GRAND FORKS CO., N.D. (KVRR) — A Rochester, Minnesota man is arrested in Emerado, North Dakota while attempting to meet who he thought was a teenage girl. It ended up being a sheriff’s deputy. 27-year-old Daniel Henke is accused of luring a minor by computer and solicitation of a minor. Henke initiated a text message conversation with a sheriff’s deputy,…
GRAND FORKS CO., N.D. (KVRR) — A Buxton, North Dakota man is charged with attempted murder after restraining a woman inside her mobile home in Emerado while it was on fire. Court documents show 29-year-old Jeffery Mundis tried to strangle Ashley Johnson on New Year’s Eve before she got away. Mundis is also accused of terrorizing the woman and assaulting…
EMERADO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A 14-year-old girl and 38-year-old man were hurt when the UTV they were in rolled on a muddy trail near Emerado, N.D. about 20 miles west of Grand Forks Friday evening. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the girl was driving the UTV on a muddy prairie trail on private property before 6 p.m. when she…
Emerado Volunteer Fire Department/FacebookEMERADO, N.D. — They are still cleaning up in Emerado, North Dakota after storms Tuesday and Wednesday dropped more than 8 inches of rain. This is how it looked inside the Emerado Volunteer Fire Department. They posted pictures to social media Wednesday with the caption: “So, we DO need water to do our job, but this is…
GRAND FORKS CO., N.D. — A man who was stopped for speeding near Grand Forks on Saturday tries to outrun officers. Jarred Martell was stopped by a North Dakota Highway Patrol trooper for speeding and a registration violation on Highway 15 in Nelson County. He then fled into Grand Forks County and the chase ended when he tried to avoid…
EMERADO, N.D. (KFGO) – A pickup pulling farm equipment clipped an overpass on Highway 2 in Emerado, North Dakota. Some debris from the equipment ended up on the roadway where an on-coming semi then struck some of the material, causing minor damage to the rig. The pickup driver, 54-year old Virgil Duncklee, of Emerado, was cited for operating without an…
EMERADO, ND – The city of Emerado says water is shut off to one side of town. Crews say it will come back on once they can get water levels back to an appropriate level. The city also says water is not being supplied to the water tower. However, it has enough water for the next day-and-a-half. Officials say it’s important…
GRAND FORKS COUNTY, N.D. — Authorities arrest one man after leading them on a high speed chase in a stolen vehicle. East Grand Forks Police tried pulling over 40-year-old Michael Charboneau for impaired driving around 3 this morning. He took off, driving across the border into Grand Forks and then headed west towards Emerado. At times, he drove more than…
RAMSEY COUNTY, ND — A Dunseith man leads authorities on an early morning pursuit with punctured tires. A Grand Forks County Deputy tried to stop 34-year-old Quentin Demery Jr. east of Emerado around 1:30 this morning but he fled. A state trooper put down spike strips in Ramsey County damaging Demery’s tires and rims. But he kept driving for 40 miles…
EMERADO, N.D. – Crews will be shutting water in Emerado, North Dakota Wednesday morning at 9:30. The city says a leak in its water tower was found last week and the tower was bypassed over the weekend. However, water pressure was too high. The part to regulate water pressure will be replaced in two days. The tower will be fixed this spring….
