Semi driver hauling hay uninjured after load catches fire
Grand Forks, N.D. (KFGO) - A 47-year-old Manitoba driver was able to escape uninjured after the load of hay he was hauling caught fire Thursday night near Grand Forks.The North Dakota Highway Patrol...
View ArticleOtter Tail County man arrested, charged with DWI and shooting gun
FERGUS FALLS, MINN. (KFGO)- A Richville, Minnesota man is facing a number of charges following an incident in Otter Tail County. Chief Deputy Barry Fitzgibbons tells KFGO News, deputies responded to...
View ArticleFormer Skywest flight attendant sentenced
BISMARCK, N.D. - A flight attendant accused of making bogus bomb threats on two Skywest flights in 2015 has pleaded guilty in North Dakota.Twenty-three-year-old Justin Cox-Sever said he wanted to be...
View ArticleSex offender, classified as high risk, living in Horace
HORACE, ND (KFGO) - A high risk sex offender has moved to Horace.The Cass County Sheriff's Dept. has issued a public notification on Travis Lauckner, 37. He's living at 407 Nelson Drive.Lauckner was...
View ArticleWest Fargo home lost to fire
WEST FARGO (KFGO) - Fire has gutted a home in West Fargo. The call to 940 44th Ave. SW came in shortly before noon Thurs.The fire may have started in the garage before spreading to the house. There...
View ArticleDetroit Lakes girl dies in fall in California
El Dorado County, CA (LEARFIELD) - Authorities in El Dorado County, California say a 14-year-old girl from MInnesota died Wednesday after falling nearly 50 feet while hiking in northern California.The...
View ArticleDakota Access oil pipeline begins service
BISMARCK, N.D - The $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline is officially in service.Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners announced Thursday that the line carrying North Dakota oil through South Dakota and...
View ArticleHog farm appeal headed to ND Supreme Court
BISMARCK (KFGO) - The North Dakota Supreme Court will hear an appeal later this month by a group of landowners about a lower court's ruling on a proposed 9,000 head hog farm in western Cass...
View ArticleCass County landowner calls sheriff's dept. when contractor enters his property
HORACE, ND (KFGO) - A farmer who has been fighting to keep his land from the FM Diversion says he called the sheriff's dept. Thurs. morning after the contractor came onto his property south of...
View ArticleBicylist injured, cited after being hit by car in Moorhead
MOORHEAD - (KFGO) - A bicylist was injured when he was hit by a car in the 600 block of Main Avenue in downtown Moorhead around 12:30 a.m. Friday.Police say the victim was struck when he turned in...
View ArticleWoman who escaped from State Hospital apprehended in Fargo
Fargo, N.D. - A woman who escaped from the state mental hospital in Jamestown has been apprehended in Fargo.The highway patrol says 33-year-old Desiree McKay escaped Thursday afternoon from a fenced...
View ArticleWitness fires gun in the air to break up fight - may face charge
GRAND FORKS, ND (KFGO) - A witness told Grand Forks police he broke up a fight between others by firing a shot in the air with his 9 mm pistol.It apparently worked as those involved in the fight were...
View ArticleParts of North Dakota now in moderate drought
FARGO (KCND) - The latest U.S. Drought monitor now shows about a quarter of North Dakota is in a moderate drought.State climatologist Adnan Akyuz says the state just went through a very wet six month...
View ArticleHarley-Davidson hopes to build ridership in North Dakota city
RYDER, N.D. - Harley-Davidson officials are preparing to hold an event aimed at recruiting more motorcycle riders in a North Dakota city.The motorcycle company will host its JUMPSTART Rider Experience...
View ArticleLegislature hires law firm to challenge Dayton over budget
ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Legislature is hiring a private law firm to challenge Gov. Mark Dayton's veto of its budget.Dayton zeroed out the Legislature's budget while signing the rest of a $46 billion...
View ArticleFargo PD Looking for Vehicle in Suspected Abduction
BREAKING NEWS: Fargo Police Chief Dave Todd reports an abduction - 2 adult males are wanted in the abduction of another adult male. It began in West Fargo around 1pm Friday. In Fargo, the driver of...
View ArticleMan convicted of two murders in Fargo
FARGO (KFGO) - A jury in Fargo has convicted a Fargo man in the murders of two people. Ashley Hunter was also convicted of arson by Cass County District Court jury Fri. afternoon.Hunter was charged in...
View ArticleMen arrested in reported kidnapping, victim located
FARGO (KFGO) - Police Chief Dave Todd says two men wanted for the kidnapping of another man have been arrested in Moorhead and the victim has been located in Richland County.Todd says its believed the...
View ArticleJudge blocks release of Wetterling kidnapping documents
ST. CLOUD, Minn. - A judge has blocked Monday's scheduled release of documents from the 1989 abduction and killing of Jacob Wetterling at the request of his parents.Patty and Jerry Wetterling sued for...
View ArticleWest Fargo man arrested after carfentanil found in home
West Fargo, N.D. (KFGO) - A 20-year-old West Fargo man was arrested after carfentanil was found in his home.Jesse Erickson is facing multiple charges including possession of carfentanil and other drug...
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