On Monday, August at approximately 11:04 a.m., the Polk County Sheriff’s Office received a report of possible explosives found at the Marvin Sorgaard residence in the City of Lengby. Mr. Sorgaard passed away in early July and family members were cleaning the property when they came across several small items of explosive ordnance. All of the items were legally obtained and Mr. Sorgaard was known to provide blasting services to farmers in the past. Most of the items appeared to be older.
The Grand Forks Regional Bomb Squad was called to assist and disposed of the items they could on site. The rest of the items of interest were seized and taken by the Grand Forks Regional Bomb Squad to be safely disposed of. There was not a large amount of ordnance located and no one was hurt during this incident.
Assisting agencies for this incident included the Grand Forks Regional Bomb Squad and Fosston Fire Department.
Polk County Sheriff Helps Clear Out Explosives
