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UPDATE: Pilot identified in fatal crop dusting aircraft crash near New Rockford

September 19, 2023

KVRR Staff,

UPDATE: The pilot is identified as Lawrence Polries, 63, of Jamestown, ND. NEW ROCKFORD, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – Federal investigators will look into the crash of a crop dusting airplane south of New Rockford in east-central North Dakota. The 63-year-old male pilot from Jamestown died on scene. Highway Patrol says he was flying west after spraying a pass when he…

Crop Duster Pilot Unhurt After Failed Takeoff Near Jamestown

August 3, 2023

TJ Nelson,

STUTSMAN CO., N.D. (KVRR) – The pilot of a crop duster escapes injury after a failed takeoff west of Jamestown. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the 29-year-old pilot from Louisiana was taking off from a private airstrip west of Jamestown around 9 a.m. The pilot failed to gain enough speed to create enough lift to takeoff and ran into…

Open house addresses clean food questions

There is a free agricultural open house at the Fargo Air Museum for the public to come in and ask questions about where their food comes from.

March 22, 2022

Site Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – There was a free agricultural open house at the Fargo Air Museum for the public to come in and ask questions about where their food comes from. Crop dusters and farmers were there to explain their process of growing food, the use of pesticides and selling it on the market to get it into stores. They…

Pilot Hurt In Grand Forks Plane Crash

It happened about 3 miles north of the city.

August 21, 2018

Site Staff,

GRAND FORKS, ND (KFGO) – The pilot of a small dusting plane was hurt when he crashed into a soybean field near Grand Forks Tues. It happened about 3 miles north of the city. A woman who was walking her dog called 911 shortly after 8:30 a.m. The sheriff’s office says the pilot was conscious when he was pulled from…