FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is trying to locate a missing teen. 15-year-old Colt Long went missing from Bismarck on September 28. Authorities believe Colt could be in the Fargo, Moorhead or Wahpeton area. He is 5 feet 8 inches tall, 140 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair. If you spot Colt,…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – The state patrol will investigate a rollover where a Richland County Sheriff’s deputy suffered serious injuries north of Dwight. Sheriff Gary Ruhl says deputy Steve Nelk has broken ribs, a fractured back and other injuries. Ruhl says Nelk is hospitalized at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo and is expected to recover. Ruhl says Nelk was en…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Wahpeton veteran received a new vehicle from Progressive Insurance’s Keys to Progress giveaway. Edwin Little was one of ninety-six veterans across the country who received keys to a new vehicle. Little knew he wanted to serve the country and applied to both the Navy and Air Force. He was called to serve in the…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A judge sentences 53-year-old Chad Olson of Wahpeton to serve five years in prison in the hit-and-run death of Bailey Bernstein. Olson changed his pleas to guilty to criminal vehicular homicide and duty in accident involving death before sentencing. District Court Judge Bradley Cruff gave him 10 years on each count to be served at the…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A woman is charged in Richland County for her role in trafficking two minors. Court documents say last August, 36-year-old Ruby Martinez brought two 15-year-old girls to a hotel in Wahpeton where the victims performed sex acts on two construction workers for money or narcotics. Last month, Martinez and 31-year-old Javier Martinez brought one of the…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KFGO) – Two Wahpeton men are charged with sexually trafficking a 16-year-old girl in Wahpeton. According to court documents, Javier Martinez brought the girl to the home of Antonio Harris where Harris held the girl and repeatedly raped her over a two-week period. Investigators say Martinez brought the girl to Harris’s home knowing he would force her to…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A man was injured in an accidental shooting while inside a vehicle in a parking lot at the Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative near Wahpeton. The Richland County Sheriff’s Office says the 42-year-old victim is a contracted employee at Minn-Dak. The man was taken to St. Francis Medical Center in Breckenridge in a private vehicle and then airlifted…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR) — A false report of shots fired in Wahpeton leads to an arrest. Wahpeton Police say Brian Hauge, of Fergus Falls, called police to say shots were fired at 521 7th Avenue South around 12:45 this afternoon. A perimeter was set up around the apartment building. All people inside the building were told to shelter in place….
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR) — One man is arrested after a house fire in Wahpeton. The police department says the fire broke out before 8 p.m. Saturday night in the 500 block of 6th Street North. Adam Erickson was taken into custody for Endangering by fire or explosion. Four people live in the house but three people were in the house…
WAHPETON, ND (KFGO/KVRR) – A man was arrested after a shelter in place was issued for part of Wahpeton Friday afternoon. Police Chief Matthew Anderson says officers responded to a report that a man had assaulted a family member at a home on 3rd St. N. and pointed a gun at them. A perimeter was established. Anderson says the family…
