Cause of OK Tire fire linked to oil burner
PERHAM, Minn. (KFGO) - A waste oil burner may have been the cause of a fire that destroyed the ok tire store in Perham, Minn.The Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office says the fire does not appear...
View ArticleMoorhead hires city manager
MOORHEAD, MN (KFGO) -Moorhead has a new city manager.The city council has voted to hire Christina Volkers, a former court system executive officer in California. Volkers was one of two finalists for...
View ArticleJames Madison defeats Bison 27-17
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - Khalid Abdullah had 180 yards rushing, added 51 yards receiving and a touchdown and James Madison snapped North Dakota State's 22-game postseason win streak with a 27-17 upset in...
View ArticleVIDEO: Burgum bypasses press to control coverage
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - North Dakota's new governor delivered his first extensive remarks on the contentious Dakota Access oil pipeline in a Facebook video that spared him having to answer questions...
View ArticleNorth Dakota overdose deaths rise 100 percent
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Drug overdose deaths have increased by 33 percent in the past five years across the country, with some states seeing jumps of nearly 200 percent.According to data from the Centers...
View ArticleGopher football team to end boycott, play holiday bowl
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The University of Minnesota football team will play in the Holiday Bowl, reversing a threat to boycott the game because of the suspension of 10 players accused of participating in a...
View ArticleSuspended players' lawyer fears they won't get fair hearing
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The attorney for 10 University of Minnesota football players suspended in connection with an alleged sexual assault says he believes his clients won't get a fair hearing.Attorney Lee...
View ArticleTrials for pipeline protesters to begin Monday
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Ten people charged with disorderly conduct during protests of the Dakota Access pipeline are the first to face trial.A joint misdemeanor trial is scheduled Monday for 10 people...
View ArticleRe-opening bridge damaged by DAPL protesters could take months
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Former North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple and Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault believe reopening a disputed bridge near the main Dakota Access pipeline protest...
View ArticleDorgan: U.S. must prosecute Russia for interfering with election
FARGO (KFGO) - Former U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) says Congress should launch a "comprehensive investigation" into Russia's attempts to interfere with the 2016 Presidential election. Dorgan is...
View ArticleWarmer temperatures returning to the Dakotas
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Warmer temperatures are returning to the Dakotas.The National Weather Service says the frigid start to the week in South Dakota will give way to temperatures as high as the 30s...
View ArticleFargo police officer assaulted inside supermarket
FARGO (KFGO) - A Fargo police officer was assaulted inside the Village West Hornbachers,1401 13th Avenue South, early Monday. Sgt. Joel Erickson says the officer attempted to stop a suspicious man on a...
View ArticleNew Rockford man sentenced for murder, attempted murder
New Rockford, N.D. (NewsDakota) – A New Rockford man was sentenced to 29 years in prison for murdering a Pingree man at a 2015 New Rockford wedding dance.David Troske, 52, plead guilty to murder and...
View ArticleRedby man dead after head-on crash near Williams, MN
WILLIAMS, MINN. (KFGO) - A Redby, Minnesota man has died in a crash near Williams in Lake of the Woods County.46 year-old Patrick Owens was driving a truck that collided with a small SUV on Hwy. 11...
View ArticleBurglary suspect arrested in Fargo
Fargo, N.D. (KFGO) - A 24-year-old man was arrested for burglary on Sunday.The Fargo Police Department says, while on patrol, an officer noticed a male who matched the description of a suspect in three...
View ArticleTwitter hoax targeted Vikings, stadium and the homeless
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Two Twitter users have admitted they started a false rumor that the Minnesota Vikings were opening their new stadium to the homeless during this weekend's extreme cold.Marketer Jake...
View ArticleMinnesota assisted-suicide conviction upheld for Final Exit
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minnesota appeals court has upheld the conviction of a national right-to-die group that was found guilty of assisting in the 2007 suicide of a Minnesota woman.Final Exit Network...
View Article1st trial of North Dakota pipeline protesters postponed
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The first trial of people charged in protests of the Dakota Access pipeline has been postponed.Ten people charged with disorderly conduct during the protests were scheduled for a...
View ArticleMinnesota electors cast 10 votes for Clinton
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota's 10 presidential electors have cast their ballots for Hillary Clinton.Clinton won the state and the electors were pledged to support her, but Monday's vote at the...
View ArticleNorth Dakota's 3 GOP presidential electors back Trump
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota's three Republican presidential electors have cast their support for Donald Trump.Some Trump opponents have responded to his victory by trying to persuade Electoral...
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