ROLETTE CO., N.D. — A 21-year-old St. John, North Dakota woman is dead after a utility vehicle crash near Dunseith. Highway Patrol tells us Kimberly Hodell was driving the UTV about 6 miles northwest of town when she lost control Saturday night after 6. She was thrown from the vehicle along with 23-year-old Shaylan Charboneau from Belcourt. Hodell died at…
DUNSEITH, N.D. (KVRR) – The family of a young Dunseith, North Dakota girl killed in a hit-and-run crash nearly two weeks ago is still coming to terms with the tragedy. Eight-year-old Jaylynn Belgarde was the light of her family’s life. “Her smile. Her smile says it all,” said Jaylynn’s cousin Paige Counts. Jaylynn was walking to the convenience store with…
DUNSEITH, N.D. — A GoFundMe account has been set up for the family of Jaylynn Belgarde of Dunseith. The 8-year-old girl was killed in a hit and run crash on Saturday afternoon while walking to buy candy with her cousins. The fundraiser was set up by her aunt, Paige, to help purchase a butterfly headstone for Jaylynn. Paige writes that…
DUNSEITH, N.D. – A man wanted in a fatal hit and run in Rolette County has turned himself in to law enforcement. North Dakota Highway Patrol tells us 25-year-old Joshua Forschen of Dunseith is in custody on two charges: hit and run involving death and manslaughter. Authorities say Forschen was behind the wheel when he hit a 7-year-old Dunsieth girl crossing…
ROLETTE CO, N.D. — A 7-year-old Dunseith girl is dead after a hit and run crash in Rolette County. North Dakota Highway Patrol tells us the girl was with other kids crossing U.S. Highway 281 Saturday afternoon near Dunseith when she was hit. The driver of a 2001 Oldsmobile Alero fled the scene. No other details about the vehicle were…
DUNSEITH, N.D. — A Dunseith, North Dakota woman is dead after losing control of her vehicle on a gravel road near Dunseith. The crash was reported around 9 a.m. Saturday. The state patrol reports 25-year-old Nachae Mims of Dunseith rolled her vehicle. She was not wearing a seat belt and was thrown, dying at the scene. The crash remains under…
CRARY, N.D.–A Dunseith school bus carrying the school volleyball team struck a moose while traveling on Highway 2, three miles east of Crary. The bus suffered significant front-end damage, but the bus driver, 78-year-old Curtiss Halvorson, was able to drive it safely to a stop. Twenty-five passengers were aboard the bus when it struck the moose. No one was injured….
FARGO, N.D. — A barefoot woman was arrested by police in Fargo after people reported seeing her entering garages. 25-year-old Chelsea Forschen of Dunseith was arrested early Thursday morning. Police were called to a burglary in progress in the 3000 block of 34th Avenue South. People reported seeing Forschen and a male trying to enter garages. Officers found Forschen hiding…
FARGO, N.D. — A manslaughter prisoner has walked away from Centre, Inc. in Fargo where he was on a court-ordered furlough from federal custody. Fargo Police and the U.S. Marshals Service say 29-year-old Sean Schroeder of Dunseith absconded and did not have immediate access to a vehicle when he left the rehabilitation center in north Fargo on Wednesday. He is…
ROLETTE COUNTY, ND — A Dunseith man accused of trying to kill a Rolette County deputy in February has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder. Authorities allege Deputy Keith Benning was trying to arrest Michael Marion after a vehicle chase. They say during a struggle, Marion grabbed Benning’s gun and pointed it toward the officer and fired twice. Benning wasn’t…
