FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — It took firefighters under a minute to rescue a woman found floating on her back in the middle of the Red River in Fargo. A passerby called 911 Saturday afternoon around 4:15 to report they had seen a person in the water near the 52nd Avenue South Convent Landing. Crews arrived in no time and went…
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) – A 13-year-old Casselton, North Dakota boy has survived a fall of nearly 100 feet at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon during a family trip. Authorities said it took emergency crews two hours to rescue Wyatt Kaufman after he slipped on a cliff Tuesday and plunged the nearly 100 feet at the…
ROSEAU CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Nine people are detained while trying to walk into the U.S. from Canada near Warroad, Minnesota overnight. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says seven people in the group were in the U.S. illegally. Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Manitoba got a distress call from one of the people in the group and they notified agents…
MORRISON CO., Minn. — Animal Humane Society is caring for dozens of animals that were rescued from unsafe living conditions in Morrison County in central Minnesota. The society rescued 56 animals including 20 dogs, 32 cats, two geckos, and two rats from a space that was described as an “overcrowded, unsanitary environment.” The animals ranged in age from a few…
FARGO (KVRR) — A man and woman were rescued from the Red River near Dike East in downtown Fargo Saturday afternoon. Authorities say their kayak overturned at 3:15 p.m. A caller reported that there were two people in the water and neither had been able to get to shore. Responders arrived a few minutes later and found the man had…
HORACE, N.D.- “At approximately 8:54 this morning, the 9-11 dispatch in Fargo received a call of a dog that was in the Sheyenne River in the town of Horace,” says Cass County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Craig Keller. “The dog was pretty much in the dead middle of the river. I’d say it was approximately 30 feet from the shoreline. 20…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The Grand Forks Fire Department responded to an apartment fire on 43rd Street North at around 9 a.m. Saturday. Fire crews found smoke coming from a window in a second floor apartment. The fire was quickly extinguished, and a dog and cat were rescued and cared for. The inside of the apartment sustained an estimated $5,000…
WEST FARGO, N.D.–The West Fargo Police Department rescued a man from a water filled ditch Tuesday morning after his vehicle went off the road. Police were called to the area of 21st Avenue West and 15th Street West at approximately 2:30 a.m. for reports of a vehicle in a ditch. When officers arrived they located the vehicle and pulled the…
FARGO, N.D. – Paul Sip came down to Fargo for the weekend for a volleyball tournament, but Mother Nature had something else in mind. Instead, Paul and his brothers decided that they had only one job in town: Rescue as many stranded or stuck people as they could. “We’ll always stop if there’s somebody on the side of the road…
GRAND FORKS, ND –A happy ending for a Grand Forks family whose dog got trapped in a storm drain. Scott and Melissa Badger called authorities about their Springer Spaniel, Kenai, around 10 Sunday morning. The dog went through the discharge grate and was unable to get out. Fire crews could hear the dog but couldn’t see him. They removed a…
