GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Crews put out a fire at J.R. Simplot company in Grand Forks. Firefighters were sent around 3:45 Wednesday afternoon to the factory on Gateway Drive. The fire department says flames were smoldering inside a freezer wall next to a packaging area. Crews removed coverings from the wall and put the fire out. Investigators are on scene…
GRAND FORKS COUNTY, ND — 32 year old Samantha Wilson made her first appearance in court in the shooting death of 15 year old Jonah Borth of Grand Forks. According to the Grand Forks Sheriff’s Department, 3 other people were in the home at the time of the shooting. They include Ray Borth, father of the victim and suspect Wilson’s…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — A Grand Forks man has been given nine years in federal prison for possessing child porn. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Peter Welte sentenced 28-year-old Nicholas Bartholome to 10 years supervised release following that sentence. Bartholome was also ordered to pay $200 in special assessments to the Crime Victims’ Fund. Between August 2017 and May 2018,…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump has approved North Dakota’s request for a major disaster declaration due to fall flooding and the early snowstorm. It’ll make federal assistance available under the Federal Emergency Management Agency. An estimated $10 million in damage was done to public infrastructure from a three-day October storm and flooding. The declaration covers 16 counties: Barnes, Eddy, Foster,…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — For the second time in about a week, a vehicle drives into the path of a slow-moving train in Grand Forks. This time it was a semi driven by 31-year-old Travis Bitker of Bemidji. Police say Bitker was driving through the yard of the State Mill at the time of the crash. The BNSF train was…
GRAND FORKS, N.D.–A two-vehicle crash three miles west of Grand Forks left two people injured. The crash occurred at the intersection of 12th Avenue NE and 16th Street NE at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Police say the driver, 26-year-old Tanner Ault, and his passenger, 21-year-old Emmitt Ault, were traveling southbound when they failed to see a stop sign and…
GRAND FORKS, N.D.–Three people were arrested after fleeing from Grand Forks Police shortly before 8 p.m. on Sunday. Police attempted to stop an SUV in the 500 block of North 5th Street when the driver began to flee. The vehicle was stopped using a PIT maneuver in the 900 block of North Washington Street. Two people exited the vehicle and…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — An 87-year-old Grand Forks woman is cited after she drives in front of an oncoming train. Police were called to Demers Avenue and 42nd Street around 11 a.m. Sunday. They say Theresa Knutson’s SUV was pushed off the roadway by a slow-moving BNSF train. Knutson was taken to Altru Hospital for possible minor injuries. She was…
BADGER, Minn. — We are leaning new details about a suspected murder in Roseau County. 56-year-old Angelo Borreson was jailed on New Year’s Day for 2nd degree murder. The sheriff’s office got a call around 8 that morning to a home in Badger, Minnesota. When they arrived they found a woman dead of a gunshot wound. The name of the…
FARGO, ND — Due to weather and road conditions, all Moorhead Area Public Schools buildings will be closed on Monday, December 30, 2019. This includes all schools, transportation center, and the district office. Due to the weather and need to allow for roads and parking lots to be cleared, Fargo Public Schools will have all buildings closed until noon on Monday, December…
