FARGO, N.D. — Four arrests were made last Friday night during a sobriety checkpoint in north Fargo. Cass County Sheriff’s Office, North Dakota Highway Patrol and Essentia teamed up to conduct the checkpoint. It was held from 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. on the northbound I-29 Exit Ramp to 19th Avenue North. Nearly 600 vehicles entered the checkpoint. Twenty-two were…
A study by a Utah–based personal injury law firm ranks Minnesota as having the strictest drunk driving laws in country. Siegfried & Jensen’s study looks at 21 different areas including drunk driving crashes and arrests, jail time, fines and license suspensions. Minnesota ranks well for having high penalties and fines. The State Patrol says the first DWI arrest can cost…
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (KFGO) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol has cited a 72-year-old man with DUI, open container and disregarding a stop sign after his car ended up in the waters of Devils Lake. Frayne Berg was traveling on Highway 20 when he blew the stop sign at the intersection with Highway 57. Berg’s pickup was partially submerged when…
FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota Highway Patrol says alcohol played a role in a south Fargo rollover early Saturday morning. Police say 23-year-old Brady Fritzler, of Fargo, was driving on I-29 when he rear-ended a truck driven by 29-year-old Patrick Hestbeck, of Sabin. Fritzler’s vehicle struck the median, rolled and landed on the roof. He was taken to Essentia with…
GRAND FORKS, ND — Grand Forks police arrested a suspect accused of striking a pedestrian with his car and fleeing. The victim who was treated at Altru Hospital told police the suspect deliberately struck him about 2:30 a.m. Authorities were able to track down the car and arrest 36-year-old Frederick Graden of Mekinock. He’s accused of drunk driving, reckless endangerment…
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) A 33-year-old West Fargo man with no car insurance knocked out power to 100 people after he hit a power pole at 25th St and 17th Ave S in Fargo at 2 a.m. Police say Mohamed A Mohamed was driving intoxicated and suffered minor injuries. He fled on foot following the crash but was arrested when police…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KFGO) – A man escaped serious injury and was arrested for DUI after his car slammed into a power transformer box in Grand Forks. Police say it happened shortly after 11 p.m. Sunday as 70-year old Ronald Palm was driving east on 32nd Avenue South. His car ran off the roadway and struck the power box, knocking…
FARGO, ND — A Fargo man was hurt after crashing his motorcycle on I-29 Saturday night. The highway patrol says 26-year old Robert Thiel locked up the brakes on his bike behind an SUV pulling a trailer about two miles south of Fargo. Thiel fell off and his bike slid into the trailer. He was taken to Sanford where his condition…
MCVILLE, N.D. — A Mapleton, North Dakota man was taken to Altru in Grand Forks after crashing into a deer on an ATV. The highway patrol says 49-year-old Troy Flesche was heading to his camper just south of McVille when he hit the deer just before 10 o’clock Saturday night. He lost control of the ATV and it overturned. Flesche…
FARGO, ND — A Fargo man is arrested for drunk driving with his two-year-old child in the car after it ends up on its roof. Police say 27-year-old Trent Klingman told them he lost control of his car Wednesday while speeding in the 4900 block of Rose Creek Parkway South. The car rolled onto its top. Klingman and his child were…
