North Dakota
2 children drown, 6 others injured after SUV lands in slough on I-94 by Jamestown
ELDRIDGE, N.D. — Two young boys are dead and six other people are in the hospital after an SUV went off Interstate 94 by Jamestown.
The North Dakota Highway Patrol says shortly after 5 p.m. Monday, July 15, an SUV with one adult driver and seven children was headed east when the SUV went off the interstate and then rolled into a slough.
The 1997 Suburban landed on its side in the water.
Stutsman County Sheriff Chad Kaiser says the slough is about 9 feet deep due to all the rain this summer.
The adult driver, a 30-year-old woman from Cleveland, North Dakota, was taken to a Fargo hospital with serious, but non-life threatening injuries.
One girl was also flown to a Fargo hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Four other children were taken to the hospital, but are expected to survive.
A dive team located the bodies of the two other boys after a four-hour search in the water.
They were found about 20 feet from the SUV.
Kaiser said the fire department had to drain part of the slough as it was difficult to search due to a large amount of weeds.
The highway patrol says the age range of the children was between 3 and 11.
A family member said that the two boys who were killed were 7 and 10.
Kaiser said a passerby helped one child get out of the water. It’s unclear how the others got out.
Everyone involved is related and from the Jamestown area according to police and family.
The highway patrol says it is too early to say why the SUV went off the road.
Matt Henson is an Emmy award-winning reporter/photographer/editor for WDAY. Prior to joining WDAY in 2019, Matt was the main anchor at WDAZ in Grand Forks for four years.
(KNOX) – The North Dakota Board of Higher Education is being asked to weigh in on the reconstruction of Ray Richard’s Golf Course in Grand Forks. The upgrades and deferred maintenance improvements are the result of the pending DeMers Avenue/42nd Street Underpass project.
UND sold 6.5 acres of the nine hole course to the North Dakota Department of Transportation for the grade separation. During the road construction the golf course will be realigned and reduced to a par 34 course. UND will also address underground utilities and irrigation systems. The total cost is around 4.5 million dollars.
The course will close for the 2026 and 2027 seasons. The goal is to reopen in 2028. SBHE is expected to approve the design at its April 30th meeting.
Crews are expected to begin preliminary work on the $90 million dollar underpass project this week. The initial phase will have minimal impacts to traffic on both 42nd Street and DeMers Avenue. Larger impacts are expected later this summer.
MAPLETON, N.D. (Valley News Live) – Casselton Fire responded to a shop fire in rural Mapleton on Saturday afternoon, according to Casselton Fire Chief John Hejl.
Casselton Fire was dispatched to the scene at 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Windy conditions escalated the fire before crews arrived, Hejl said.
Firefighters used defensive and offensive lines to control the fire upon arrival.
Casselton Fire was assisted by Cass County Sheriff’s Office, Casselton Ambulance, West Fargo Police Department, Davenport Fire and Mapleton Fire.
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A do not use water advisory issued by the City of Finley, North Dakota. April 2026.
FINLEY, N.D. (KFGO) – The city of Finley, North Dakota has been without potable water since Friday due to a suspected water main leak. Steele County Emergency Management says it is unclear how long it will take to restore water services in the city.
The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality says the available water in Finley has been deemed unusable for drinking, cooking, bathing and washing dishes or laundry.
The water system will need to be flushed and samples that say the water is safe will need to be collected for the water advisory to be lifted.
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