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…
POLK CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A Polk County Sheriff’s Office airboat that tipped and sank in Maple Lake in Mentor on Wednesday morning is now out of the lake. Crews removed the airboat around 8 Wednesday night with the help of LePier’s Dock and Boat Lift Service and Advanced Tire out of Crookston. They say all fluid containers were intact…
POLK CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Two people are hurt after a Polk County Sheriff’s Office airboat tips over and sinks to the bottom of Maple Lake in Mentor. It happened just after 9 a.m. Wednesday. The sheriff’s office was helping the highway department install buoys on the east shore of the lake when the boat tipped and sank. Two members…
POLK CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A lightning strike is believed to have started a fire at a Quonset in a rural area near Oklee, Minnesota. Polk County Sheriff’s Office got a report of the fire around noon on Saturday. They responded along with Oklee Fire Department and Oklee Ambulance. The fire was put out without any major damage to the…
Andre MetcalfPOLK CO., Minn. — Two people are arrested as Polk County authorities investigate the death of a woman who is believed to have overdosed on fentanyl. The sheriff’s office says 32 -year old Katie Flick of Erskine was found dead at a home 7 miles from Fertile. 29-year old George Piatkoff of Erskine was taken to the hospital in…
