WOLVERTON, MINN. (KVRR/KFGO) – There was a large fire Thursday night in Wolverton, Minnesota. The Wilkin County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call shortly before 6 p.m. on a report of a garage on fire with propane tanks located nearby at 409 1st Street. Deputies and the Sabin Fire Department responded and a short time later, the Barnesville and Christine…
WILKIN CO., Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Wolverton, Minnesota man was killed in a side-by-side UTV rollover crash in the country near his home on Friday afternoon. Wilkin County Sheriff’s Office says 64-year-old Carl Nord was driving, hit a patch of gravel, and rolled. Deputies removed Nord and attempted life-saving measures, but he was pronounced dead. Four passengers were not injured….
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) – Don Getz has sold a lot of cars, and he’s been selling them for a long time. Don has been helping people drive away in newly-purchased vehicles from Nereson Automotive in Detroit Lakes, about half of his almost seven decades in the car business. “Well I’ve been working for about 70 years. I must…
WOLVERTON, Minn. – Animal therapy is a popular alternative to traditional therapy. One farm in Minnesota is taking their equine assisted therapy program to new heights. The horse can be known as The Great Equalizer, they treat us how we treat them. Ricigliano Farms believes this makes them great therapy animals. The concept of Equine Assisted Therapy isn’t new, but the…
WOLVERTON, Minn. — An agriculture plane makes an emergency landing in a field east of Wolverton. Wilkin County Sheriff’s Office received a call that the plane’s engine had seized and it went down about a mile and a half from the town. The pilot from Colfax, North Dakota was not injured and the plane had minimal damage. However, several gallons…
Some late information that came in after the broadcast. Wolverton was named after a civil war surgeon, William Dilts Wolverton. He served for a time at Ft. Abercrombie and acquired land in the area from other soldiers that had received it as payment for service in the army. This is according to the Wolverton Centennial History Book. Categories: Town Of…
Courtesy: KFGOWILKIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA (KFGO) – A semi carrying a load of wheat was struck by a BNSF freight train south of Wolverton, Minnesota. It happened around 10:15 a.m. Tuesday on a township road, a mile east of Hwy. 75. Wilkin County Sheriff Rick Fielder tells KFGO News, the semi driver escaped injury but the trailer was destroyed in the…
WOLVERTON, Minn. – A bonfire in Wolverton, Minnesota got out of control after a man poured gas on it. The 20-year-old man suffered second degree burns to his leg. He was treated and released. Authorities say he threw the gasoline can away from a propane tank but it started two nearby shops on fire. One was destroyed, the other was…
