BENSON CO., ND — Sheriff’s officials have identified the man who drowned while fishing on a Benson County, North Dakota lake this past weekend. Authorities say 52-year-old Jim Kirkeide of Fessenden was fishing with two other men when their airboat began to take on water in Pelican Lake north of Devils Lake Saturday. The two other men from Langdon made it…
FARGO, N.D. — A West Fargo man will spend a year and one day behind bars after his 8–month–old daughter drowned in a bathtub. 27–year–old Spencer Foner says he left his daughter in the bathtub for only five minutes but it ended up costing her her life. Foner says it also gives him nightmares and his daughter’s mother is now begging…
FARGO, N.D. — The West Fargo woman accused of drowning her newborn child has pleaded not guilty. During a Cass County District Court hearing, 36-year-old Ginny Lubitz entered pleas of not guilty to murder and attempted murder. Court documents say Lubitz placed her newborn child face down in about an inch of water in her bathtub to cause his death…
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. — An elderly Grand Forks man drowned on Devils Lake late Monday afternoon while trying to get his boat back to the dock. Ramsey County Sheriff Steve Nelson says the man was launching his boat when it floated off the trailer and the wind began to push it away from shore. Nelson says the man attempted to…
WEST FARGO, N.D. — After becoming the West Fargo Police Chief more than a year ago, Chief Heith Janke says one of his goals was to bridge the gap between the department and New Americans in his city. “We have a large New American population, and from the police department, we weren’t doing enough to interact and build those relationships, and…
BELTRAMI COUNTY, Minn. — Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office has released the identity of a woman pulled from Lake Bemidji. She is 32–year–old Amber Jackson of Cass Lake, Minnesota. Drowning has been ruled the preliminary cause of death. Authorities say no sign of trauma was found. Jackson’s body was pulled from the lake Wednesday afternoon after someone reported an object in…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Police in Grand Forks are investigating a possible drowning at a house. They were called out for a medical assist around 9 o’clock last night in the 2000 block of 11th Avenue North. First responders found an adult female was unresponsive from a possible drowning in an above ground pool. They attempted lifesaving measures at the…
WEST FARGO, N.D. — A GoFundMe account has been started to help the family of a young drowning victim in West Fargo. Six-year-old David Logulomo’s body was recovered after he drowned in a West Fargo retention pond at the end of June. It took first responders hours to find his body in the murky water. The little boy was born…
GRAND FORKS COUNTY, N.D. — Authorities have identified the Grand Forks man whose body was pulled from the English Coulee on Sunday. He is 23-year-old Andrew Torrey. A preliminary autopsy shows Torrey died of an accidental drowning. Two people kayaking on the English Coulee south of Grand Forks Sunday morning came across a floating mat with a cell phone and…
GRAND FORKS COUNTY, N.D. — There has been a third drowning in the Red River Valley in one week. Two people kayaking on the English Coulee Diversion Pond south of Grand Forks this morning came across a floating mat with a cell phone and fishing gear. A dive team was called out and they found the body of a 23-year-old…
