Hundreds of Fargo area kids get free haircuts
FARGO (KFGO) -- The Salvation Army and Josef's School of Hair Design in Fargo teamed up Monday to give kids free back to school haircuts.Nearly 400 kids got free haircuts. About 50 stylists were...
View ArticleMan charged in kidnapping, murder of 5 year-old girl
WALKER, MN (KFGO) - A Coon Rapids man suspected of kidnapping and killing his co-worker’s 5 year-old daughter over the weekend has been charged with murder.25 year-old Zachary Anderson faces...
View ArticleTribal leader says oil pipeline protest "clear indication history repeats...
MORTON COUNTY, N.D. (KFGO) - One of the leaders of the protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline says it's the same old story.Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chairman Dave Archambault, says when the project...
View ArticleDalrymple: Pipeline protesters cause 'very serious' concerns
FARGO (KFGO-AM) - North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple says up to 3,000 demonstrators could show up at the site of a protest Wednesday against a $3.8 billion oil pipeline.Protesters have been gathering...
View Article2 men accused in kidnapping of girl in Valley City
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) - Two men are accused of threatening people with a gun at two Valley City residences and kidnapping a girl who later escaped.Authorities say 23-year-old Johannes Brannan, of...
View ArticleVacated judgeship in Grand Forks will remain in that city
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) - The North Dakota Supreme Court has ruled that a state district court judgeship recently vacated in Grand Forks will remain in that city.Northeast Central District Judge Debbie...
View ArticleAuthorities identify victim in Bowman motel homicide
BOWMAN, N.D. (AP) - Authorities in southwest North Dakota have identified the victim of a homicide that took place in Bowman over the weekend.Police in Bowman say the victim was 23-year-old Rhame...
View ArticleWest Fargo Public School enrollment surpasses 10,000
WEST FARGO (KFGO) - West Fargo Schools continue to see record enrollment. First day numbers show the school district reported more than 10,000 students for the first time. That's an increase of 467...
View ArticleBreckenridge names new police chief
BRECKENRIDGE, MINN. (KFGO) - The Breckenridge City Council has named a new police chief. He's Breckenridge Police Officer Kris Karlgaard, who was sworn in Monday during a special council meeting....
View ArticleVoters reject Thompson, N.D. school bond vote
THOMPSON, N.D. (KFGO) - For the fourth time in the past four years Thompson voters rejected a school expansion project. Superintendent John Maus says 52-percent of the voters supported the project but...
View ArticleDriver arrested following high speed chase
MOORHEAD (KFGO) - A high speed chase early Wednesday through parts of Clay and Wilkin Counties. The chase started on I-94 just east of Moorhead when a driver fled a state trooper who attempted to pull...
View ArticleCharges against sheriff deferred in Dilworth bar skirmish
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KFGO-AM) - A North Dakota sheriff who was charged after a confrontation at a bar in Dilworth, Minn. has reached a plea agreement. Sargent County Sheriff Travis Paeper was charged with...
View ArticleMan who operated illegal betting scheme in ND sues IRS
FARGO (KFGO-AM) - A Bloomington, Minn. man who ran an illegal sports betting scheme in North Dakota is suing the Internal Revenue Service.Gerald Greenfield clams the IRS overestimated his tax liability...
View ArticleRuling expected on Dakota Access Pipeline next month
WASHINGTON (KFGO) - A federal judge says he will decide by Sept. 9 whether to grant a request for a temporary injunction to stop construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota.Leaders of...
View ArticlePaisley Park to open for public tours Oct. 6
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Paisley Park, the private estate and studio complex of the late rock superstar Prince, will open for public tours starting Oct. 6.Bremer Trust, which is overseeing Prince's estate,...
View ArticleWF man charged with possessing child porn
Fargo, N.D. (KFGO) - Prosecutors have charged a 35-year-old West Fargo man with having child pornography.The charges say Donald Journey Jr. had child pornography on a computer and a phone and uploaded...
View Article1st unconditional release from sex offender program ordered
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ A Minnesota Supreme Court appeals panel has ordered the first full and unconditional release from the state's sex offender treatment program. Last year, a federal judge ruled that...
View ArticleUpdate: Shot fired during Moorhead disturbance
MOORHEAD (KFGO) - Moorhead police say a shot was fired during a disturbance at an apartment at 1916 18th Avenue South Thursday morning. Officers were called to a noise complaint shortly before 4 a.m....
View ArticleSheriff says some pipeline protesters want confrontation
FARGO (KFGO-AM) - A federal judge expects to rule by Sept. 9 on a request by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to stop an oil pipeline under construction. The tribe is challenging the $3.8 billion Dakota...
View ArticleFinger mystery solved in East Grand Forks
EAST GRAND FORKS (KFGO) -- Police say fingers found on a picnic table in East Grand Forks in May belonged to a man who lost them in a fireworks accident nearly a month earlier. Police say DNA results...
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