Justice Dept. silent on possible DAPL investigation
FARGO (KFGO) - The Justice Department is declining to say whether it plans to open a civil rights investigation into local law enforcement actions against Dakota Access Pipeline protesters.Standing...
View ArticleTwo people wanted for confronting journalists
CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) - A judge has issued arrest warrants for two Dakota Access pipeline protesters who allegedly were involved in an attack on three journalists covering the months-long protest in...
View ArticleProtesters cleared from private land, 16 arrests made
CANNON BALL, N.D. - Authorities trying to force Dakota Access protesters from a camp on private land in the path of pipeline construction fired bean bags and pepper spray and have cleared the...
View ArticleBismarck approves LGBT anti-discrimination resolution
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - City leaders in Bismarck have approved a resolution condemning discrimination in housing, employment and services based on sexual orientation or gender identity.It has no force of...
View ArticleMinnesota officials react to big premium hikes
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Gov. Mark Dayton is unveiling his plan to offset massive health insurance rate hikes for thousands of Minnesotans next year.The rough framework introduced Thursday would help...
View ArticleWahpeton man dies in car-truck collision
WAHPETON, ND (KFGO) - A 22 year-old Wahpeton man was killed Thurs. when a dump truck turned in front of the car he was driving near the MinnDak Farmers Cooperative sugar beet plant on the north of side...
View ArticleMan dies is farm accident in Dickey county
EDGELEY, N.D. (AP) - Authorities say a 59-year-old man has died in a farm accident in Dickey County. Sheriff's officials say the man was working on a stock trailer Wednesday when the trailer shifted,...
View ArticleUPDATE: 141 arrested; shootings investigated at DAPL protest
CANNON BALL, ND (KFGO) - The North Dakota Dept. of Emergency Services says there have been several reports of incidents involving firearms in the vicinity of the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. One...
View ArticleWeek of good weather helps North Dakota farmers with harvest
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - A week of ideal weather helped North Dakota farmers make progress on the harvest.The Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop report that the soybean, potato and sugar beet...
View Article$20 million highway upgrade completed in Carrington region
CARRINGTON, N.D. (AP) - A $20 million upgrade to U.S. Highway 52 in the Carrington region is complete.The project funded by state and federal money includes widening and paving of 24 miles of highway...
View ArticleBismarck approves LGBT anti-discrimination resolution
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - City leaders in Bismarck have quietly approved a resolution condemning discrimination in housing, employment and services based on sexual orientation or gender identity.It has no...
View ArticleMan dies in stock trailer accident on Dickey County farm
EDGELEY, N.D. (AP) - Authorities say a 59-year-old man has died in a farm accident in Dickey County.Sheriff's officials say the man was working on a stock trailer Wednesday when the trailer shifted,...
View ArticleResidents to have choice of 2 or more insurers on exchange
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - An analysis for The Associated Press shows people in counties across North Dakota who buy health coverage through the federal insurance marketplace will have more choices among...
View ArticleTribal Chairman urges feds to oversee DAPL law enforcement
CANNON BALL, ND (KFGO) - Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairman David Archambault wants the Justice Department to oversee the actions of law enforcement at the Dakota Access Pipeline demonstrations....
View ArticleTwo men arrested for theft, unlawful vehicle entry
Grand Forks, N.D. (KFGO) - Two men were arrested in Grand Forks Friday morning for unlawful entry into a vehicle and theft.Police received several calls from citizens reporting two suspicious males...
View ArticleFargo man arrested in Minnesota fatality
GILBERT, MINN. (KFGO) - A Fargo man has been arrested for the hit-and-run death of a pedestrian in northeastern Minnesota.57 year-old Jeffrey Airhart was driving a mini-van. The state patrol says he...
View ArticlePolice say high risk sex offender living No. Fargo
FARGO (KFGO) - A high risk sex offender who was convicted in a 1992 rape in Idaho is living in north Fargo.55 year-old David George is living at 734 College St. He served time in prison for the rape of...
View ArticleFargo man facing terrorizing charge
FARGO (KFGO) - A man accused of pulling a knife on an employee of a Fargo liquor store is facing a felony charge of terrorizing.27 year-old Abdi Abdi, who police say has no permanent address, was...
View ArticleSheriff: appropriate force was used during DAPL confrontation
MANDAN, ND (KFGO) - Morton County, ND Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier says officers used appropriate force Thursday while removing hundreds of Dakota Access pipeline protesters from private property.Standing...
View ArticleUPDATE: Complaints lead to coach investigation at Sheyenne High School
WEST FARGO, ND (KFGO) - The West Fargo Public School District is investigating allegations against the volleyball coaching staff at Sheyenne High School.Sources tell KFGO News that a number of girls...
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