NEW YORK MILLS, Minn. (KVRR UPDATE 12/2) — The name of a person who was killed in a crash early last Wednesday near New York Mills has been released. Minnesota State Patrol says 55-year-old Rebecca Shahin of Sebeka was driving a vehicle that crashed at an intersection on Highway 10 with a pickup. She died at the scene. Three people…
BECKER COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — A motorcycle driver who died after fleeing from a Minnesota State Trooper Friday night has been identified. He is 25-year-old Levi Savela of Sebeka, Minnesota. Becker County Sheriff’s Office says the trooper tried to stop Savela around 6 p.m. when he took off at a high rate of speed in Burlington Township. He eventually lost…
WADENA CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Fire at an unoccupied house in Bullard Township in Wadena County is put out before it’s deemed a total loss. Crews responded around 7:30 Friday morning and arrived to find the house partially engulfed in flames. The homeowner’s vehicle was not there when emergency personnel arrived on scene. Fire departments from Staples, Verndale and Sebeka…
WADENA, Minn. (KVRR/KDLM) – Charges will not be filed against two law enforcement officers involved in a fatal shootout near Sebeka, Minn. in February. The Wadena County Attorney’s Office says after a comprehensive review of the BCA case file, criminal charges are not warranted against Sebeka Officer Jason Worm or Wadena County Deputy Troy Mayer in the February 27 deaths…
WADENA CO., Minn. — A mobile home burns after high winds take down a tree which brought down power lines in Wadena County. The fire was reported around 2:30 Tuesday morning in section 24 of Lyons Township. Deputies arrived to find several power lines down and a mobile home fully engulfed in flames along with three acres of grass and…
MENAHGA, MN (KFGO) – One person is dead after a house fire in Menahga late Wed. night. The house was fully involved when fire crews arrived. Departments from Menahga and Sebeka spent about three hours putting out the blaze. The 911 call into Wadena County dispatch came in at around 10:30 p.m. The cause of the fire is under investigation….
MENAHGA, Minn. — Numerous fire crews respond to a massive fire north of Menahga, Minnesota. The Blueberry Pines Golf Course lodge was fully engulfed in flames. Crews from Menahga, Sebeka, Park Rapids and at least four other towns all responded around 4 this afternoon. The Wadena County Sheriff’s Office issued a plea on social media for people to stay away…
GRANT COUNTY, Minn. — A Sebeka man is dead after a fatal crash in west-central Minnesota’s Grant County. Two semis collided Monday morning at the intersection of Highway’s 59 and 27, just south of Barrett. The state patrol says one of the trucks started to cross Highway 59 and pulled out in front of the second truck. That driver…
