GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – The Grand Forks Police Department is searching for possible assailants after a man was shot in the early morning hours of August 31. The department says they began receiving calls reporting gunshots in the area of the 500 block of 4th Ave N. at around 4:30 A.M. When officers arrived, they located a man suffering…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – A 22-year-old is being treated at Altru in Grand Forks for serious, incapacitating injuries after a crash at the intersection of S. Columbia Road and 24th Ave. South. The Grand Forks Police Department says that the accident occurred just after 9 P.M. on August 29. Their report indicates that the driver of a 2002 Toyota…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) – A Grand Forks man is hospitalized with serious injuries after a fiery crash involving a motorcycle and pickup in Grand Forks Thursday evening. Grand Forks Police say multiple callers reported the crash around 6 p.m. at the intersection of 32nd Avenue S. and 31st Street. Witnesses say the eastbound motorcycle hit the westbound pickup as…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – A Warroad man is in custody after allegedly leading police officers on a chase through downtown Grand Forks. At approximately 8:30 in the evening on May 15, a Grand Forks police officer observed a vehicle driving westbound on Demers Ave. in violation of traffic laws. Officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop on the vehicle, a…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Chief Jason Freedman comes to Grand Forks from Madison, Wisconsin. With his 28 years of experience as a law enforcement officer, Freedman brings the experience. “To be a police chief and to take on that responsibility of protecting and serving a whole organization while being our sort of seat at the table with the city…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – Sgt. Preston Engstrom had only been with the Grand Forks Police Department for a short time before his career shifted in dramatic fashion. “My first year or so I had the opportunity to kind of help out with the current handlers that we had,” he explained. “It was a lot of fun, I had a…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – Grand Forks police responded to a domestic violence call to this home on 4th Ave. S that escalated into a house fire. “Officers noticed a couple of things right away. One that the structure looked like it was on fire, there was smoke coming from the second floor. They also saw a male kind of…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — After 36 years with the department, Grand Forks Police Chief Mark Nelson will retire on Friday. Nelson joined the Grand Forks Police Department in September 1988 and became the chief in 2014. Mayor Brandon Bochenski says, “Chief has set a high standard for our local law enforcement and has left the department in a great…
Demetria ClaytonGRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – An Alabama woman arrested for DUI is also facing a bribery charge after she allegedly offered to pay a Grand Forks Police officer if he let her go. According to court records, the officer arrested 34-year-old Demetria Clayton of Birmingham, Alabama after a report of a possible drunk driver in downtown Grand Forks. The…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR-KNOX) – Grand Forks police are asking for help in finding the person or persons responsible for slashing numerous tires. Police responded to a “large” number of complaints on the 1700 to 2300 block of 9th and 10th Avenue North for vehicles that have one or more tires damaged and deflated. Police say it appears as if…
