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Fargo Native To Begin Streaming Network For “Good” In Support of Frontline Workers

CALLS FOR NATIONAL SPIRIT OF GIVING AND COOPERATION FOR OUR ESSENTIAL WORKERS

April 13, 2020

TJ Nelson,

Fargo native and self-quarantined Afghanistan War Veteran Mark Lindquist has a new mission. The entertainer is supporting the next round of post traumatic stress suffering people: healthcare, emergency and funeral workers. Starting Tuesday, he is offering a 10 hour a day, seven day a week streaming network for good, called Positivity Lives Here. It’s from 9 to 3 and 7…

Names Released In Fatal Wrong-Way Crash Near Devils Lake

The highway patrol says 79-year-old Mina Eckes of Devils Lake was driving the wrong way on U.S. Highway 2

September 1, 2019

TJ Nelson,

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. — Names have been released in a head-on crash near Devils Lake that killed a woman. The highway patrol says 79-year-old Mina Eckes of Devils Lake was driving the wrong way on U.S. Highway 2 Friday night. Her vehicle hit a car carrying a mother and her 13-day-old baby head-on. The baby was not hurt. The mother,…

Mother And Child Killed In Crash Into Turtle Lake Identified

Their car landed upside down in the River near Manvel on Wednesday afternoon

May 16, 2019

TJ Nelson,

MANVEL, ND — The North Dakota Highway Patrol has released the names of a woman and child who died after their car landed upside down in the Turtle River near Manvel on Wednesday afternoon. 40-year-old Amanda Brantl of Mekinock, North Dakota ran off a gravel road and overturned landing mostly submerged in the river. 3-year-old Atlas Brantl was in a car…

Drowning Scare Was Actually Young Boy Collapsing Near Best Western Pool

Grand Forks Emergency crews were dispatched for a possible drowning just before one o'clock this afternoon

February 24, 2019

TJ Nelson,

GRAND FORKS, ND — A scare at Best Western on 32nd Avenue South in Grand Forks. Emergency crews were dispatched for a possible drowning just before one o’clock this afternoon. When they arrived a 4-year-old boy was being attended to by relatives and bystanders. He was awake and taken by ambulance to Altru. An investigation found that the boy was out…

Man With Children In His Vehicle Leads Police On Pursuit, Arrested For DUI

Officers tried to stop 52-year-old Saha Darji of Grand Forks but he wouldn't pull over

December 23, 2018

TJ Nelson,

GRAND FORKS, ND — A report of a drunk driver who almost hit numerous vehicles in Grand Forks set off a slow speed pursuit. The call came in around 6 o’clock Saturday night in the 4000 block of Walnut Street. Officers tried to stop 52-year-old Saha Darji of Grand Forks but he wouldn’t pull over. Darji, who had two kids in…

Woman Hurt After Losing Control Of Vehicle On Ice And Getting Hit By Semi

The highway patrol says the crash happened around 3:15 Tuesday afternoon just south of Thompson

December 11, 2018

TJ Nelson,

THOMPSON, ND — A Reynolds, North Dakota woman was hurt after losing control of her vehicle on I-29 and getting hit by a semi. The highway patrol says the crash happened around 3:15 Tuesday afternoon just south of Thompson. 30-year-old Jody Schall was taken to Altru with injuries. The semi driver from Lake Park was not hurt. The patrol says they…

Driver Of Crashed Hot Tar Tanker Passes Away

North Dakota Highway Patrol has identified the victim as 21-year-old Bradley Jackson of Woodlands, Manitoba

September 10, 2018

TJ Nelson,

GRAND FORKS COUNTY, N.D. — The driver of a semi that crashed and spilled a load of hot tar has died of his injuries. North Dakota Highway Patrol has identified the victim as 21-year-old Bradley Jackson of Woodlands, Manitoba. Jackson’s tanker truck left Grand Forks County Road 7 near Thompson last Wednesday and tipped over, spilling 6,000 gallons of hot tar….

Motorcycle Driver And Passenger Hurt After Crashing Into Car

Both Were Taken To Altru in Grand Forks

August 5, 2018

TJ Nelson,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — A motorcycle driver crashes into a car in Grand Forks sending two people to the hospital. Police say 19-year-old Josh Human turned into a car at 47th Avenue and South Washington Street. Human and his female passenger were thrown from the bike and were both taken to Altru with minor injuries. Police say he will be…

Florida Woman Charged After Woman Loses Baby In Interstate Crash

Claudia Grace of The Villages, Florida is charged in Traill County with negligent homicide

July 19, 2018

TJ Nelson,

TRAILL COUNTY, N.D. — A Florida woman has been charged after an unborn child died last week after a crash on I-29. 75-year-old Claudia Grace of The Villages, Florida is charged in Traill County with negligent homicide and aggravated reckless driving. The highway patrol say Grace struck the rear passenger side of a pickup and caused it to roll. 24-year-old…

Adult Female Victim Of Possible Drowning In Grand Forks

Medical assist call came in around 9 PM Wednesday in the 2000 block of 11th Avenue North

July 12, 2018

TJ Nelson,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Police in Grand Forks are investigating a possible drowning at a house. They were called out for a medical assist around 9 o’clock last night in the 2000 block of 11th Avenue North. First responders found an adult female was unresponsive from a possible drowning in an above ground pool. They attempted lifesaving measures at the…