Former sect leader pleads guilty to sex assault
PINE CITY, Minn. (AP) - The leader of an isolated religious community in Minnesota has pleaded guilty to sexual assault.Under terms of the deal, Victor Barnard will serve 30 years in prison.Barnard was...
View ArticleEnvironmentalists arrested in Pembina County for tampering with oil pipeline
WALHALLA, N.D. (KFGO) - Environmental activists calling themselves "Climate Direct Action" shut down five pipelines across the U.S. Tuesday. Those pipelines, including one in Northeastern North Dakota...
View ArticleFargo police seek public's help in finding missing man
FARGO (KFGO) - The Fargo Police Department is asking for the public’s help locating a missing person.41-year old Scott Fonder was last seen this past Saturday. He's 5 feet, four inches tall, weighs 160...
View ArticleND farmer carves half mile long Trump message in grass
EDGELEY, N.D. (KFGO) - A retired North Dakota farmer may have just created the largest political sign in America. Gene Hanson of Edgeley has fashioned a half mile long, 200 foot wide message on his...
View ArticlePolice report details case of children locked in dog cage
GRAFTON, ND (KFGO) - Police reports are providing more details in the investigation of a Grafton, ND woman who locked four children in a dog cage. Jordan Nelson entered an Alford plea of guilty to...
View ArticleState says Hopkins cooling tower was source of Legionnaire's
HOPKINS, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Department of Health says it has identified the source of the outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Hopkins that sickened 23 people and caused one death.The...
View ArticleFire sprinkler keeps flames from spreading
FARGO (KFGO) - A fire sprinkler is getting credit for helping contain a fire at Beverage Wholesalers at 701 4th Ave. S. Wed. morning.Smoke was coming from the loading dock of a warehouse. Crews quickly...
View ArticleWomen charged for tampering with pipeline equipment
BAGLEY, MINN. (KFGO) - Two women from Washington state have been charged following their arrests near Clearbrook Tues. during an oil pipeline protest.50 year-old Emily Johnston and Annette Klapstein,...
View ArticleBody of missing man found near cabin
FERGUS FALLS, MINN. (KFGO) - The body of a man reported missing from his cabin southeast of Battle Lake has been found.The Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office says the body of 89 year-old Thomas Allstop...
View ArticleConstruction begins on $240 million airport at Williston
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) - The city of Williston has started construction on a $240 million airport northwest of the oil patch hub. A ground-breaking ceremony was held Monday for the project being funded...
View ArticlePlane makes successful emergency landing in Mitchell
MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) - Engine problems forced a turboprop plane flying from Minot, North Dakota, to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to make an emergency landing in the South Dakota city of Mitchell.Mitchell...
View ArticleFarmers Union seeks to intervene in corporate farming suit
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The North Dakota Farmers Union wants to enter the legal battle over the constitutionality of the state's Depression-era anti-corporate farming law.Plaintiffs including the North...
View ArticleActress faces Oct. 24 court date in Dakota Access protest
MANDAN, N.D. (AP) - Actress Shailene Woodley is scheduled to appear in a North Dakota court this month on criminal trespass and riot charges after her arrest during a protest against the Dakota Access...
View ArticleCorps files response to lawsuit over pipeline
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says in its response to a lawsuit over the Dakota Access pipeline that it followed proper procedure in evaluating permits for water crossings and...
View ArticleFlags to be flown at half-staff for Minnesota soldier killed in Afghanistan
ST. PAUL, MN (KFGO) – Governor Mark Dayton has ordered all U.S. and Minnesota flags to be flown at half-staff at all state and federal buildings in the state, from sunrise to sunset on Saturday to...
View ArticleLate entrepreneur Dahl honored with North Dakota's top award
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Gov. Jack Dalrymple is bestowing North Dakota's top honor on the late entrepreneur and business leader Eugene Dahl. The Gwinner native is the 43rd recipient of the North Dakota...
View ArticleOfficials celebrate completion of West Fargo's Main Ave. reconstruction
West Fargo (KFGO) - West Fargo celebrated the completion of the re-construction on Main Avenue. The four miles of work, done in phases, started in 2009.Grant Levi, director of the North Dakota...
View ArticleMan jailed for cutting off woman's nipples
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) - A Sioux Falls man is accused of sitting on a woman and slicing off her nipples with a pair of scissors.Police spokesman Sam Clemens says 45-year-old Tony Ledbetter attacked...
View ArticleFergus Falls man to sail Red River in half ton pumpkin
FERGUS FALLS, MINN. (KFGO) - Rick Swenson is hoping to make it into the Guinness World Records this weekend. The Fergus Falls man raises giant pumpkins. This year he plans to sail one weighing over...
View ArticleWoman dies of injuries suffered in weekend crash
ORISKA, ND (KFGO) - A Hope woman is dead after a weekend collision in Barnes County, north of Oriska.The state patrol says 88 year-old Alice Anderson has died of injuries suffered in the crash Sat....
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