House damaged in early morning fire in Hendrum
Hendrum, MN (KFGO) - An early morning fire "substantially damaged" an unoccupied house in Hendrum, Minnesota.Norman County Sheriff Jeremy Thornton says the fire started in the attic of the home shortly...
View ArticleRugby regains trademark as North American center
RUGBY, N.D. - Rugby has regained its title of the center of North America.Hanson's Bar in Robinson snatched the title from Rugby last year because the city allowed its trademark to lapse.Rugby...
View ArticleRodriguez appeal hearing postponed until July, 2018
FARGO (KFGO) - There’s another long delay in the death penalty appeal of Alfonso Rodriguez. A mental health hearing that had been scheduled for five days in December has been postponed until July,...
View Article1st pipeline protest jail sentences in North Dakota
BISMARCK - A North Dakota man and a Rhode Island woman are the first to serve jail time in North Dakota for protesting the Dakota Access pipeline.Sixty-four-year-old Mary Redway of Providence, Rhode...
View ArticleLawmakers, governor criticize severance for closed agency
BISMARCK - Gov. Doug Burgum and some lawmakers are criticizing compensation for employees of a tobacco prevention agency that was shut down this year.The Republican-led Legislature decided the Tobacco...
View ArticleVideo: Fire destroys historic dance barn near Arthur, ND
ARTHUR, ND (KFGO) - What was known for decades as Johnson's Barn north of Arthur has been lost to fire. The blaze was fanned by gusty northwest winds. Fire depts. from Gardner, Arthur, Hunter and...
View ArticleSanford Health Plan to stay in exchange on limited basis
BISMARCK - Sanford Health Plan will offer individual health insurance coverage on the federal marketplace in North Dakota next year, but only in certain areas.Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread says...
View ArticleProfessor quits over denied Dakota Access pipeline seminars
FARGO, N.D. - A University of North Dakota journalism professor says he's quitting because the school would not let him conduct seminars on the Dakota Access oil pipeline protest.Mark Trahant says he...
View ArticlePence to tour North Dakota's nuclear weapons base
MINOT, N.D. - Vice President Mike Pence is headed for North Dakota's Minot Air Force Base, the second time in six weeks that a top Trump administration official has visited the nuclear weapons...
View ArticleFire destroys large potato warehouses in Edinburg, North Dakota
UPDATE:EDINBURG, ND (KFGO) - Fire departments from seven northeastern North Dakota communities battled fires throughout Friday morning which destroyed nearly a half-dozen large potato warehouses in the...
View ArticleCrews find body of trucker who went off bridge
DULUTH, Minn. (KFGO/KDAL) - Searchers have found the body of a truck driver who went off a bridge on Interstate 35 into the St. Louis River near Scanlon, just west of Duluth.It happened shortly after...
View ArticleAG opinion: Fargo meeting not illegal
BISMARCK (KFGO) - The attorney general's office has concluded that an Aug. 9 meeting attended by two of the three members of the state industrial commission was not a violation of open meeting...
View ArticleVice President Pence visits Minot Air Force Base
MINOT - Vice President Mike Pence is vowing that the U.S. will keep up economic and diplomatic pressure on North Korea to abandon its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.Pence spoke to airmen at...
View ArticleEmergency men's shelter closes in Bismarck after 30 years
BISMARCK - The only shelter for homeless men in Bismarck-Mandan has closed after 30 years, coinciding with the first snowflakes of the season this week.The Ruth Meiers Hospitality House closed...
View ArticleSanford Health reports major drop in opioid pills prescribed
FARGO - Sanford Health says the number of opioid pills it prescribes has fallen by almost a quarter.Sanford started analyzing its prescribing last year to direct its response to rising opioid and...
View ArticleMan arrested for stashing pipebombs in Red Lake County
RED LAKE FALLS, MN (KFGO) - An Oklee man has been arrested on charges that he had hid several pipe bombs on private property that were discovered by the landowner.Eric Reinbold, 41, is facing...
View Article2 dead in crashes on snowy, icy roads
DULUTH, Minn. - A second man has died after losing control of his sport utility vehicle on an icy Minnesota highway.Authorities say 26-year-old Alvaro A. Rodriguez of Pierz was driving a car south on...
View ArticleFargo police officer resigns, buys K-9 from city
FARGO (KFGO) - A Fargo police officer who was arrested in June after an argument with his girlfriend at his Moorhead home has resigned.Jeremiah Ferris resigned after a meeting with Police Chief Dave...
View Article2 brothers die in trailer home fire in northern Minnesota
CLEARBROOK, Minn. - Two brothers from the Twin Cities area are dead after a trailer home fire in northern Minnesota.The Clearwater County Sheriff's Office received a call about a structure fire...
View ArticlePipeline protester sent to Fargo halfway house, awaits trial
BISMARCK - A Denver woman accused of shooting at law enforcement officers during a protest against the Dakota Access pipeline has been moved to a Fargo halfway house to await trial.US Marshals were set...
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