October 14th KTRF Candidate Forum: School Board

Burglary Reported at TRF Business

Police received a report of a burglary at a Thief River Falls business last week.  According to the report, police received a call on October 10th saying that The Shop on Atlantic Avenue was broken into.  Police responded just after 3:30pm.                

Two Injured In Beet Truck Crash

Authorities were dispatched to a T-bone crash involving a semi and a pickup over the weekend in Huntsville Township.  According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Aurielle Webster (34) of East Grand Forks failed to yield to a semi hauling beets. Both Webster and and the driver of the semi were transported to Altru Hospital […]

Juvenile Injured in Bike/SUV Collision

A Thief River Falls area woman was cited after a juvenile on a bike was struck last month on 3rd Street.  Police say Megan Brown was cited after the 2020 Ford Explorer she was driving “turned into the intersection and collided with a child on a bike”. The juvenile was transported to hospital by TRF […]

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Whooping Cough cases on the rise

(Minneapolis, MN) –Minnesota is seeing a notable increase in whooping cough, leading to heightened hospital alerts. The most recent data shows that there have been 826 reported cases of whooping cough, the highest number in years. Health officials point to declining vaccination rates, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic, as the cause of the rising infection […]

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Student Arrested Following Threats of Violence

A student was arrested following threats of school violence at the Fertile-Beltrami School. According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office The juvenile student was arrested yesterday and there is no immediate threat at this time. Sheriff’s Officials say they are working closely with the Fertile-Beltrami School Administration. The investigation is ongoing.           […]

Weekly Drought Update

(Learfield News/Undated) — With persistent dry conditions and a near-record warm September, moderate drought has been expanding across much of Minnesota, with severe drought emerging in northern Minnesota and a small portion of southwest Minnesota. The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map shows that 97% of Minnesota has abnormally dry conditions, up from 94% last week. […]