BISMARCK, N.D. – Another North Dakota Highway Patrol officer has been charged with misdemeanor sexual assault in connection with hot tub parties in 2020. Forty-year-old Travis Skar has been accused of inappropriately touching a woman in a hot tub during a party in the summer of 2020. Former patrol officer Steven Johnson faces a misdemeanor sexual assault charge stemming from…
ROCKLAKE. N.D. – The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a man was killed when he was struck by an SUV on a highway in Towner County. Sixty-five-year-old Charles Huovinen was slouched in a lane of traffic on Highway 281 near Rocklake when he was hit about 7:30 p.m. Sunday. The driver of the SUV is a 41-year-old woman from Cando….
TOWER CITY, N.D. (KVRR) — A Bismarck man and his two daughters continue to recover at Sanford in Fargo after a deadly weekend crash. According to a CaringBridge site, 42-year-old Tim Hagerott is recovering from surgery on his pelvis. His 14-year-old daughter is still sedated after suffering a brain contusion. Doctors expect her to fully wake up in three to…
FARGO (KVRR) – A tow truck driver was seriously injured Wednesday in a head-on crash on Interstate 29, about 7 miles south of Fargo. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the crash happened after the driver of a northbound SUV lost control of his vehicle, crossed the median and hit the southbound tow truck head-on. The tow truck driver, 31-year-old…
FARGO (KVRR) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the driver of a semi was cited after the vehicle he was driving rolled over on I-94 west of Fargo. Capt. Bryan Niewind says it happened around 11:45 a.m. Tuesday, about two miles west of Mapleton. Niewind says 53-year-old Darshan Singh of Edmonton, Alberta lost control of the semi, crossed the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – The Highway Patrol says a 73 year old woman is dead and a 72 year old man is in the hospital after a crash on I-29 at the 17th Avenue South overpass in Fargo. It happened around 3:00 Monday afternoon, backing up traffic for many blocks. Authorities say an SUV hit a stopped pickup pulling a…
(North Dakota Highway Patrol)BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – Slippery road conditions are causing travel issues in portions of central North Dakota. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says an icy section of road led to a rollover crash just east of Bismarck on I-94 near the rest area. Troopers say the driver lost control, went into the ditch and rolled. The driver…
UPDATE: The North Dakota Highway Patrol identified the man who died in a crash on I-29 Tuesday as Paul Entzi of Fargo. FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – One person died in a single-vehicle crash on 19th Avenue North at the I-29 overpass in Fargo. It happened shortly after 10 p.m. Tuesday. The State Patrol says the car had exited northbound at…
BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota Highway Patrol says it’s working to improve security measures after an audit found key card access to the building hasn’t been adequately monitored. The audit found that 13 state employees who had been terminated still had active access cards. The audit also found 28 active access cards for contractors who had completed work but…
(ND Highway Patrol)BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – With law enforcement pursuits on the rise in North Dakota, the state patrol has started to use its airplane more often. There have been at least 72 pursuits so far this year. Sgt. Ryan Duletski says while the plane is based in Bismarck, it can be in the air on relatively short notice to…
