DEER RIVER

Names in Deadly Hotel Shooting in Cloquet Released

CLOQUET, Minn. (KVRR/FOX21) — The names of those involved in a deadly shooting at Super 8 in Cloquet, Minnesota on Monday night have been released by authorities. Cloquet Police identify the shooter as 32-year-old Nicholas Lenius of Ramsey, Minnesota. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police say Lenius fatally 22-year-old hotel clerk Shelby Trettel of Cloquet and a man…

Cloquet hotel shooter kills clerk and man in a vehicle before taking his own life

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A shooting at a small-town Minnesota hotel killed an employee and two possible guests, including the suspect, authorities said Tuesday, one day after an active shooter alert was issued. An employee at the Super 8 in Cloquet, Minnesota, called police shortly after 6:30 p.m. Monday to say they had found another employee who looked like she had been attacked,…

Woman Stabbed In Arm During Fight Between Group of Tubers

BELTRAMI CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Two groups tubing on the Mississippi River just east of Bemidji get into a fight in a shallow spot of the river and one woman is stabbed. Beltrami County deputies were sent to the river around 6:30 Sunday night. They say the fight involved around 25 people. 20-year-old Alleyah Goodman of Deer River was arrested…

Nearly 500 People Arrested For Drunk Driving During Long Holiday Weekend in Minnesota

There were four fatalities on Minnesota roads, three of which were alcohol-related

ST. PAUL, MN — A 37-year-old driver blew a point three-four blood alcohol content after a homeowner reported the driver was in their driveway and flashing the headlights on and off in Deer River, Minnesota. Officers also found an open bottle and a mixed drink in that driver’s vehicle. It was just one of 480 DWI arrests over the 5-day Thanksgiving…