One dead in two vehicle crash in Becker County
BECKER COUNTY, MINN. (KFGO) - A fatal crash in Becker County. It happened around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday on Highway 2.Authorities say a pickup crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with a semi. The...
View ArticleMinnesotans split on Obama performance
Minneapolis, MN (Learfield Data Services) - Minnesotans are split on how well they think President Barack Obama is doing.The Star Tribune's Minnesota Poll shows that 50-percent of state voters believe...
View ArticleUPDATE: Minnesota Fire marshal's office seeks cause of elevator fire
KENNEDY, MINN. (KFGO) - The state fire marshal is investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed the Farmers Elevator in Kennedy, in northwestern minnesota overnight.Fire chief Aaron Kirkeby says the...
View ArticleWashburn jail escape who barricaded himself charged
MANDAN, N.D. (AP) - A man who escaped from a Washburn jail over the weekend and then barricaded himself at a trailer home has been charged.Thirty-five-year-old William Lyn Rawson has been charged with...
View ArticleMV School District special election vote too close to call
TOWER CITY, ND (NewsDakota) - Once again the vote is too close to call following a special election on Tuesday that asked voters to create a centralized school for the Maple Valley School...
View ArticleAffidavit allowed for North Dakota voters lacking ID
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A federal judge in North Dakota has ruled that the state must let voters without identification cast a ballot by filing an affidavit.U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland issued the...
View ArticleProtesters disrupt ND Petroleum Council meeting
MINOT (KFGO-AM) - Dakota Access Pipeline protesters briefly interrupted a North Dakota Petroleum Council meeting in Minot Wednesday.Minot Police Capt. John Klug says about a half-dozen demonstrators...
View ArticleWoman sentenced for hiding daughters in custody dispute
Hastings, MN - A Twin Cities area woman will be on probation for six years and serve jail time after she was found guilty of hiding her two teenage daughters from their father for more than two...
View ArticleMan won't be released from Fargo jail for brother's funeral
FARGO (KFGO) - A district judge in Fargo has refused to temporarily release from jail the brother of the man accused in a stabbing rampage in St. Cloud, Minn.The brother of Dahir Adan, Abdullahi Adan,...
View ArticleUND investigates racist photo
GRAND FORKS, ND (KFGO) - University of North Dakota police and the Office of Student Rights are investigating a racist photo that was circulated on social media.The photo appears to show three white...
View ArticleNorth Dakota borrowing $6M for pipeline protest costs
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A North Dakota legislative committee has approved an emergency request to borrow $6 million to cover the cost of law enforcement related to the ongoing protest of the four-state...
View ArticleFormer judge Wefald heading campaign opposing Marsy's Law
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A former North Dakota attorney general and retired district court judge is leading an effort opposing a ballot measure that would incorporate victims' rights provisions into the...
View ArticleSuspect in custody after reported bank robbery in Bismarck
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Authorities have taken a man into custody without incident after a reported bank robbery in Bismarck.The Bismarck Police Department says formal charges are pending in the...
View ArticleDowntown Fargo routes re-opening as construction wraps up
FARGO (KFGO) - Major downtown Fargo access routes are re-opening after being closed for months because of re-construction work and new flood protection projects. City division engineer Nathan Boerboom...
View ArticleMan arrested for burglary, bit by K9
West Fargo, N.D. (KFGO) - A burglary suspect was bitten by a West Fargo Police K9 after homeowners reported seeing the man run out of their shed.West Fargo Police say around 10 a.m. Wednesday they were...
View ArticleAccused killer's malpractice lawsuit dismissed
FARGO (KFGO) - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a man waiting to go on trial for two Fargo murders.Ashley Hunter sued attorney Steve Mottinger for malpractice.The judge's order says...
View ArticleSocial media threat to shoot up Fargo high school "not valid"
FARGO (KFGO) - A student at Fargo South High School was taken to juevenile detention,charged with terrorizing, and accused of posting a message on social media that he planned to "shoot up" the school....
View ArticleMan sentenced in Becker County chase
DETROIT LAKES, MINN. (KFGO Lakes Radio) - A Mott, North Dakota, man has been placed on probation and fined for fleeing law enforcement in a stolen plumbing truck earlier this year in Detroit...
View ArticleVikings/Panthers game will be played as scheduled
FARGO (KFGO) - The NFL says Sunday's game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Carolina Panthers will go on as scheduled.The league says it's monitoring the events in Charlotte and remains in...
View ArticleMan facing 1st degree murder charge in shooting
FERGUS FALLS, MINN. (KFGO) - A grand jury has indicted a Fergus Falls man in the shooting death of his father.29 year-old Dustin Defiel is now charged with first-degree murder in the June 1st shooting...
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