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…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRRKDLM) — It was another busy and long weekend for law enforcement dealing with traffic and crowds at WE Fest in Detroit Lakes. Becker County Sheriff’s Office logged more than 600 emergency calls-for-service during WE Fest: that was nearly triple the normal call volume for all of Becker County. They responded to 12 assaults, some involving multiple…
BECKER CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Becker County authorities identify the person hit by a vehicle in Lake Park Township early Sunday morning as 29-year-old Hunter Standfield of Dilworth. They say the driver of the vehicle, 32-year-old Samantha Qualley of Lake Park, called around 4 a.m. to report that she thought she hit someone laying in the middle of County Highway…
BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP, Minn. (KVRR) — A man’s body was found in the ditch in Becker County. The sheriff’s office was called to a report of a man in the ditch on the 300th Avenue, just north of 137th Street in Burlington Township around 7:30 Tuesday morning. When responders arrived, they determined the man was dead. The victim is 31-year-old Daniel…
BECKER CO., Minn. (KVRR) — The person hit and killed by an eastbound BNSF train between Audubon and Detroit Lakes on Monday has been identified. Becker County Sheriff’s Office says he is 41-year-old Ryan Goroski of Audubon. They got a report of the incident around 1:30 Monday morning. First responders arrived to find Goroski had died at the scene. The…
