few minutes later on Gateway Drive. Grand Forks Fire had to remove the front windshield of 69-year-old Raymond Dolezilek’s car to get him out and to Altru. Police say Dolezilek hit the berm right before crashing into another…