SOMERSET, Wis. (AP) – A 17-year-old boy from Stillwater, Minnesota died and four other people were seriously hurt after they were stabbed while tubing down a Wisconsin river Saturday afternoon. St. Croix County Sheriff Scott Knudson said the attack happened around 3:45 p.m. Saturday near the town of Somerset, Wisconsin, which is about 35 miles east of Minneapolis. A 52-year-old…
WAUKESHA, Wis. – A jury has convicted a Fargo man of shooting two Wisconsin police officers. Twenty-five-year-old Nathanael Benton was found guilty Thursday of first-degree attempted homicide, reckless endangerment and being a felon in possession of a firearm after a three-day trial. Benton testified during the trial that he had shot someone in Fargo a week earlier, fled to Indiana…
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (FOX 9) – Chippewa Falls police say they have arrested a suspect in the killing of a 10-year-old girl, a shocking death that has rocked the small Wisconsin town. Chief Matt Kelm told reporters Tuesday evening the suspect was a juvenile who knew the victim 10-year-old Iliana “Lily” Peters. Ten-year-old Iliana “Lily” Peters was reported missing by her family…
WALSH CO., N.D. (KVRR) — A head-on crash near Ardoch, North Dakota has claimed the life of one driver. It happened around 10 Thursday morning on Highway 81, one mile from the town. North Dakota Highway Patrol says the driver of a SUV drove into the direct path of an oncoming semi on a curve in the highway. The name…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Today is National Cheese Lovers day, not to be confused with National Cheese Day which is on June 4. local businesses and cheese enthusiasts are celebrating by enjoying their favorite foods. There are over 1,400 varieties of cheese, in the United States with California and Wisconsin producing the most cheese. Dairy farms across North Dakota…
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) – The police chief in Waukesha, Wisconsin, says there were “some fatalities” when an SUV sped into Christmas parade. Chief Dan Thompson said more than 20 people were injured Sunday. Thompson said he doesn’t have an exact number of fatalities. He said a “person of interest” is in custody. A live video feed of the parade from…
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Attorneys for a North Dakota man accused of wounding two Wisconsin police officers while he was on the run from an attempted murder charge in his home state are petitioning for a jury pool from a different county. Twenty-four-year-old Nathanael Benton of Fargo has pleaded not guilty in the shootings of two Delafield police officers in November…
George TelfordWEST BEND, Wis. (KVRR/KFGO) – A Fargo man who is an inmate in a southeastern Wisconsin county jail, has been charged with killing another inmate in what the sheriff calls a “vicious, unprovoked attack.” A judge set bond at $750,0000 cash for 31-year-old George Telford of Fargo. Telford is charged with first-degree intentional homicide and battery to a prisoner….
CAMPBELL, WI — A Fargo woman is facing charges in Wisconsin after fleeing from police at speeds nearing 140 miles per hour. Prosecutors in La Crosse County charging 36-year-old Amy Torres with felony attempting to elude an officer and misdemeanor counts of possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. According to the criminal complaint, a Campbell police officer was running radar…
Aaron BeverFARGO, N.D. — One high risk sex offender in Fargo is homeless while two others have new addresses. Fargo Police say Aaron Bever has registered as homeless. The 35-year-old was convicted in 2003 in Dunn County, Wisconsin of sexual assault. Bever repeatedly sexually assaulted a 6-year old girl in an old van on his parents’ property. He is a…
