State apologizes for disturbing Fond du Lac burial site
DULUTH, Minn. - State transportation officials have notified members of the Fond du Lac Band that more human remains have been found at a highway construction site near Duluth.Minnesota Department of...
View ArticleNorth Dakota Drought Hotline adds online map to free service
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The North Dakota Agriculture Department is adding an online map to its Drought Hotline program.The hotline helps connect producers who need hay and those with hay to sell, or...
View ArticleWoman pleads guilty to trying to cover up truck stop killing
FARGO - A Crookston, Minnesota, woman has pleaded guilty to attempting to cover up a killing at a truck stop across the North Dakota border in Grand Forks in March 2016.Forty-two-year-old Lorie Ortiz...
View ArticleFormer 'Big Lot' manager sent to jail, ordered to pay restitution
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KFGO) - One of two men who pleaded guilty in the theft of more than $400,000 from a Moorhead car dealer will have to spend about four months in jail and pay back the money.The sentence...
View Article188 new Americans given citizenship oath at Mount Rushmore
KEYSTONE, S.D. - Mount Rushmore was the backdrop as nearly 200 people became new citizens of the United States.The U.S. District Court of South Dakota held a naturalization ceremony Thursday for 188...
View ArticleSpecial prosecutor sought for case against Fargo police officer
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KFGO) - A special prosecutor will be asked to take over the case of a Fargo police officer who is facing a domestic assault charge in Moorhead.Clay County Attorney Brian Melton says he...
View ArticlePolice officer found not guilty in Castile shooting death
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Family members of a black motorist shot dead by a Minnesota police officer last year reacted angrily to the officer being found innocent of manslaughter.Officer Jeronimo Yanez was...
View ArticleCrookston woman pleads guilty for role in murder case
Grand Forks, N.D. (KFGO) - A Crookston woman has pleaded guilty for her role in a drug-related murder in Grand Forks.Lorie Ortiz, 42, pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact to murder for attempting...
View ArticleRemains of North Dakota man killed at Pearl Harbor to return
FESSENDEN, N.D. (AP) - The remains of a North Dakota sailor who died when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor are coming home, after more than 75 years.The remains of Gunners Mate 1st Class Arthur...
View ArticleVIDEO: Appeals court backs decision in Brossart stun gun case
FARGO, N.D. - An appeals court has upheld the decision by a federal judge to throw out complaints by a rural Lakota man and his family accusing authorities of using excessive force during a June 2011...
View ArticleAuthorities identify woman who died in crash near Tower City
TOWER CITY, N.D. (AP) - Authorities have identified a woman who died in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 94 in Cass County.The Highway Patrol says 56-year-old Rogina Cusic, of Bismarck, died from...
View ArticleProtesters filled streets, blocked I-94, angry over Yanez not guilty verdict
ST. PAUL, MINN. (KFGO) -- Several thousand people marched in St. Paul Friday night, angry about the acquittal of St. Anthony Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez. Two holdouts on the jury changed their vote...
View ArticleScammer claiming to be Cass County Sheriff Paul Laney hitting the area
FARGO (KFGO) - Yet another scam making the rounds in the Fargo area. This one with an unusual twist.Someone claiming to be Cass County Sheriff Paul Laney is calling people telling them if they send...
View ArticleJudge declares mistrial in Cosby trial
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (CBS News) -- The judge in Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial declared a mistrial Saturday after jurors said they were deadlocked after five days of deliberations.The jury informed Judge...
View ArticleMan hospitalized following motorcycle crash
FARGO (KFGO) - A motorcyclist from Page, North Dakota was airlifted to Sanford Medical Center in Fargo after he crashed into a ditch near Oriska Saturday.40-year-old Danny Lindseth was heading south on...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man in Fargo ICU following drowning in Sargent County slough
UPDATE: COGSWELL, N.D. (KFGO) - Sargent County Sheriff Travis Paeper says a man pulled from Kraft Slough near Cogswell, North Dakota Sunday evening was not breathing when he was located but life saving...
View ArticleTwo vehicle crash in Steele County injures 7 people
HOPE, N.D. (KFGO) - Seven people, including 5 juveniles, were injured in a crash three miles west of Hope, North Dakota Sunday afternoon.The state patrol says an SUV collided with a pickup that was...
View ArticleHearing in ND death penalty case could last 7 days
FARGO, N.D. - A hearing in the appeal of a man sentenced to death for killing University of North Dakota student Dru Sjodin will delve into gruesome details.Attorneys for Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. are set...
View ArticleResidents frustrated with new Elbow Lake seaplane runway
ELBOW LAKE, Minn. (KBRF) - What used to be a quiet, serene lake with abundant wildlife on the outskirts of Elbow Lake, has turned very noisy and loud according to Flekkefjord Lake residents.The Elbow...
View ArticleAIM co-founder blasts decision that protects "Redskins" nickname
FARGO (KFGO) - A co-founder of the American Indian Movement says he's disappointed in the U.S. Supreme Court for ruling that that the government cannot refuse to register controversial trademarks.The...
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