TRAILL CO., N.D. (KVRR) — A Bemidji man faces charges including DUI after hitting a Traill County Sheriff’s Office patrol vehicle on I-29, about two miles south of Buxton, North Dakota. The crash happened Sunday night around 7:45. Highway Patrol says 24-year-old Body Cota failed to take proper precautions as he approached an emergency scene. Emergency lights were activated and…
CASS CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A man who died after his ATV broke through the ice on Pike Bay, east of Bemidji, has been identified as 82-year-old Thomas Steele of Bemidji. Steele and a passenger, 56-year-old Mark Jacobson of Bemidji, went into the water on Friday morning. Both men were pulled out and lifesaving efforts were immediately done on Steele…
A bright flash in Beltrami County at 6:40 p.m. Monday night.MOORHEAD, Minn., (KVRR) – On a quiet evening in Bemidji, people were settling in for the night. But that all changed with a bright flash and an explosion that rocked the county. Beltrami County says the noise was heard from close to 50 miles away. Chris Muller, the PIO for the…
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…
BEMIDJI, Minn. (KVRR) — New details into an alleged gang rape investigation of an 11-year-old girl in Bemidji last week. While one man was arrested for sexual assault, 22-year-old Oscar Luna of Texas, twelve other people were located and identified. Bemidji Police say none of them could immediately be identified as suspects in the case and eleven were turned over…
BEMIDJI, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – Court documents say an 11-year-old girl told police that she and two other girls were tied up and raped by multiple men in Bemidji. A Bemidji Police officer was called to Sanford Bemidji Emergency room early Saturday morning on a report of a sexual assault of a girl. The responding officer said the girl had cuts…
BELTRAMI CO., Minn. (KVRR) — The body of a 13-year-old girl from Moorhead is recovered from Lake Julia, north of Bemidji. Law enforcement learned the girl had just removed her lifejacket while on the ladder of a pontoon when she went under the water and did not resurface. Emergency crews were called in around 5 Sunday afternoon to search for…
BEMIDJI, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – Nearly 50 residents of a federally subsidized apartment complex in Bemidji have until 4 p.m. Thursday to vacate the premises after inspections found serious structural issues. A city-issued evacuation order was given last Friday at Red Pine Estates which houses many elderly and disabled residents. At a recent city council meeting residents directed their anger at…
Daniel Keezer, James Burnette III & Robert Keezer Jr.BELTRAMI CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Three men from Detroit Lakes, Mahnomen and Waubun face charges after an 18-year-old was assaulted and stabbed multiple times in Bemidji. Officers arrived around 3:30 a.m. Saturday to find 18-year-old Andrew Fisher of rural Bemijdi dead at the scene. Witnesses were able to provide descriptions of the…
BEMIDJI, Minn. (KVRR) — One man is dead in a stabbing in Bemidji. Police say they were called to the 1800 block of Minnesota Ave NW for an assault. They say they arrived to find the body which had been stabbed multiple times. Some people inside the home are detained for questioning Police say witnesses there gave descriptions to the…
