Essentia fires about 50 workers for refusing to get flu shot
DULUTH, Minn.- A Minnesota-based health system has fired about 50 employees who refused to get a flu shot.Essentia Health announced last month that employees would be required to get vaccinated for...
View ArticleGrand Forks pizza business robbed at gunpoint; no injuries
GRAND FORKS, N.D.- Grand Forks police are looking for two men who robbed a pizza shop at gunpoint.Authorities say the men entered the Little Caesars Pizza business shortly after 10 p.m. Monday, showed...
View ArticleOfficials mark early opening of Ward County jail project
MINOT, N.D. - A $38 million jail expansion project in Ward County is set to open ahead of schedule.A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Monday in Minot for the project that has been under construction...
View ArticleRestrictions imposed for North Dakotans hunting in Montana
BISMARCK, N.D.- The recent discovery of chronic wasting disease in deer in Montana means restrictions for North Dakotans who hunt across the border.North Dakota's Game and Fish Department is adding...
View ArticleFormer Fargo area priest accused of molesting boys arrested in Philippines
MANILA, Philippines - A Philippine official says the government is preparing to extradite a Filipino Catholic priest who is facing charges of sexually molesting two boys in two Fargo-area churches in...
View ArticleFormer Fargo City Commissioner Mike Williams to run again
FARGO (KFGO) - Mike Williams says he will run again for Fargo City Commission. Williams served three consecutive terms on the commission, the maximum allowed by city term limits before leaving the...
View ArticlePolice locate person of interest in shooting
FERGUS FALLS, MN (KFGO-KBRF) - Police have found a man they consider a person of interest in a shooting at a downtown apartment early Tues.A Grant County deputy responded to a report of a suspicious...
View ArticleDayton reaches out to Franken amid misconduct stories
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Gov. Mark Dayton says he reached out to Sen. Al Franken "on a personal level" after a swirl of allegations of improper conduct.The Democratic governor said Wednesday he has no insight...
View Article4 football players charged in attack on teammate
BLUE EARTH, Minn. - Four Blue Earth Area High School football players have been charged with an assault on a teammate that left him unconscious.The four players, ranging in age from 16 to 18, face...
View ArticleBismarck-based Guard unit might be called to Middle East
BISMARCK, N.D. - About 15 North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Bismarck-based 957th Engineer Company have been notified that they might be called to duty in the Middle East.The...
View ArticleU.S. Marshals readying to return former priest Sayasaya
FARGO (KFGO) - The U.S. Marshals Service says it could take a month or more before Fernando Sayasaya is brought back to the United States. The former Fargo Catholic Diocese priest was arrested in the...
View ArticleSenator's attorney disputes harassment claims
ST. PAUL, Minn. - An attorney for a Minnesota state senator accused of sexual harassment is raising questions about two of his accusers.Sen. Dan Schoen, a Democrat, announced Tuesday he would resign....
View ArticleTwo more women accuse Franken of sexual misconduct
MINNEAPOLIS - Two more women are alleging that Minnesota Democratic U.S. Sen. Al Franken touched their buttocks during events for his first campaign for Senate.The women spoke to Huffington Post on...
View ArticleClimate activist convicted in pipeline protest
FORT BENTON, Mont.- An activist who was trying to call attention to climate change has been found guilty of criminal charges for closing a valve on a pipeline carrying crude oil from Canada to the...
View ArticleNorth Dakota flu activity on the upswing earlier than normal
BISMARCK, N.D.- North Dakota health officials are seeing a higher-than-normal amount of flu activity for this time of year.The Health Department says it typically doesn't start seeing case numbers...
View ArticleRequests for proposals accepted for medical marijuana system
BISMARCK, N.D. - North Dakota's Health Department is accepting requests for proposals for a system to develop, maintain and monitor the state's medical marijuana program.State Health Officer Mylynn...
View ArticleBismarck-based Guard unit might be called to Middle East
BISMARCK, N.D.- About 15 North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Bismarck-based 957th Engineer Company have been notified that they might be called to duty in the Middle East.The...
View ArticleOne-fifth of Upper Midwest residents traveling for holiday
BISMARCK, N.D. - AAA is projecting that about one-fifth of residents in the region that includes the Upper Midwest will be traveling this Thanksgiving.The travel organization says the seven-state...
View ArticleGovernors association backs bid to collect online sales tax
PIERRE, S.D. - Business groups, federal lawmakers and public officials' associations have signed on to support South Dakota's legal bid to collect sales taxes from out-of-state internet retailers.South...
View Article3 defendants sentenced for roles in casino blackjack scheme
WATERTOWN, S.D. - Federal authorities say three people have been sentenced for their roles in a blackjack scheme that involved the theft of about $10,000 from a northeast South Dakota casino.U.S....
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