Todd BurrisOTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — A Bemidji man involved in an officer-involved shooting at a Frazee rest area last week is charged with seven felony counts. Todd Burris, 36, was released from the hospital before being booked into the Otter Tail County Jail. Burris is charged with two counts of first-degree attempted murder of a peace officer, two…
FRAZEE, Minn. (KVRR) – Authorities say that on July 9, at about 5:30 in the evening, they responded to a domestic assault call in the 20000 block of Becker County Highway 21. The person who placed the emergency call said an adult male had entered a residence, physically assaulted someone, and stole a firearm. Deputies from the Becker County Sheriff’s…
FRAZEE, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – An officer-involved shooting at the Frazee Truck Stop in Otter Tail County is under investigation. The shooting happened after a domestic call in Becker County north of Detroit Lakes Wednesday. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says around 5:30 p.m., Becker County deputies responded to a home where the caller said a man entered, physically assaulted…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Frazee man who shot and killed a person in a mobile home park in Frazee has been sentenced. 32-year-old Willis McDonald has been sentenced to two months in the Becker County jail and two years probation. A district court jury found him not guilty of manslaughter, but found him guilty of knowingly shooting the…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – More than three years ago, a Frazee, Minnesota area man discovered bones of a pair of bison that died centuries ago in a peat bog on his property. At the time, the peat bog dried up, and the owner dug up the remains. The state archeologist’s office had the remains dated and verified that they…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) — Midco announces the completion of its extensive fiber build along Highway 10 in Minnesota. The company says the project brings high-speed internet access to more than 10,000 homes and businesses to Audubon, Lake Park, Hawley and Detroit Lakes. A $4 million investment will also provide Midco’s fiber network to more than 17-hundred residents and businesses…
(photo: Cass County jail)FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A Perham, Minnesota man is charged with felony terrorizing after being accused of holding a woman against her will and threatening to kill her at a Fargo hotel. Court records say police responded to the hotel last week where the woman told them Jamie Frazee took her phone, keys, purse, and SUV, and left…
BECKER COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — A man is dead after rolling his vehicle and hitting a power pole in Becker County. The sheriff’s office says 74-year-old Mathew Mess, of rural Frazee, was on County Hwy. 56, west of 400th Avenue, near Little Toad Lake when he drove into the ditch. Mess was the only one in the vehicle and was…
BECKER, CO., Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — The suspect in a fatal shooting near Frazee, Minnesota Saturday is claiming self-defense. 31-year-old Willis McDonald told deputies that he was visiting a woman he had met days before when 31-year-old Arlan Bergstrom Jr. broke his car window and began punching him. McDonald says he reached for his handgun and shot him as he continued…
FRAZEE, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – One man is dead and another man in jail after a deadly shooting in Becker County. Becker County Sheriff’s Office responded around 1:20 a.m. Saturday to a call that a man had been shot at a trailer home just off Highway 10 about 4 miles northwest of Frazee. First responders attempted to save the victim’s life,…
