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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HAWLEY, MN—Two people were taken to the hospital after their motorcycle collided with a sign Sunday afternoon in Hawley. The Minnesota State Patrol says a motorcycle driven by 64-year-old Jay Jansen of Fargo was westbound on US Highway 10 near 225th Street just before 5pm when the motorcycle struck a sign. Jansen and his passenger,…
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Here’s an update to a story R&J News told you this morning. The names of the two people involved in a crash between a pickup and semi truck Thursday afternoon in Mahnomen County have been released. The Minnesota State Patrol says a pickup truck driven by 49-year-old Erik Baker of Deer River was westbound on…
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A woman from Fisher was injured in a two vehicle accident Tuesday morning in Crookston. The Minnesota State Patrol says cars driven by 46-year-old Jennifer Johnson of Fosston and 38-year-old Nalin Mondor of Fisher collided at the intersection of US Highway 75 and County Road 9 at 7:25am. Mondor was taken to a Crookston hospital…
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A 14-year-old girl from Mahnomen was injured in a two-vehicle accident Wednesday afternoon in Mahnomen County. The Minnesota State Patrol says it happened at 12:33pm at the intersection of US Highway 59 and State Highway 113. A van going north on 59 driven by 39-year-old Justin Engholm of Wadena collided with a car going east…
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MAHNOMEN, MN—Here’s an update to a story R&J News told you Friday. The pedestrian who was killed early Friday morning on Highway 59 south of Mahnomen has been identified. The Minnesota State Patrol says 40-year-old Lee Edmond Defoe of Waubun was walking southbound on Highway 59 around 6:30am Friday when he was struck and killed…
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MAHNOMEN, MN—The Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that a body was found in a ditch just south of Mahnomen Friday morning….the victim of what appears to be a car vs. pedestrian crash. A release from the Sheriff’s Office says they received a report of a man lying in the ditch near the intersection of…
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A Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Deputy has been arrested for suspicion of driving while intoxicated and refusing to take a chemical test. On Tuesday afternoon, two Minnesota State Patrol Troopers responded to a call for assistance from Mahnomen County Deputy Rick Ohren of Hawley after Ohren’s pickup had gone into the ditch near Mahnomen. Ohren was…
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