CASS COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — An investigation continues into why a semi trailer caught fire Sunday morning on I-94 west of Casselton. Tom Roach with Casselton Fire Department says it happened just before 10:30 a.m. Crews were at the scene for several hours putting out smoldering contents of the trailer. Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff’s Office, and Department of Transportation…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A North Dakota DOT snowplow gets hit while clearing snow along I-94. Shortly before 1:00 this afternoon, a 23-year-old driver from Little Falls, Minnesota attempted to pass the plow in Fargo. The driver was unable to see due to flying snow and lost control. The car hit the driver’s side of the plow. The driver was…
Oscar Lee Jr.FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Moorhead man is accused of assaulting a North Dakota Highway Patrol trooper while being arrested for drunk driving in Fargo. Captain Bryan Niewind says 44-year-old Oscar Lee Jr. was stopped around 4:30 this afternoon in a parking lot in the 2500 block of 23rd Avenue South. Lee was suspected of being intoxicated and…
LOGAN COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Two men were injured in a crash near Napoleon, North Dakota after the driver lost control, ran off a road, and overturned into a creek around 10 p.m. Wednesday. North Dakota Highway Patrol says that around 10:30, emergency workers responded to a call by family members near Beaver Lake State Park. Family and emergency responders…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo man is arrested for DUI after causing a chain-reaction crash on I-94 in Fargo during evening rush hour traffic. North Dakota Highway Patrol says 40-year-old Benjamin Hannig merged onto the interstate around 5:30 p.m. and accelerated, failing to see stopped vehicles in front of him. He rear-ended one vehicle sending it crashing into another…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A 29-year-old man is in the Cass County jail, accused of stealing a vehicle and fleeing officers in Fargo Tuesday morning. The Metro Street Crimes Unit contacted the Highway Patrol after finding a vehicle that fled from troopers last week. The troopers responded to a north Fargo neighborhood where a man was sleeping in the vehicle….
Incoming ND Patrol Colonel Daniel HaugenBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Gov.-Elect Kelly Armstrong has appointed Daniel Haugen as head of the North Dakota Highway Patrol. Haugen will replace colonel Brandon Solberg, who’s retiring Nov. 30 after nearly 6 1/2 years as patrol superintendent. Haugen has been with the patrol for 24 years. He’s been field commander for the agency’s southwest region…
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A North Dakota Highway Patrol trooper and Valley City Police officer both suffered minor injuries during an arrest Tuesday. The Highway Patrol says the trooper and officer were trying to arrest 48-year-old David Compson of Valley City who has a felony warrant for terrorizing. Compson resisted and assaulted both officers. Compson was eventually taken into…
MAPLETON, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Two people were hurt in a crash two miles west of Mapleton that included three semis and an SUV Sunday night. It happened around 11:30 p.m. in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 94. The Highway Patrol says a semi lost control on the ice and jackknifed. The truck went into the median with the trailer in…
MEDINA, N.D. (KVRR) — A man is jailed in Jamestown after assaulting a trooper and county deputy on I-94 east of Medina, North Dakota Saturday afternoon. The trooper responded to a report of a reckless driver around 1:30 p.m. 37-year-old Angelo White of New Town resisted arrest and began fighting with the trooper who then called for backup. A Foster…
