North Dakota
One person dies by suicide Sunday during traffic stop in West Fargo
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WEST FARGO — One person is dead following a traffic stop in West Fargo that ended in suicide.
Around 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 11, the West Fargo Police Department conducted a felony traffic stop at the intersection of 26th Avenue South and Veterans Boulevard for probable cause relating to a domestic dispute.
After officers initiated the stop, the driver exited the vehicle and was briefly detained, according to Addie Stewart, communications manager for the City of West Fargo The passenger did not comply with the officer’s commands and got back into the vehicle. The passenger revealed then a firearm and died by suicide while officers were providing additional commands, according to Stewart.
There were no shots fired by members of the West Fargo Police Department. There were no injuries to emergency personnel or bystanders. The West Fargo Police Department previously engaged with the individual regarding a domestic dispute during the evening hours on Saturday.
The area had been blocked off while authorities investigated and dealt with the scene. It is now reopened to traffic.
This remains an ongoing investigation and no further information is available at this time, according to Stewart.
The West Fargo Police Department was assisted by the Fargo Police Department, West Fargo Fire Department and Sanford Ambulance.
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North Dakota
Homemade canoe returns to Fur Traders Rendezvous at the ND State Fair
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MINOT, N.D. (KMOT) – One of the highlights of every North Dakota State Fair is the Fur Traders Rendezvous.
A familiar face returned this year, along with a canoe he made at the fair several years ago.
The rendezvous brings fairgoers back to the time of the fur traders.
Those who take part in the rendezvous live, and even sleep, on the grounds for the duration of the fair.
Jeremy Duckwitz, who is referred to as the ‘brain tanner,’ said he carved a canoe out of a giant log back in 2016.
He said it took him all nine days of the fair, working eight hours a day to carve it.
He brought the canoe back to the fair this year to seal the cracks with his team and have it on display.
“This year I got around to sealing all the cracks with beeswax. There was a larger crack we sealed with pine pitch and wood shavings, and then the rest of it’s all linseed oil so it’s all ready to float down the Missouri River,” said Duckwitz.
Duckwitz said he plans on taking the canoe out on the river in the coming weeks.
The rendezvous is across from the state fair center on the north end of the grounds.
They’ll be open through Saturday.
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