TOAD LAKE TOWNSHIP, MN – A man has suffered extensive injuries following an early morning crash in Becker County. At 4:54 A.M. on February 7, the Becker County Sheriff’s Office received a cell phone detected crash at the intersection of Co. Rd. 151 and 460th Ave., in Toad Lake Township. A deputy arrived on scene at 5:00 A.M. and located…
MENAHGA, Minn. (KVRR) — Fire breaks out in the paint room at Noffsinger North Manufacturing in Menahga, Minnesota. A worker called dispatch late yesterday afternoon to report that the building was on fire. Everyone got out safely. Fire crews from Menahga, Sebeka and Park Rapids arrived to thick, black smoke coming from a garage door with flames shooting through a…
BECKER CO., Minn. (KVRR) — The driver of a motorcycle who was killed after crashing into a U.S. Postal Service van in Becker County on Saturday has been identified as 39-year-old Travis Hanks of Menahga, Minnesota. Becker County Sheriff’s Office says the crash happened just before 3 p.m. on County Highway 40, about three miles east of Wolf Lake. The…
MENAHGA, Minn. (KVRR) – St. Patrick isn’t the only saint they’re celebrating this weekend. St. Urho is the patron saint of Finland who chased the grasshoppers out of the vineyards of ancient Finland with nothing but a few choice words. In reality, the saint and the whole story were made up by a Finnish person in Virginia, Minnesota in order…
OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — Authorities respond to a bus crash in Otter Tail County. The sheriff’s office says a Menahga school bus was on 470th Street at the County Road 19 intersection when it was hit by a truck pulling a livestock trailer shortly after 4 this afternoon. Both the bus and the truck ended up in the…
LAKE PARK, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A man was airlifted to Sanford in Fargo with serious injuries after losing control of his motorcycle on Highway 10 east of Lake Park Friday afternoon. According to the State Patrol, around 4:30, 40-year-old Charles Abbott of Menahga was passing another vehicle when he crossed the white divider, lost control of his motorcycle, and entered…
WADENA COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — A 50-year-old Menahga man suffered serious injuries in a snowmobile crash in Wadena County. According to the Sheriff’s Office, the crash happened around 2:45 p.m. Friday afternoon when emergency crews found the man lying next to his snowmobile. The man was wearing a helmet and told the emergency responders he hit a tree going around…
MINNESOTA (KVRR) — Thirty-five troopers are sworn in after successfully completing the 65th Training Academy for the Minnesota State Patrol. The graduating class has a mix of people from a traditional law enforcement background to those with a military, healthcare, real estate, sales and finance backgrounds. Representing our region is Garrett Erickson of Menahga, Mason Turman of Moorhead and Bailey…
Tuesday, the Discover Minnesota series heads to one of the most beautiful places in our region. Park Rapids has a unique downtown, with extra wide streets you can park down in the middle of. But the area is surrounded by nearly unmatched natural beauty. There are hundreds of lakes within 25 miles of Park Rapids. The city lies just…
Do you want to explore, do something epic, and run into practically no one while you’re doing it? Lakes County has a ridiculous number of crazy roadside statues towering over highways, lakes, and other random places. And it’s about the perfect social distancing activity because no one is around these works of art. So I went and saw as many…
