CLEARBROOK, Minn. (KFGO) — The pilot of a small plane was flown to a Fargo hospital after crashing early this morning in Clearbrook, northwest of Bemidji. Clearbrook-Gonvick Police Chief Ryan Solee says it happened at about 1:40 a.m. The pilot was outside the plane when first responders arrived. Solee says the initial investigation shows that the plane experienced mechanical failure….
ROSEAU CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A Bemidji man is accused of sexually abusing a young girl in Roseau County between 2016 and 2019. 35-year-old Jonathan Johnson is charged with two felony counts of criminal sexual conduct. The 11-year-old female victim reported the abuse during an interview at Red River Child Advocacy Center in Fargo. The girl claims the abuse happened…
BEMIDJI, Minn. (KVRR/FOX9) — Prosecutors have dismissed charges against a man suspected in a reported gang rape in Bemidji last fall after DNA tests came back without a match. Oscar Luna of Texas was charged with criminal sexual conduct after an 11-year-old girl reported being attacked. She was brought to the hospital after the assault and found to have injuries…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – We’re not done with this spring storm just yet. The National Weather Service issued an update Monday morning. They predict 3-6 more inches of snow in Fargo between now and Tuesday evening. Snow amounts are more significant further east. Detroit Lakes could see 4-8 more inches while Bemidji can expect 5-10 more inches. The northern…
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…
