MAHNOMEN, CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A Thief River Falls, Minnesota man is dead after swerving into the path of an oncoming semi near Mahnomen. Norman County Sheriff’s deputies say 33-year-old Jerry Redden fled from them this afternoon after they stopped him for a welfare check on a suicidal male. The pursuit entered Mahnomen County on Highway 200 and then north…
WEBSTER, S.D. (KVRR: UPDATE 07/02/25) — Day County Sheriff’s Office is providing new details on what happened to a Minnesota State Trooper that drowned on Waubay Lake. They responded to the lake late Sunday night on a report of a female who had been boating and had gone into the water and was no longer seen. A number of agencies…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A Minnesota State Patrol trooper’s vehicle gets hit by another vehicle while heading to assist police in south Moorhead with an uncooperative person. The trooper was driving southbound on 20th Street South when they drove into the intersection of 30th Avenue South and was hit by an SUV. It happened around 10:40 a.m. and the roads…
HUTCHINSON, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – A teenaged pedestrian is hospitalized with serious injuries after being hit by a vehicle Tuesday night in Hutchinson. The Minnesota State Patrol says the 16-year-old boy from Biscay was taken to Hutchinson Hospital for treatment of life-threatening injuries. His name was not released. Troopers say a car was traveling southbound on Highway 15 when it struck…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) — A Minnesota state trooper has been charged in federal court with production of child pornography. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Jeremy Plonski was arrested and will remain in custody pending a detention hearing. He was taken to the Sherburne County Jail in Elk River, which has a contract to hold federal prisoners. The patrol says…
OTTER TAIL CO.,Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — Clay County Sheriff Mark Empting says a woman involved in a pursuit died when she crashed into the back of a semi near Fergus Falls. He says the chase with the St. Francis, Minnesota woman began in Grant County in western Minnesota on Monday. The crash happened on I-94 southeast of Fergus Falls last night…
UPDATE: Woman’s name released: Corienne Marie Jacobson. MARSHALL CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A 79-year-old woman from Karlstad, Minnesota is dead after a crash with a semi on Highway 59. The crash happened in the noon hour, just northwest of Newfolden. Minnesota State Patrol says the woman was driving south when she collided with the northbound semi. The semi driver, 64-year-old…
Cole MeadowsMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – A driver in a stolen vehicle is arrested after a brief afternoon pursuit east of Moorhead. Sheriff Mark Empting says deputies and Minnesota State Patrol were tracking a stolen car that was wanted for a burglary in Anoka, Minnesota. The driver spotted a deputy near mile marker 12 on I-94 and accelerated. Two sets of…
(UPDATE) Minnesota State Patrol has released the name of the Ottertail man who died in a crash near Otter Tail Lake Sunday afternoon. They say 69-year-old Gordon Rud’s vehicle left Highway 78 and rolled. It came to a rest on its roof and Rud died at the scene. He was wearing a seatbelt. OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Minnesota…
NORMAN CO., Minn. (KVRR/KFGO)– An off-duty Norman County Sheriff’s deputy was seriously hurt after being hit by a vehicle while checking on his dog that had just been hit by a different vehicle. It happened just before 11 p.m. Thursday along County Highway 29, about 9 miles east of Twin Valley. 41-year-old Christopher Lee was crossing the highway to tend…
