Otter Tail County, Minn. (KVRR) — A man is in custody after allegedly attempting to drown his family members on Otter Tail Lake on Saturday. Just before 4 P.M. the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office was called to the Northwest side. On their arrival, they learned that the 42-year-old man, Franklin Dickinson, had become angry and allegedly grabbed his sister…
CASS LAKE, MN (KVRR) – A 41-year-old man from Grafton, North Dakota has died after drowning while trying to work on an issue with a boat motor. Cass County Sheriff Bryan Welk says that on Saturday, August 9, just before 6 P.M., they received reports of a person in the water and not resurfacing in Cass Lake. The man had…
NEVIS, Minn. (KFGO) – A Nevis man died of what the Hubbard County Sheriff’s Office says was a cervical spine fracture in an apparent diving incident. Deputies and other first responders were called to Lake Belle Taine in Nevis. The victim and others were at a swimming beach shortly before 2:30 Saturday morning. CPR was underway when they arrived, but…
FILE – Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner is seen on the red carpet of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, honoring Bill Cosby, in Washington, Oct. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Malcolm-Jamal Warner the actor who played teenage son Theo Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” has died at age 54 in an accidental drowning in Costa Rica,…
RICHLAND COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — The man who drown in Grass Lake northwest of Lidgerwood has been identified. Richland County Sheriff’s Office says 70-year-old Randy Myhre, of Mapleton, died Sunday. Myhre’s body was found in open water after his pickup broke through the ice. Divers from Valley Water Rescue from Fargo recovered the body with assistance from the Richland County…
OTTER TAIL, Minn. (KVRR) — The Otter Tail Sheriff’s Office says a man drowned in Otter Tail Lake after falling from a pontoon into the water. David Kantrud, 63, of Fergus Falls, was on a pontoon with family around 2:30 Saturday afternoon when the man fell in an attempt to retrieve an item from the lake. People on a nearby…
BELTRAMI CO., Minn. (KVRR) — The body of a 13-year-old girl from Moorhead is recovered from Lake Julia, north of Bemidji. Law enforcement learned the girl had just removed her lifejacket while on the ladder of a pontoon when she went under the water and did not resurface. Emergency crews were called in around 5 Sunday afternoon to search for…
BAGELY, Minn. (KVRR) — A Bagley, Minnesota man is dead after drowning at Lake Lomond in Bagley. Clearwater County Sheriff’s Office was notified after 8 Sunday night. They say 20-year-old Derek McCann jumped off a swiming raft at the beach and didn’t resurface. A dive team found his body a couple of hours later in about 18 feet of water….
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) — A Fergus Falls man drowned on Big Detroit Lake in Detroit Lakes Wednesday night after he jumped from a pontoon south of Holiday Inn. Authorities say 20-year-old Jette Frandson went into the water around 5:40. Wind started to push the pontoon and Frandson struggled to keep up. Three friends on the boat jumped into the…
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – A Grand Forks man who was found dead in Devils Lake Tuesday died from an accidental drowning. Ramsey County Sheriff Steve Nelson says it’s still unclear how the man ended up in the water. He had been fishing from shore sometime between about 9:00 p.m. Monday and 7:00 a.m. Tuesday, when his body was found….
