Judge dismisses Dakota Access claim based on religious grounds
(WASHINGTON, DC (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday ruled against native tribes seeking to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline from moving forward on the basis that it would prevent them from practicing...
View ArticleFargo mayor and airport authority not in agreement on parking ramp
FARGO (KFGO) - Nowhere near agreement, Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney and the Municipal Airport Authority will continue to discuss a proposal to build a parking ramp at Hector International Airport. Mahoney,...
View ArticleWeather service confirms twister north of Twin Cities
Chanhassen Minn. - The National Weather Service has confirmed that it was a tornado that caused extensive damage north of the Twin Cities.Forecasters say the tornado that damaged buildings and took...
View ArticlePolice expand animal torture investigation in Moorhead
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KFGO) - Police have expanded their investigation into the torture and deaths of three cats in Moorhead.Twenty-three-year-old Jalan Greer of Moorhead was charged earlier with three...
View ArticleGov. Dayton signs Sunday liquor bill
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Come July, Minnesota liquor stores can be open on Sundays.Gov. Mark Dayton signed a bill on Tuesday repealing the decades-old ban. Minnesota liquor stores can open their doors on...
View ArticleLevy referendum passes easily in Fargo
FARGO (KFGO) - Fargo School District voters have passed a school tax levy referendum by a large margin.District leaders were hoping it would be approved saying layoffs and increased class sizes were...
View ArticleNorth Dakota reconsiders 70-year ban on parking meters
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - When a farmer was ticketed for not feeding a parking meter, he launched a one-man crusade that made North Dakota the nation's only state that bans the meters on all public...
View ArticleDriver flees after striking Fargo apartment building
FARGO (KFGO) - Fargo police are looking from the driver of a car involved in a hit-and-run with a building. The blue Pontiac Sunfire swerved off the road and struck an apartment building in the 800...
View ArticleRoad construction to begin next week in Fargo
Fargo, N.D. (KFGO) - Fargo's road construction season is coming soon."The biggest one you'll see right out of the shoot, probably the world record for the soonest start here in Fargo," said City of...
View ArticleMajor student housing and retail complex planned next to NDSU advances
FARGO - (KFGO) - The Fargo Planning Commission has approved a zoning change for a major student housing and retail project near the NDSU campus. Other changes were also approved for retail shops in...
View ArticleDepositions sought regarding 'false testimony' during Rodriguez trial
FARGO (KFGO) - A federal judge is being asked to order prosecutors in the Alfonso Rodriguez case to testify under oath about whether they knowingly presented, or failed to correct the false testimony...
View ArticleFBI announces $10K reward for murder of ND man
LANDER, Wyo. - The FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information about a July 2007 murder on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming.The agency is seeking information about whoever is...
View ArticleMinnesota Republicans aim to loosen gun laws
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota gun owners may no longer need a permit to carry in public as Republican lawmakers seek to loosen state gun laws.A House bill eliminating the state's permit-to-carry law was...
View ArticleCollin Peterson wins annual Minnesota hotdish contest
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Rep. Collin Peterson bagged his first win at the Minnesota Congressional Hotdish Off Competition with his “Right To Bear Arms Hotdish.”The special ingredient? Bear meat.“It is an...
View ArticleSouth Dakota opponents take on Keystone XL pipeline in court
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline have asked a South Dakota judge to reverse state regulators' decision last year to again authorize the portion of the project that would go...
View ArticleContractor nearly finished $1 million clean-up of pipeline protest camps
Morton County, N.D (KFGO) - The million dollar clean-up of three camps used by Dakota Access Pipeline protesters in south central North Dakota is nearly complete. A contractor hired by the U.S. Army...
View ArticleNorth Dakota lawmakers get bad news in revenue forecast
BISMARCK - North Dakota legislators who already are dealing with a massive budget shortfall have learned they have even less money to spend due to the slumping oil and agriculture economies.Newly...
View ArticleProsecutor drops charges against U of Minnesota professor
MINNEAPOLIS - Prosecutors have dropped all charges against a University of Minnesota law professor accused of sexually assaulting and stalking a woman.Fifty-four-year-old Francesco Parisi of...
View ArticleNorth Dakota House approves lifting ban on parking meters
BISMARCK - The North Dakota House has endorsed legislation that would allow cities to install parking meters on their streets if voters approve.Representatives voted 53-38 on Thursday to lift the...
View ArticleMan convicted in cartel killing loses appeal in North Dakota
FARGO - A man convicted of murder in a North Dakota drug conspiracy case tied to a major Mexican cartel has lost his appeal after asserting that his lawyers did a poor job and one of them was too...
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