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Turtle Mountain Animal Rescue Holds Adoption Event in West Fargo

The organization, based in Rolette County, trekked in some adorable pups to try and help them find their forever homes.

May 24, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

Sophie jumps up, eager to meet her potential family.WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Several adorable adoptable dogs were hauled into West Fargo this weekend to give them a chance at finding a forever home – and to highlight a shelter doing great work in an underserved area. Turtle Mountain Animal Rescue is located in Rolette County, up near the Canadian…

Fargo man killed in Rolette County crash

September 15, 2023

Site Staff,

ROLETTE COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — One person is killed in a two-vehicle crash in Rolette County Thursday evening. The Highway Patrol says a pickup failed to yield at the intersection of County Road 15 and 89th Street Northeast and collided with an oncoming semi-truck pulling a loaded grain trailer. The pickup entered the west ditch and the driver, from Fargo,…

Driver Dies In Crash On Flooded Road

A Cando, North Dakota woman is dead after she lost control of her SUV on a flooded road and crashed

April 17, 2023

Site Staff,

ROLETTE COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – A Cando, North Dakota woman is dead after she lost control of her SUV on a flooded road and crashed. The Highway Patrol says the driver was traveling west from Cando on State Highway 66, which was under water from snow melt overnight. It was dark at the time. The SUV veered off the highway,…

Olds Alero Flees Hit & Run Killing 7-Year-Old Dunseith Girl

April 18, 2021

TJ Nelson,

ROLETTE CO, N.D. — A 7-year-old Dunseith girl is dead after a hit and run crash in Rolette County. North Dakota Highway Patrol tells us the girl was with other kids crossing U.S. Highway 281 Saturday afternoon near Dunseith when she was hit. The driver of a 2001 Oldsmobile Alero fled the scene. No other details about the vehicle were…

North Dakota has 13 additional Covid-19 related deaths, eight more people in hospitals

November 28, 2020

Site Staff,

BISMARCK, N.D. – North Dakota is reporting 13 more covid-related deaths, pushing the total to 915. Two of the deaths in the Sat. report were of Cass County residents, a man in his 40s and a woman in her 50s. Cass County reported 135 new positive infections. The number of people hospitalized statewide is up by eight to 317. –…

Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 hit high mark in North Dakota

North Dakota continues to lead the nation in the number of cases per capita over a two-week period.

September 28, 2020

Site Staff,

BISMARCK, ND – State health officials say hospitalizations due to illness from the coronavirus reached an new high in North Dakota with 105 people receiving treatment in medical centers. The record reported Monday comes a day after state officials met with leaders at two hospitals in Bismarck who told a governor’s task force they are nearing capacity because of COVID-19….

Murder Defendant Now Facing Weapons Charge

The 50-year-old Wootan was charged this week with the weapons felony.

September 20, 2019

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Ronald WootanROLLA, N.D.–A man awaiting trial for murder in Rolette County is now facing an additional charge of possessing a weapon in a correctional facility. According to a criminal complaint, Sheriff Nathan Gustafson says Ronald Wootan was found with “a weapon assembled out of a razor blade and other parts” while he was in the Rolette County Jail. The 50-year-old…

Active Shooter In Custody After Stand Off In Rolette County

One person is in custody after shots were fired shortly after 1:00 a.m. and an 8 hour stand off.

July 31, 2018

Site Staff,

Rolette County, ND — An active shooter situation has been resolved in Rolette County, North Dakota. According to the Rolette County Attorney on the Rolette County Sheriff’s Department Facebook page the situation played out overnight. Rolette County 911 dispatch received a call during the early morning hours Tuesday regarding an armed individual in the City of Rolette, in Rolette County….

Woman At Center Of “Silver Alert” Found Safe

76-year-old Karen Roy of Pahoa, Hawaii came upon the command post set up to search for her

June 24, 2018

TJ Nelson,

ROLETTE COUNTY, N.D. — A missing woman at the center of a Silver Alert issued Saturday has been located and is safe. 76-year-old Karen Roy of Pahoa, Hawaii came upon the command post set up to search for her Sunday morning. Roy was last seen Saturday morning at 9 a.m. at the junction of Lake Upsilon Road and Hudson Bay…

ATV Passenger Killed By SUV Identified

Crash Happened Saturday Evening Near St. John, North Dakota

September 10, 2017

TJ Nelson,

ROLETTE CO., ND — An 18-year-old woman was killed when an SUV struck a stalled all-terrain vehicle in Rolette County. The highway patrol says the crash happened around 8 p.m. Saturday near St. John. Taitum Eller of St. John was a passenger on the ATV that was being pulled by another ATV and she was killed. The driver of that…