MINNEAPOLIS – Careless smoking was the leading cause of fatal fires in Minnesota in 2020. Fifty-three people died in fires last year, a 13% increase over 2019. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety says seven deaths last year were attributed to careless smoking, the fifth consecutive year it led to fatal fires. Six victims died in fires that were attributed…
HILL CITY, Minn. – Authorities say a man who died while working on a pipeline project in northern Minnesota was run over by a large forklift. The Aitkin County Sheriff’s Office has preliminarily ruled that the death of Jorge Villafuerte III at the Enbridge Energy Line 3 construction site was an accident. The accident happened in the predawn hours of…
MINNESOTA — Minnesota State Sen. Jerry Relph of St. Cloud has died of complications related to COVID-19. Relph tested positive for COVID-19 last month, three days after going into self-quarantine after he discovered he was exposed at the State Capitol. Relph then went to an emergency room for his symptoms. Relph, 76, is the first Minnesota lawmaker to succumb to…
UPDATE: Saturday, Dec. 19th at 4:30 p.m. — The Cass County Sheriff’s Office is releasing the name of the inmate who passed away while in custody at the Cass County Jail. 41 year-old Luke Laducer was booked into the Cass County Jail around 3:00 a.m. on December 18th. FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) – The Cass County Sheriff’s Office, the Cass…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — A second person of interest in the death of a man in a Grand Forks hotel is arrested in Moorhead. Police took Emanuel Garza into custody on unrelated warrants. He is wanted for questioning along with Vincent Villarreal in the death of Jeffrey Shulzitski. His body was found on December 5th inside a room at Budget Inn…
FARGO (KVRR) – Police say a female passenger died after she exited a moving vehicle in south Fargo. When an officer tried to make a traffic stop Friday morning, the vehicle took off at a high rate of speed. The officer did not pursue the vehicle, but continued in the vehicle’s last known path of travel. As the officer entered…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – Grand Forks police say the death of a man at the Budget Inn Express appears to be a homicide. Police were called to the hotel Saturday afternoon. The victim is identified as 55 year-old Jeffrey Allen Shulzitski of Grand Forks. Police say the investigation is still in the early stages, but the death does not…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Police in Grand Forks are investigating what they call an unattended death at Budget Inn Express. They were called to the hotel Saturday afternoon to check on a man in one of the rooms. Officers entered the room and found the man was dead. His identity is being withheld while family is notified and the death…
FARGO, ND – Police have released the name of a man who was found dead in Island Park Friday afternoon. He was 37-year-old William Zaiser of Fargo. The body was discovered under a picnic table. Police do not consider the death suspicious and no autopsy is planned. Police and the Cass County Coroner’s Office conducted the investigation. Categories: Local News,…
(CNN)Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday, the court announced. She was 87. Ginsburg was appointed in 1993 by President Bill Clinton and in recent years served as the most senior member of the court’s liberal wing consistently delivering progressive votes on the most divisive social issues of the day, including abortion rights, same-sex marriage, voting rights, immigration, health…
