UPDATE: The Cass County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victim as Theresa Kay Cechini, age 59, of Cass Lake, Minnesota. The autopsy by the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office indicates the victim suffered a medical emergency prior to the crash. ORIGINAL STORY: CASS CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A woman has died after her boat crashed into the rocks and shoreline…
CASS LAKE, Minn. (KVRR) — Family, friends and former classmates are mourning the loss of a Grafton, North Dakota man who drowned on Cass Lake in north central Minnesota on Saturday. 41-year-old Jon Koehmstedt was the athletic director and assistant principal for 7-12 at Grafton High School and Junior High. The sheriff’s office says he jumped into the water to…
CASS CO., Minn. (KVRR) — The search has ended for the body of a teen who went through the ice on an ATV on Blackwater Lake near Longville, Minnesota. The 18-year-old male was with a 20-year-old male when they went through the ice last night before 6 p.m. Their location was calculated using 911 mapping technology. Responders and deputies arrived…
CASS LAKE, Minn. (KVRR) — A Cass Lake woman is in custody after being accused of killing her child one week ago. Authorities arrested 30-year-old Larena Jackson Tuesday. She’s charged with Attempted Second-Degree Murder, First-Degree Assault, and Malicious Punishment of a Child. Cass County, Minnesota officials say they received a call reporting a twenty-three-month-old child was run over by a…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Days after two scrappy bald eagles were entangled in a brawl and separated by deputies in a Minnesota lake, experts are advising people to stay away from any animal in the middle of a fight. On Monday, Cass County deputies John Murray and Todd Wolter found two adult eagles struggling on Leech Lake Monday and used…
In this image provided by the Cass County, Minn., Sheriff’s Office, two eagles are free after deputies in Cass County, Minnesota, found them entangled in a lake on Monday, July 3, 2023. The deputies used a pole to separate the eagles, which had apparently been fighting when they became entangled. (Cass County Sheriff’s Office via AP)SHINGOBEE BAY, Minn. (AP) —…
UPDATE: The man has been identified as 65-year-old Mark Plattner, of Staples. STAPLES, Minn. (KVRR) — A Staples, Minnesota man is dead after a snowmobile crash late Saturday afternoon in rural Staples. Cass County, Minnesota Sheriff’s office was told about the crash just before 5 p.m. Deputies and first responders arrived to find family and bystanders performing CPR on…
