DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) — Move over lemonade stands, someone was running a lefse stand in Detroit Lakes. A grandma and her grandchildren were selling the delicious Norwegian specialty on the side of the street off of Summit Avenue. They are raising money for a friend to go on a mission trip. Kathy Johnston says this means a lot to…
Daniel Keezer, James Burnette III & Robert Keezer Jr.BELTRAMI CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Three men from Detroit Lakes, Mahnomen and Waubun face charges after an 18-year-old was assaulted and stabbed multiple times in Bemidji. Officers arrived around 3:30 a.m. Saturday to find 18-year-old Andrew Fisher of rural Bemijdi dead at the scene. Witnesses were able to provide descriptions of the…
STEARNS COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — A Detroit Lakes man dies after crashing his vehicle in central Minnesota. The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office says the crash was reported around 1:30 a.m. Sunday on a county road near Sauk Centre. The driver, 24-year-old Collin Flynn, rolled an SUV several times. The sheriff’s office says he was found lying unresponsive on the road…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — This heat has been hard on roads in the region including in Grand Forks where several roads have buckled. University Avenue is closed from 42nd to 47th Streets North due to the road buckling on the I-29 overpass. Washington Street South had both northbound lanes buckle on the 3200 block. Traffic is able to pass in…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) – It’s summer time in the Detroit Lakes area, which means small businesses are celebrating the return of customers and visitors. For people like Norma Grotnes, who has been a part of the Valhalla Resort for many decades, it means the world them. “So many of our people come year after year after year,” said Grotnes….
Once upon a time, they thought Maus would spend his days hunting for a mouse as a barn cat. He didn’t have the easiest disposition to handle when he arrived at the Humane Society of the Lakes in November. But things have changed. Maus has calmed down considerably, in part thanks to the staff at the shelter and the…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — Two men are arrested following a high-speed chase early Tuesday morning in Moorhead. 28-year-old Jovan Gagnon of Mahnomen fled during a traffic stop. But the chase was called off due to the high rate of speed. The vehicle was later spotted near Village Green Boulevard and stop sticks were used to stop it and Gagnon and…
BECKER CO., Minn. (KVRR) — The person hit and killed by an eastbound BNSF train between Audubon and Detroit Lakes on Monday has been identified. Becker County Sheriff’s Office says he is 41-year-old Ryan Goroski of Audubon. They got a report of the incident around 1:30 Monday morning. First responders arrived to find Goroski had died at the scene. The…
BECKER CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A Fargo man dies after his snowmobile rolled in a ditch northeast of Detroit Lakes. A 911 call came into Becker County Sheriff’s Office around 5:30 Sunday night that 34-year-old Scott Fossum had crashed and was not breathing. First responders took Fossum to St. Mary’s Hospital in Detroit Lakes where he was pronounced dead. The…
ST. PAUL (KVRR) — Senators from across Minnesota are sworn into office to begin the 2023 session in St. Paul by Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Natalie E. Hudson. Among them is former KVRR Chief Meteorologist Rob Kupec who won the senate seat in District 4 which covers an area from Moorhead to Detroit Lakes. After the swearing in, the senate…
