GRAND FORKS & EAST GRAND FORKS (KVRR) — Bridges and roads are being closed in Grand Forks and East Grand Forks as the river rises. The Point Bridge on Minnesota Avenue was closed at 1 Sunday afternoon. The Kennedy and Sorlie bridges are open, but the Sorlie Bridge is expected to close sometime on Monday. The closure into Riverside Park…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Twenty-five years ago today, floodwaters could no longer be held back in Grand Forks and East Grand Forks leading to catastrophic loss of property. It’s something people who lived there will never forget. One man who still lives in Grand Forks was part of the National Weather Service at the time, a place some people…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A Grand Forks man accused of stealing from Happy Harry’s after 8 Monday morning, crashes just a few minutes later on Gateway Drive. Grand Forks Fire had to remove the front windshield of 69-year-old Raymond Dolezilek’s car to get him out and to Altru. Police say Dolezilek hit the berm right before crashing into another…
FARGO (KVRR) – In April 1997, the Red River Valley was in the midst of its largest flood in a century. Countless acres of land were under water. Some communities had to be evacuated, including thousands of residents in Grand Forks and East Grand Forks, Minn. A fierce flood battle was also taking place in the Fargo-Moorhead area. Mayors Bruce…
GRAND FORKS CO., N.D. (KVRR) – A Manvel, North Dakota man is hurt after rear-ending a snowplow on Interstate 29 one mile north of Grand Forks. The Highway Patrol says around 4:40 Tuesday afternoon the plow was heading north in a convoy clearing snow from the highway when it was struck from behind by a SUV. The driver, 48-year-old Jeffrey…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder of his Grand Forks roommate. On Saturday officers responded to an apartment on the 17 hundred block of Cottonwood Street and found a man suffering from a stab wound to his neck. He was taken to Altru Hospital. Twenty-nine-year old Joshua Franklin, who was home…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A Grand Forks woman is arrested for stabbing her own father after an argument. Police say 56-year-old Ceanne Reese grabbed a knife and stabbed her father before turning the knife on herself, Wednesday afternoon around 3. Officers arrived to find 82-year-old Hugh Reese had cuts to his neck and hand. The father and daughter were…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Grand Forks Fire Department says 45-year-old Derek Anderson was the victim of an accidental fire early Saturday morning. They say a smoldering cigarette ignited combustible materials, causing the fire. Grand Forks police, fire crews, and paramedics were dispatched to 21 4th Street South after a report of smoke in the complex. They found Anderson dead…
HILLSBORO, N.D. (KVRR) — A woman faces charges after leading authorities on a pursuit that ended with her crashing into two houses in Hillsboro around three this morning. Highway Patrol says 22-year-old Aneesa Villarreal-Brusegaard of Grand Forks was a passenger in a vehicle pulled over for a DUI investigation on Highway 200 near the sugar beet plant. While the male…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – A person is dead following an apartment fire in Grand Forks. Police, fire crews and paramedics were sent to 21 South 4th Street around 4:15 Saturday morning. When they arrived, they saw smoke coming from the building. Police say firefighters found a person dead inside an apartment. Authorities say their identity is unknown. Crews were…
