DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — The Becker County Sheriff’s Office has reported a motorcycle crash leading to life-threatening injuries. According to the sheriff’s office, they received a report of a single motorcycle crash on County Road 56, east of County Road 117 with two people injured. When emergency personnel arrived on scene, they found the driver, identified as 26-year-old Jacob Jerome…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — An inmate found dead at Cass County Jail last night has been identified as 37-year-old Alexis Phillips of Ogema, Minnesota. The sheriff’s office says Phillips died after a medical emergency. A deputy found her unresponsive shortly before 11:30 last night during a routine check. The death remains under investigation. Phillips was arrested last Friday for driving…
BECKER CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A man wanted for a murder in Pine Point in Becker County, Minnesota last month turns himself in to Los Angeles Police. Becker County Sheriff’s Office says 40-year-old Michael Croud of Ogema is awaiting extradition back to Minnesota from California. Croud is charged with 2nd degree murder and is accused of shooting 35-year-old David Hanks…
BECKER CO., Minn. (KVRR) — The search is on for a man suspected of gunning down a man in his vehicle Sunday night in the village of Pine Point, about 30 minutes northeast of Detroit Lakes. Authorities are looking for 40-year-old Michael Croud of Ogema for second-degree murder with intent. Becker County Sheriff Todd Glander says anyone who has harbored…
LAMOURE CO., N.D. (KVRR/AP) — An Ogema, Minnesota man remains behind bars in LaMoure County, North Dakota for a suspected kidnapping. Charges pending against Ryan Degroat include kidnapping, felonious restraint and terrorizing. Degroat is accused of abducting a 41-year-old woman from her mother’s home in Brown County, South Dakota Friday night. Law enforcement was able to use cell phone triangulation…
MAHNOMEN, Minn. (KVRR) — The State Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of a fire at Community Co-op Cenex in Mahnomen. The fire broke out Saturday afternoon and fire officials say it spread throughout the roof. Multiple fire departments responded to the store at the intersection of Highways 59 and 200 including Mahnomen, Waubun, Twin Lakes, Winger, Twin Valley, Ogema…
BECKER CO., Minn. — Two people working on a stalled vehicle in Becker County are the victims of a hit and run. Becker County Sheriff’s Office says 31-year-old Clifford Warren of Ogema and 56-year-old Duane Warren of White Earth were working on the vehicle on County Highway 34 around 6 Thursday night when they were hit by a vehicle. Both…
BECKER CO., Minn. — An Ogema, Minnesota man is found guilty in Becker County District Court of 2nd degree manslaughter in the shooting death of Jay Nelson. The former Lake Park police chief was hunting in November 2018 when he was shot while driving on the Yellowhead Trail in West Sugarbush Township by 56-year-old Morris Dodd Jr. Dodd previously pleaded…
BECKER CO., Minn. — An Ogema, Minnesota woman is dead after crashing her vehicle in Lake Eunice Township. Becker County Sheriff’s Office says 36-year-old Jessica Hanks was pronounced dead at the scene Saturday morning around 7. They say Hanks did not stop at the intersection of two roads, hit an embankment and came to rest in a field. The crash…
Aaron PelhamBECKER CO., MN — Authorities have arrested the driver involved in a fatal UTV crash last month in Becker County. 36-year-old Aaron Pelham of Waubun was arrested Monday and is in the Becker County Jail with formal charges pending. Pelham was driving a 1999 Mercury Marquis which crashed into a UTV driven by 27-year-old Michael Tibbetts of Ogema. He…
