Becker Co. Sheriff’s Office / FacebookDETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) — Becker County Sheriff’s Office is issued a warning about this ice. They posted this picture of a vehicle with its front end down in the water to its Facbook page with the caption: “Please Do Not use the Holiday Inn Access on Big Detroit Lake.” They remind everyone that due…
BECKER CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A Minneapolis mas has died in an ATV crash in Becker County. The sheriff’s office says 48-year-old Jeremy Mickelson drove off the road while going around a corner and crashed. It happened Saturday afternoon around 3 on Wolf Lake Forest Road in Wolf Lake Township, east of Detroit Lakes. Lifesaving efforts were attempted on Mickelson…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) — An 81-year-old man is dead after getting hit by a car while walking in the 1500 block of Randolph Road in Detroit Lakes. The man and the 19-year-old female driver of the car are both from Detroit Lakes. Becker County Sheriff’s Office says the incident happened in the noon hour. The man died shortly after…
BECKER, CO., Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — The suspect in a fatal shooting near Frazee, Minnesota Saturday is claiming self-defense. 31-year-old Willis McDonald told deputies that he was visiting a woman he had met days before when 31-year-old Arlan Bergstrom Jr. broke his car window and began punching him. McDonald says he reached for his handgun and shot him as he continued…
UPDATE: Authorities have identified the victim as Sterling Buchholz, 24, of Fargo. His condition is still unknown. DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KFGO/KVRR) – The Becker County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch received a report on Saturday at 3:26 PM that a 24-year-old man had been swimming from shore and had gone under the water in the area of Zorbaz, or the 400…
BECKER CO., Minn. (KVRR) — The driver of a motorcycle who was killed after crashing into a U.S. Postal Service van in Becker County on Saturday has been identified as 39-year-old Travis Hanks of Menahga, Minnesota. Becker County Sheriff’s Office says the crash happened just before 3 p.m. on County Highway 40, about three miles east of Wolf Lake. The…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) – A K9 gets a well-deserved sendoff in our region. The Becker County Sheriff’s Office said goodbye to their K9 Cooper. Cooper served the county from 2016 to 2023. The Sheriff’s Office shared these pics of his retirement party. He got his own cake! The people got their own cake too! Plus, there’s a new sign…
BECKER CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A Minneapolis man is being treated for a gunshot wound to his leg while hunting near Bad Medicine Lake in Becker County on Sunday. Becker County Sheriff’s Office says 40-year-old Jeremy Sailor’s hunting partner was checking to see if his gun was unloaded when it went off, hitting Sailor in the hip. Sailor was being…
BECKER CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A Fargo man is dead after his ATV hit a tree. He has been identified as 61-year-old Jon Darling. It happened around 5 p.m. Saturday on Rat Lake Trail in Eagle Township in Becker County. That is northeast of Detroit Lakes. Becker County Sheriff’s Office says lifesaving measures were attempted on Darling but were unsuccessful….
BECKER COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — A motorcycle driver who died after fleeing from a Minnesota State Trooper Friday night has been identified. He is 25-year-old Levi Savela of Sebeka, Minnesota. Becker County Sheriff’s Office says the trooper tried to stop Savela around 6 p.m. when he took off at a high rate of speed in Burlington Township. He eventually lost…
