MAHNOMEN, Minn. (KVRR) — An evacuation order has been lifted in Mahnomen due to a fire at Waabigwan Mashkiki earlier Tuesday afternoon. White Earth Police say the evacuation order was applied to the parking lot and Highway 59 is open. Jefferson Avenue to the highway was still closed as of 3:30 p.m. They say the fire at Waabigwan Mashkiki was…
MAHNOMEN CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A Naytahwaush, Minnesota woman that was found last night bleeding from the arm and unresponsive was not the victim of a shooting, but rather sepsis. Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Office and White Earth Police say the 56-year-old woman appeared to have an entrance and exit wound similar to a gunshot wound. She died at Mahnomen Health…
MAHNOMEN CO., Minn. (KVRR) — The sheriff’s office in Mahnomen County and White Earth Police had to investigate after a crash between a BNSF train and a road grader. It happened Monday afternoon just after 4 in Island Lake Township, northeast of Mahnomen. The responding deputy determined that the road grader had not cleared the tracks in time and the…
WHITE EARTH RESERVATION (KVRR/KFGO) — Authorities believe that an ice fisherman died of carbon monoxide poisoning on Norcross Lake on White Earth Reservation. White Earth Police Department says 37-year-old Nathan Ray of Borup was found unresponsive in a fish house Saturday and died at the scene. Officers are reminding anglers to have a carbon monoxide detector in their ice shelter…
MAHNOMEN, Minn. (KVRR) — Mahnomen County deputies and White Earth police are searching for a stabbing suspect. The male victim was stabbed in the back and taken to Mahnomen Health Center just before 3 a.m. Tuesday. The victim was then flown to Fargo for treatment. The stabbing happened in the Riverland housing area east of Mahnomen. Witnesses were interviewed and…
MAHNOMEN, Minn. — A man has died after suffering a gunshot wound in Mahnomen. The sheriff says the circumstances of the shooting are still under investigation. The man was first taken to Mahnomen Health Center and later airlifted to Fargo where he died. BCA and White Earth Police are assisting with the investigation. The sheriff believes this is an isolated…
