LIDGERWOOD, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – The Richland County Sheriff’s Office responded to a tanker truck crash north of Lidgerwood Wednesday morning. Around 5:30 a.m., a passerby reported the truck hauling tar had rolled and the driver was trapped inside. The Lidgerwood Fire Department removed the driver from the truck and Lidgerwood Ambulance took them to St. Francis Hospital in Breckenridge. The…
HANKINSON, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Five businesses have smoke and water damage after a fire breaks out in Hankinson Friday afternoon. The Richland County Sheriff’s Office says the call came in just after 4 p.m. for smoke seen coming out of the windows at 101 1st Street Northeast. Hankinson Fire and Lidgerwood Fire responded to the scene. No one was inside…
RICHLAND COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — The man who drown in Grass Lake northwest of Lidgerwood has been identified. Richland County Sheriff’s Office says 70-year-old Randy Myhre, of Mapleton, died Sunday. Myhre’s body was found in open water after his pickup broke through the ice. Divers from Valley Water Rescue from Fargo recovered the body with assistance from the Richland County…
GALCHUTT, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Six vehicles were damaged when metal pipes fell from a semi trailer on Interstate 29 Monday night. It happened around 11:45 p.m. about five miles north of the Highway 13 interchange. The Richland County Sheriff’s Office says the semi was southbound when the driver lost control trying to avoid a deer. The semi crossed the median…
RICHLAND COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A vehicle was destroyed in a fire on Highway 127, three miles south of Wahpeton Tuesday shortly after 6:30 p.m. The caller reported the vehicle was fully engulfed in flames. First responders found the occupants were out of the vehicle and safe. The fire appears to have started in the engine compartment and was most…
Photo credit: Valerie NelsonWAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR) – Police have identified a man who died following a shooting Monday evening in Wahpeton. Forty-year-old Jeremiah Medenwald of Hankinson was shot in the vicinity of Loy Avenue and 11th St. N. He was taken to a Breckenridge hospital, where he died. The shooting was reported at 7:11 p.m. A shelter-in-place order went out…
SIDNEY, Mont. (KVRR) — There’s a search for a missing woman from Sidney, Montana. The Richland County Sheriff’s Office says 26-year-old Katelynn Berry was last seen on December 21st. It’s reported that Berry is the daughter of the assistant Grand Forks County prosecutor. The sheriff’s office says she is known to walk to a nearby convenience store often and because…
RICHLAND CO., N.D. — A rural Fairmount, North Dakota house is destroyed by fire. Numerous crews responded after getting the call around 8 Sunday morning to 9725 179th Avenue Southeast. Richland County Sheriff’s Office officials say no one was home at the time of the fire and there are no injuries. The fire spread to a nearby outbuilding and was…
WAHPETON, N.D. — The Richland County Sheriff’s Office is investigating three junked vehicles that went up in flames over the weekend. The Dwight Fire Department was called to Berger’s Body and Glass west of Wahpeton on Saturday night. The crew found three cars on fire but was able to put out the fire within minutes. No one was injured. All…
FARGO, N.D. — Around 9:30 Friday morning, the Fargo Police Department was notified of a robbery where a man came into Riddle’s Jewelry with a handgun, and forced employees to fill garbage bags with jewelry. “From what we understand, one of those employees possibly had their hands ziptied, and other employees were forced at gunpoint to take the bags of jewelry…
