BENSON CO., N.D. (KVRR)– A Jamestown, North Dakota woman has died after a crash Saturday morning in Benson County. North Dakota Highway Patrol responded to a report of a submerged vehicle in Stink Lake around 8 a.m. They say tire marks in the gravel indicate a recent crash. The vehicle entered the ditch, rolled over large rocks and came to…
MINNEWAUKAN, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – The Benson County commission is appointing a commissioner as acting sheriff after the county’s chief deputy was charged with multiple felonies and its current sheriff is resigning. Commissioner Dick Horner will take over sheriff duties at the end of business Friday. Horner says the resignation of Sheriff Ethan Rode is not related to the arrest and…
BENSON COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) — A Devils Lake man is dead after crashing in Benson County. North Dakota Highway Patrol says the 62-year-old man was driving on Highway 2 before 8 a.m. when he went off the road, struck an embankment and landed in a slough. It happened about seven miles east of Leeds. The driver died at the scene. He…
CARRINTON, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Carrington Police, working with other law enforcement agencies, arrested 32-year-old Kyle Maez-Schaak. He was wanted for escaping the Grand Forks Correctional Center and on multiple warrants in other counties including Cass, Grand Forks, Foster, and Benson. His escape from the Correctional Center prompted a multi-agency search. According to law enforcement, Maez-Schaak was last known in the…
BENSON CO., N.D. (KVRR) — A Maddock, North Dakota woman is dead after a crash just before noon in Benson County. Highway Patrol says the 67-year-old woman disregarded a stop sign at the intersection of Highways 19 and 281 and was hit by a semi. Her name has not yet been released. The 46-year-old semi driver from Minnewaukan has minor…
RUGBY, N.D. (KVRR) — A Devils Lake woman is dead after a rollover crash in Benson County. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the 73-year-old woman was traveling on US Highway 2 sometime Monday, about nine miles east of Rugby when she ran off the road. Her vehicle hit an approach, vaulted and landed on its roof. She was found…
TOWNER CO., N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Towner County Sheriff’s Office releasing the names of the four people found dead in a triple murder-suicide in a wheat field near the Towner-Benson County line Monday evening. 56-year-old Douglas Dulmage of Leeds, a farmer and landowner, was one of the victims. Also found dead were 34-year-old Justin Bracken and 64-year-old Richard Bracken, both of…
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (KVRR) — A man wanted on three outstanding warrants is arrested in Devils Lake after a high speed chase in a stolen vehicle. Benson County deputies and K-9 got 25-year-old Lars Hinton into custody as he tried to flee on foot after tire deflation devices were used and the vehicle became stuck near Pizza Ranch. It all…
We’ve got some great old photos of Warwick but we’re left with some questions about why the town is named after a nobleman from the 1400’s. Categories: Local News, Town Of The Week Tags: BENSON COUNTY, TOWN OF THE WEEK, WARWICK
BENSON CO., N.D. — Tribal leaders on the Spirit Lake Reservation are requiring people to wear masks to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. It’s a rare move in a state where face coverings have not been mandated despite a steady increase in overall cases. The reservation is located primarily in Benson County which has seen the state’s most…
