Crashes

Kimberly Soon Jim Rife, 39, died, and her 13-year-old daughter suffered life-threatening injuries. Rife ran an adult foster care and coordinated a program to help hungry students.

The Roseau County Sheriff's Office reported it conducted a precautionary evacuation to the Patch Motel in Warroad.

The Minnesota State Patrol reported alcohol was suspected to be a factor in the crash.

The Minnesota State Patrol reported the driver was not wearing a seat belt.

The Beltrami County Sheriff's Office reports the driver veered off-road through a yard before entering the Mississippi River southeast of Bemidji.

The 29-year-old man hit a tree on a sharp corner. Another snowmobiler died on the trail in February.

Authorities reported alcohol is believed to have been a factor. The building was determined to be unstable and unsafe in the immediate area of the crash.

Cody Teie, 33, died in a crash in Gentilly, east of Crookston, on Feb. 28, 2026.

The crash on Highway 169 is the state’s deadliest in nearly three years, and the second in that area that occurred this week.

A 57-year-old man from the south metro was killed after two snowmobiles collided on the Arrowhead Snowmobile Trail on Feb. 3, 2026.