POLK CO. Minn. (KVRR) — Polk County Sheriff’s Office now says there is no known threat to the public after the discovery of a 17-year-old girl, tied up and left on the side of a county road about 10 miles south of East Grand Forks Monday afternoon. The girl was alright after being checked by Altru Ambulance staff. She told…
POLK CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Polk County Sheriff’s Office says a 17-year-old female was found tied up along 410th Avenue Southwest in Bygland Township, south of East Grand Forks. She was found by a local resident around 4:30 Monday afternoon. The teen told deputies that she had been abducted and brought to that location. She was checked and medically cleared…
UPDATE (8PM 01/14/24) A Winger, Minnesota teen is being held in Crookston after a stabbing during a bar fight last night in McIntosh, about a half hour north of Mahnomen. Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested 19-year-old Jayden Ray in connection to the incident. They were called to Little Bobby’s Bar and Grill just after midnight and found a number of…
UPDATE 01/10/24 6:30PM: Minnesota BCA has identified the man who was shot and killed by officers as 42-year-old Lucas Gilbertson of rural East Grand Forks. The BCA is actively investigating the incident. UPDATE 01/10/24 2:45PM: Minnesota BCA says the man shot by officers in a home just south of East Grand Forks on Tuesday died at Altru Hospital. They…
MENTOR, Minn. (KVRR) — A propane leak late Monday night forced a home to be evacuated and Highway 2 to be closed for awhile in Mentor, Minnesota. The leak was reported before 11 p.m. at Solar Gas Yard. Polk County Sheriff’s Office and Mentor Fire Department determined that a 6,000 gallon propane tank was leaking. The tank was left to…
WINGER, Minn. (KVRR) — A small fire was found in a building at Lucken Trucks and Parts in Winger, Minnesota Saturday morning. Polk County Sheriff’s Office was notified about smoke coming from the building around 6:30. Winger, Erskine and Fosston Fire Departments all responded and put out the small fire within the building. There was moderate damage to the building,…
POLK CO., Minn. (KVRR) — It took crews well over an hour to free a woman trapped in a vehicle that got stuck in a culvert after running off the road near East Grand Forks. Fire crews responded around 7:30 Tuesday morning. They say 38-year-old Tonya Jensen of East Grand Forks was alert and talking as they worked to get…
NIELSVILLE, Minn. (KVRR) – 10 different fire depts. responded to a fire in Nielsville, Minn., Saturday evening. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is reporting that the fire destroyed two Quonset buildings in the 300 Block of Spokely Ave. N. The Nielsville, Climax, Crookston, Beltrami, Ada, Halstad, Shelly, Buxton, Hendrum and Perley Fire Depts. responded to the call. There were no…
POLK COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) – Authorities found a pilot dead after a plane crashed in Polk County, Minnesota. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says they responded to Hammond Township around 8:30 Tuesday night. They found an agricultural plane that had crashed info a field. Responders found the pilot dead in the plane. They were the only person in the plane….
POLK CO., Minn. (KVRR) — An overnight fire in rural Polk County destroys a home. Polk County Sheriff’s Office was contacted before 5 a.m. Sunday for a structure fire in Rosebud Township. When deputy’s arrived, the house was fully engulfed. No one was home at the time. It is considered a total loss. Minnesota State Fire Marshal is investigating the…
