Three people injured in Mahnomen County crash
WAUBUN, MINN. (KFGO) - The Minnesota State Patrol says alcohol and weather were factors in a crash that injured three people in Mahnomen County.Robin Paul of Hawley, Minnesota was driving east on...
View ArticleWard County Jail inmate dies; investigation under way
MINOT, N.D. (AP) - The North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation is investigating the death of a Ward County Jail inmate.The sheriff's office says the 24-year-old man was found unresponsive in his...
View ArticleND growers sought for second year of hemp research program
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota's Agriculture Department is seeking participants for the second year of an industrial hemp research program.Three farming operations in three counties grew 70 acres...
View ArticlePick for open Moorhead City Council seat not a done deal
MOORHEAD (KFGO) - It's back to the drawing board for the Moorhead City Council.Monday night, the council was expected to appoint Melissa Fabian to Jim Haney's open seat in the 2nd Ward. Haney is...
View ArticleHot tub suspected of causing Fargo deck fire
FARGO (KFGO) - Firefighters quickly contained a deck fire at a home in north Fargo.Battalion Chief Lee Soeth says the fire was reported around 9:20 am Tuesday at 1530 9th Street North. Soeth says the...
View ArticleSt. Paul Mayor Coleman latest to enter governor's race
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman is running for governor in 2018.The Democratic mayor made it official with a Tuesday announcement. Coleman had long been considered as a possible...
View ArticleMinneapolis man charged with rape on bus
CROOKSTON, MN (KFGO) - A Minneapolis man is accused of raping a woman on a Jefferson Lines Bus.Mohamed Ayanle is charged in Polk County with criminal sexual conduct by inducing fear of bodily...
View ArticleMan charged with kidnapping in Otter Tail County pursuit
FERGUS FALLS, MINN. (KFGO) An Ashby, Minnesota man has been charged with kidnapping, assault, false imprisonment and fleeing.32 year-old Jason Morimoto is accused following his former girlfriend on...
View ArticleTwin Cities principal arrested on child porn charges
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The principal of Chanhassen High School was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of possessing child pornography.Agents with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension arrested...
View ArticleFire destroys Perham, Minn. business
PERHAM, MINN. (KFGO) - Fire Departments from 15 communities battled a fire that destroyed OK Tire south of Perham, Minnesota late Tuesday night. First fire units on scene found the building fully...
View ArticlePayloader causes power outage in downtown Fargo.
FARGO (KFGO) - A large section of downtown Fargo went dark for over an hour Tuesday. Authorities say an outage affecting about 1800 Xcel Energy customers was caused by a payloader that struck a power...
View ArticleCramer says he was honored to be considered for energy post
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota Congressman Kevin Cramer says President-elect Donald Trump's choice of former Texas governor Rick Perry for energy secretary is a good one.Trump also considered...
View ArticleND again ranks 1st in protecting kids from tobacco
WASHINGTON (PRNewswire) - For the fourth straight year, North Dakota ranks 1st in the country in funding programs that prevent kids from smoking and help smokers quit, according to a national report...
View ArticleSuicide threat by student prompts Bismarck High School lockdown
Bismarck, N.D. (KFGO) - Bismarck's Legacy High School went into lockdown Wednesday following a potential threat outside the school. Police spokesman Sgt. Mark Buschena says the lockdown was a...
View ArticleUPDATE: Two dead in crash near Detroit Lakes
DETROIT LAKES, MN (KFGO) -Two men are dead after a head-on crash on Hwy. 59 north of Detroit Lakes.74 year-old Duane Koltes of Fargo and Bruce Vidden of Detroit Lakes, 58, both died of injuries...
View ArticleUPDATE: House explosion may been propane related
MANDAN, N.D.- (KFGO) - Two people were killed and another person was injured in a blast that leveled a home north of Mandan. Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier says a neighbor called 911 shortly...
View ArticleCancer patients sue hospital in St. Cloud
(St. Cloud, MN) -- Several former patients are suing a St. Cloud hospital.Seven cancer patients filed lawsuits claiming the Coburn Cancer Center left them over or under radiated, which caused the risk...
View ArticleFargo City Commission violated state law with secret house purchase vote
FARGO (KFGO) - North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says the Fargo City Commission violated the state's open meetings law when it secretly voted to approve a controversial deal to buy and...
View ArticleSports Bubble deflates
FARGO (KFGO) - The Sports Bubble in Fargo is down. The cold may have been a factor in the collapse of the white, cloth dome at 2671 12th Ave. S. There are no reports of injuries.
View ArticlePlea deal in Battle Lake shooting
FERGUS FALLS (KFGO/Lakes Radio) - A Battle Lake man pleaded guilty to assault as his trial was about to get underway on charges that he shot another man at a Battle Lake bar last May.48 year-old...
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