Dakota Access protest arrests surpass 600
BISMARCK, N.D. - The number of arrests related to protests over construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota has surpassed 600.The Morton County Sheriff's Office says 16 people were...
View ArticleObama commutes sentences for 3 North Dakota drug traffickers
FARGO (KFGO) - Three North Dakota drug traffickers are among the latest to receive a commuted prison sentence by President Obama.Alberto Chahia of Grand Forks was sentenced to life for distributing...
View ArticleBail reduction denied in Breckenridge shooting
BRECKENRIDGE, MINN. (KFGO) - A judge has refused to lower bail for a Wahpeton, ND man charged with attemped murder in a shooting at a home in Breckenridge late last month.The lawyer for 27 year-old...
View ArticlePublic Service Commissioner expects job offer from EERC
BISMARCK (KFGO) - A North Dakota Public Service Commissioner may be leaving office.Brian Kalk says he expects to be offered the job of Director of Energy Systems at the Energy and Environmental...
View ArticlePeltier supporters continue hope for clemency
MINNEAPOLIS - Supporters of convicted murderer Leonard Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison in the killing of two FBI agents in South Dakota in 1975, are hoping president Obama will grant...
View ArticleRepublican leaders object to Governor's proposed changes to home
BISMARCK - North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum wants to pay for additions such as heated garage floor to a new $5 million governor's mansion, but republican leaders say no.House Majority Leader Al...
View ArticleInjured suspect arrested in armed confrontation
MINOT, N.D. (AP) - A person injured in a shooting at a Minot trailer park has been arrested. Police were called to the Northland Trailer Park Tuesday afternoon following a report of gunshots. Officers...
View ArticleCity official misses nearly half of meetings held in 3 years
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) - A city commissioner first elected in 1990 has missed 42 percent of the meetings held by the commission in the past three years.City Commissioner Rick Morse has missed 51 of the...
View ArticleDeputy, suspect fatally shot in North Dakota
ROLLA,N.D. (KFGO) - Rolette County Sheriff Gerald Medrud has identified the deputy killed in shootout on a remote road 8 miles south of Belcourt Wednesday night as Colt Eugene Allery. The 29-year old...
View ArticleUND offering additional employee buy-outs
Grand Forks, N.D. (KFGO) - The University of North Dakota will offer another round of employee buy-outs in order to deal with additional budget cuts.The so-called "Staff Voluntary Separation Incentive...
View ArticleVC School Superintendent doesn’t support carry & conceal bill
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota) - The Valley City School District Superintendent doesn’t support a House bill that if passed, would allow a school district employee to carry a concealed firearm if they...
View ArticleFire leaves family of 7 homeless in Emerado, N.D.
EMERADO, N.D. (KFGO) - A family of seven, including 5 children, are homeless after fire gutted their home in Emerado, North Dakota. Police Chief Dan Lund says the fire was reported around 3 a.m...
View ArticleObama declines clemency for Leonard Peltier
MINNEAPOLIS - President Obama has denied a clemency request by Leonard Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison in the killing of two FBI agents in South Dakota in 1975.Peltier's attorney,...
View ArticleFire damages row of garages in Moorhead
MOORHEAD (KFGO) - Fire Thurs. afternoon heavily damaged several garages at a Moorhead apartment complex. The fire, reported shortly before 1:30, was at 3450 8th Ave. S. Asst. Fire Chief Greg Doeden...
View Article3 high school students critically hurt by pickup in Otsego
OTSEGO, Minn. - Three high school students were hit and critically injured by a pickup truck at a bus stop in Otsego.The students from Rogers High School were taken to Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids...
View ArticleSuspect sought in Fargo convenience store robbery
FARGO (KFGO) - Casey's General Store, 4301 13th Avene South in Fargo was robbed Thursday night. The white male was not armed. He demanded money and left the store on foot. Police questioned a man who...
View ArticlePipeline protest clash causes injuries, arrests
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Six police officers suffered minor injuries and one protester was taken to a hospital after a clash between law enforcement and opponents of the Dakota Access pipeline in southern...
View ArticleWilliams County fines oil transportation company
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) - Williams County officials have reinstated a fine against an oil transportation company for failing to pay fees and comply with zoning regulations while it was operating company...
View ArticleWilliston woman sentenced to 33 months on wire fraud charge
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A judge says a woman accused of embezzling more than $2.8 million from a Williston heavy equipment company must serve nearly three years in federal prison.Forty-four-year-old...
View ArticleStripper pleads guilty to running multi-state drug ring
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - A woman who prosecutors said ran a drug trafficking ring that stretched from northern Idaho to North Dakota has pleaded guilty in federal court.52-year-old Loren Michelle...
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