Honor guard formed for North Dakotan killed during search
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - About two dozen Minneapolis area firefighters and police officers have volunteered for honor guard duties for a dive team member who died in Texas while on an emergency call and is...
View ArticleEarly morning crash in south Fargo knocks out power
FARGO (KFGO) - Fargo police are investigating a two vehicle crash early this morning at the I-29, 52nd Avenue South interchange that caused a power outage. Two cars, exiting the southbound ramp of the...
View ArticleMoorhead man injured after semi rolls near Hillsboro
Hillsboro, N.D. (KFGO) - A Moorhead man was injured after his semi rolled near Hillsboro Sunday morning.The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a semi was northbound on I-29 around 8:30 a.m. when it went...
View ArticleStolen vehicle in Grand Forks leads to chase
Grand Forks, N.D. (KFGO) - Grand Forks police along with the North Dakota Highway Patrol spent part of Sunday afternoon trying to stop the driver of a stolen car.The police department says an officer...
View ArticleFormer Grand Forks teacher sent to prison
GRAND FORKS (KFGO) - A former Grand Forks high school teacher has been sentenced to two years in prison for having a sexual relationship with a student.James Whalen,42, had pleaded guilty to sexual...
View ArticleCentury-old fuel tanks pose environmental concerns for Moorhead jail site
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KFGO) - An unusual discovery has led to environmental concerns where the new Clay County Jail and Law Enforcement Center are being built in Moorhead. Excavation crews have found two...
View ArticleProperty tax fund cut in exchange for state-funded services
BISMARCK - The North Dakota Legislature has passed a measure for the state to take over social services costs for the 53 counties under a two-year program that would eliminate counties' ability to tax...
View ArticleLiquor industry reps. say most Minnesota stores will be open Sundays
ST. PAUL (KFGO) - If you're thinking ahead to July when the restrictions are lifted for Sunday liquor sales in Minnesota, most cities with municipal liquor stores will be open. 200 cities have...
View ArticleGovernor signs bill to protect drug informants
BISMARCK - North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum has signed a measure that establishes protections for confidential drug informants.The action Monday comes more than three years after 20-year-old...
View ArticleCold soil, snow slow fieldwork across North Dakota
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - Cold soil temperatures and snow continue to slow fieldwork and spring planting across North Dakota.The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday that temperatures averaged 1 to 5...
View ArticleProperty tax fund cut in exchange for state-funded services
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The North Dakota Legislature has passed a measure for the state to take over social services costs for the 53 counties under a two-year program that would eliminate counties'...
View ArticleGrand Forks Police looking for suspect in parking lot altercation
Grand Forks, N.D. (KFGO) - Grand Forks Police are investigating an altercation between a man and a woman in the Target parking lot.The woman told police that an unknown man approached her around 10:45...
View ArticleND House rejects proposal of $1 governor salary
Bismarck, N.D. (KCND) - The North Dakota House has rejected the conference committee compromise of the Governor’s budget – over objections on Governor Burgum’s proposal that he be paid $1 per year for...
View ArticleMaple Family Dental in Horace offering exams for LEGOs
Horace, N.D. (KVRR) - Maple Family Dental in Horace is teaming up with the organization “Do It Well” to bring children who are hospitalized long term, a new set of LEGOs.Now until Friday, if you bring...
View ArticleFargo Fire Department sees record number of calls in 2016
FARGO (KFGO) - Fire Chief Steve Dirksen says 2016 was the busiest ever for the Fargo Fire Department. He told city commissioners the number of calls hit nearly 10,500. There were 243 house fires. Total...
View ArticleFM church sheltering project for homeless ending after six years.
MOORHEAD (KFGO) - The long running FM Churches Sheltering Project is going to call it quits. 30 metro churches participated in the program this past winter. With the help of hundreds of volunteers, the...
View ArticleAppeals court denies shorter sentence for Fargo drug dealer
FARGO (KFGO) - A man charged in a conspiracy to sell methamphetamine in the Fargo-Moorhead area has lost his bid for a shorter prison term.Marc Allen Cossette was sentenced to 27 years in federal...
View ArticleFirst round of interviews for West Fargo chief may begin next week
WEST FARGO (KFGO) - The first round of interviews for West Fargo police chief applicants may begin late next week. 12 people applied for the job. They include four current members of the West Fargo...
View ArticleKFGO News named Murrow winner
WASHINGTON, DC (KFGO) - KFGO News has been nominated for a National Edward R. Murrow award by the world's largest professional broadcast journalism organization.The honor, from the Radio-Television...
View ArticleLumber industry welcomes tariffs on Canadian lumber
MINNEAPOLIS - The lumber industry is supporting the Trump administration's announcement that it's imposing tariffs averaging 20 percent on softwood lumber entering the United States from Canada.The...
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