FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — West Nile Virus has been found in Wahpeton. The city posting on social media that a pool of mosquitoes tested positive for the virus on Monday. They are encouraging people to take extra precautions against getting bitten by mosquitoes. The virus was first found this season in Grand Forks. That city and East Grand Forks will…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Police release the identity of a man whose body was recovered from the Red River in Fargo-Moorhead last Wednesday. He is 35-year-old Casey Binfield. Authorities started getting reports from people who saw Binfield jump into the river near Dike East in Fargo early Wednesday afternoon. Numerous agencies responded to search for the man. His body…
FORMAN, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO)– A Forman, North Dakota man is arrested on drug charges after multiple search warrants were served. 63-year-old Jay Diegel is in jail in Wahpeton. Sargent County Sheriff Travis Paeper says deputies and drug task force agents found 12 pounds of marijuana, a 1/4 pound of meth, LSD, hallucinogenic mushrooms, ecstasy and marijuana wax during the search. Two…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR) — A man is arrested in Wahpeton for attempted murder after shooting a family member Saturday afternoon. Police arrested 34-year-old Shawn Lane at an apartment in north Wahpeton. The victim was found with a single gunshot wound to his chest on the ground outside the apartment building. He was taken to the hospital in Breckenridge before being…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KFGO) – A man considered a person of interest in the shooting death of another man in Wahpeton last January has now been charged in federal court with having a gun as a convicted felon. The charge replaces a similar charge filed in Richland County District Court against 33-year-old Anthony Kruger. Kruger was arrested and charged with murder…
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…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Breckenridge man is charged with murder. 33-year-old Anthony Kruger is accused of shooting 40-year-old Jeremiah Medenwald of Hankinson while he sat in a car outside Stern Sports Arena in Wahpeton. The criminal complaint says Medenwald and Kruger had been at Dakota Magic Casino prior to the shooting. The clothes Kruger was wearing at the casino…
Photo credit: Valerie NelsonWAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR) – Police have identified a man who died following a shooting Monday evening in Wahpeton. Forty-year-old Jeremiah Medenwald of Hankinson was shot in the vicinity of Loy Avenue and 11th St. N. He was taken to a Breckenridge hospital, where he died. The shooting was reported at 7:11 p.m. A shelter-in-place order went out…
Shannon Brandt (right) with attorney Mark FrieseFARGO (KVRR) – The trial for a man accused of killing 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson after a street dance in McHenry, North Dakota is being moved to Wahpeton. A judge approved a change of venue for the trial for Shannon Brandt. Brandt’s attorney, Mark Friese, says the trial is being moved because of pretrial publicity…
