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…
BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. (KVRR) — A Breckenridge man is accused of raping a woman at an apartment building last Friday. 49-year-old Emery Hagen is charged with two felony counts of criminal sexual conduct. Police got a 911 call and arrived to yelling by a woman and a man. When they refused to open the apartment door, officers from Breckenridge and Wahpeton…
*WARNING: VIDEO IS DISTURBING* SARGENT CO., N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Forman, North Dakota teen is charged after another teen was set on fire in Sargent County last weekend. Sheriff Travis Paeper says 19-year-old Lance Tyler used a torch to light the 15-year-old male victim on fire after he was sprayed with brake cleaner at a party. It happened at a…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR) — The Wahpeton man accused in a fatal hit-and-run in October has entered not guilty pleas in court. 53-year-old Chad Olson on Monday pleaded not guilty to criminal vehicular homicide and duty in accident involving death. Olson is accused of being behind the wheel when 20-year-old Bailey Bernstein was hit while walking with her mom in Wahpeton….
CLAY COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — A Wahpeton man who was killed in a crash on Highway 75 in Clay County on Friday evening has been identified as 60-year-old Steven Tetzlaff. The crash happened around 5 p.m. at the 60th Avenue intersection in Moorhead Township. Authorities say Tetzlaff crashed into a vehicle driven by 69-year-old Linda Quam of Fargo. He was…
WHAPETON, N.D. (KVRR) – The public helps authorities find a suspect in a hit-and-run crash that left a woman with life-threatening injuries. North Dakota Highway Patrol says the crash happened around 7:40 Thursday night in the 400 block of 11th Avenue South in Wahpeton. A pickup hit a 20-year-old woman walking on the south side of the road. The driver…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR) — A trial for a Wahpeton man charged with sexually abusing a child has been canceled. On Monday, 62-year-old Robert Abell changed his plea to guilty to one count of continuous sexual abuse of a child. His trial was supposed to start next week. An arrest warrant for Abell was issued last November and he made his…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR) — More students are attending NDSCS as an alternative option to the traditional four-year university program. School officials say there are now more than 3,100 students attending NDSCS this fall compared to last year’s headcount, a 6% increase, and the most since 2013. “It’s much more affordable for students to get a two-year degree and opens up…
