RICHLAND CO. N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — There is not much left of a vehicle involved in a high-speed chase through three counties before it was abandoned and started on fire, igniting a grass fire in Richland County. The chase involving 43-year-old Mark Crompton started around 5 p.m. Wednesday near Felton, Minnesota. He led officers through Clay, Cass and Richland Counties before…
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…
KINDRED, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) – Five fire departments battled a house fire about 10 miles south of Kindred, North Dakota, Thursday evening. The fire was reported around 5:30 p.m. at 5590 Highway 18 Northwest. The first fire units on the scene found the one-story home engulfed in flames. Firefighters were able to rescue a small dog from the home. There were…
FAIRMOUNT, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — The Fairmount Fire Department received a report of a house on fire around 10:30 Saturday night in the 200 block of 2nd Street South. When the fire crew arrived, the house was fully engulfed. Fairmount Fire requested mutual aid from the Hankinson Fire Department. No one was hurt in the fire. The homeowner was home at…
RICHLAND COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – The driver of a garbage truck on his route in Richland County had to call 911 Monday, shortly after 8 a.m. to report the truck’s containment area pouring out smoke. Aaron Peterson, drove into a parking lot at the North Dakota DOT facility on 180th Avenue SE. where the truck could be safely isolated until…
RICHLAND COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) – A teen driver has serious injuries after a crash between a pickup and a semi in Richland County. Highway Patrol says 19-year-old Evan Fraedrich of Fargo was driving a pickup on Highway 46 when he rear-ended a semi that was slowing to make a turn. Fraedrich got out of the truck shortly before it caught…
RICHLAND COUNTY, ND (KFGO/KVRR) – A rural Richland County home was destroyed by fire late Sunday night. The Richland County Sheriff’s Office says the fire was reported around 10:30 p.m. at 17140 101st Street Southeast near Hankinson. When firefighters arrived, the roof of the house was fully engulfed. The State Fire Marshall’s Office is investigating to determine the cause of…
RICHLAND CO., N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — The cold weather helped keep chemicals that spilled from a derailed Canadian Pacific train from spreading very far. Emergency Management Director Brett Lambrecht says with temperatures well below freezing, the leaked chemicals remained within about 100 feet of the derailment site south of Wyndmere. Liquid asphalt and ethylene glycol from six railcars mostly hardened and…
RICHLAND CO., N.D. (KVRR) — Names are released in a double fatal crash in Richland County early Monday. Highway Patrol says 51-year-old Gerald Wolter of Mantador stopped to help 45-year-old Rory Campbell of Wahpeton after he got stuck in snow drifts on Highway 13, about a quarter mile from I-29. While the men were attaching a tow strap to the…
MOORETON, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO:UPDATE 3:20 PM 3/13/23) — Two people are dead after a multi-vehicle crash in Richland County shortly before 6 this morning, while it was still dark. Highway Patrol says a 51-year-old man from Mantador stopped to help a 45-year-old man from Wahpeton who was stuck in snow drifts on Highway 13, about a quarter mile from I-29. While…
