PLUMMER, MN—A Thief River Falls man is dead after his pickup truck collided with a semi Wednesday morning on Highway 59 south of Plummer. The Minnesota State Patrol says an unnamed 18-year-old man was going south on Highway 59 just before 7am Wednesday when his pickup truck struck a northbound semi driven by 61-year-old Robert…
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Many people will be going out for New Year’s Eve tonight and law enforcement will be checking that no one is driving under the influence. Sgt. Jesse Grabow of the Minnesota State Patrol talks about the Patrol’s enforcement effort. Make sure your New Year’s Eve plans include a designated driver or another way to get…
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Traveling on Minnesota roads was treacherous during Sunday’s blizzard. Sgt. Jesse Grabow of the Minnesota State Patrol says he and his fellow state troopers were quite busy Sunday night into early Monday morning. Grabow was asked if there were any fatalities or serious injuries from those road mishaps. Grabow also reminds drivers to carry an…
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PERLEY, MN—A driver on Highway 75 in Perley might have prevented a small fire from getting bigger. Around 6pm Thursday night, a driver saw smoke coming from the Georgetown Farmer’s Elevator and called law enforcement. 19 fire departments from Minnesota and North Dakota responded and the Minnesota State Patrol briefly closed Highway 75 while firefighters…
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GLYNDON, MN—A chain reaction accident on I-94 in Glyndon involving three high profile vehicles sent three people to the hospital Tuesday night. The Minnesota State Patrol says a box truck driven by 35-year-old Joshua Allen of Raleigh, South Carolina lost control on Eastbound 94 around 9:30pm. A semi driven by 64-year-old Mark Levasseur of Alexandria…
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KARLSTAD, MN—A woman from Karlstad was injured in a one vehicle accident early Saturday morning The Minnesota State Patrol says 42-year-old Sarah Clinton of Karlstad was going south on US Highway 59 just before 3am Saturday when her vehicle went off the right side of the road and hit the side of the ditch. Clinton…
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A man from Ulen was injured Thursday night in a rollover accident near Downer. The Minnesota State Patrol says 32-year-old Cody Dean Burnside was southbound on State Highway 9 around 11:30 Thursday night near 110th Avenue South when his pickup went into the south ditch and rolled. Burnside was taken to a Fargo hospital with…
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A girl from Bagley was seriously injured in a one vehicle rollover Monday afternoon on Highway 2 near Solway. The Minnesota State Patrol says a pickup driven by 17-year-old Kali Jean Nepean of Bagley was westbound on Highway 2 shortly before 1pm, when her vehicle entered the median and rolled onto the eastbound lanes of…
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BELTRAMI, MN—A woman from Ada was taken to the hospital after her semi rolled over early Friday morning in Beltrami. The Minnesota State Patrol says 34-year-old Emily Figiel of Ada was going north on Highway 9 around 4am when her semi overturned at 440th Street. Figiel was taken to Essentia Health in Ada with non-life-threatening…
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MARSHALL COUNTY, MN—A woman from Karlstad was injured in a two vehicle collision Thursday morning in Marshall County. The Minnesota State Patrol says the accident happened just after 9am at the intersection of US Highway 59 and Marshall County Road 6. A car going south on 59 driven by 71-year-old Julie Wollin of Karlstad collided…
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