North Dakota Tribe To Drill Its Own Oil Wells
Williston, N.D. (AP) North Dakota's Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara nation is preparing to drill its own oil wells for the first time. Fort Berthold Indian Reservation currently produces about a third of...
View ArticleND Man To Advise Federal Officials On Coal Power
Bismarck, N.D. (AP) A North Dakota physicist will be advising federal officials on coal power policies following his appointment to the national coal council. Mike Jones is now part of the group that...
View ArticleCity Council Seeks To Ban Arrows, BBs In Minot
Minot, N.D. (AP) Minot officials are taking aim at backyard target shooting.A city council committee has directed the city attorney and police chief to draft an ordinance restricting projectiles. The...
View ArticleEasement Dispute Leaves Couple Without Utilities
Porcupine, N.D. (AP) An easement dispute is forcing a North Dakota elderly couple to live without water, sewer or electricity in a small trailer on the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. Douglas Skye and...
View ArticleCalifornia Man Dies In Western ND Rollover Crash
New Town, N.D. (AP) A California man is dead following a rollover accident in western North Dakota. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says 54-year-old Jack Coombs, of Azusa, California, died Saturday...
View Article58-Year-Old Inmate Dies At Cass County Jail
Fargo, N.D. (AP) A 58-year-old inmate has died at the Cass County jail. Sergeant Tara Morris with the sheriff's office says Charles Bliss died around 6:48 a.m. Sunday. Bliss was being housed at the...
View ArticleExpanded Heritage Center Opens In North Dakota
Bismarck, N.D. (AP) A revamped North Dakota Heritage Center and State Museum opened to the public Sunday. The opening coincides with the state's 125th statehood anniversary. The revamped center...
View ArticleMoorhead Police Looking For Missing Elderly Man
The Moorhead Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in looking for a missing elderly man.Richard Dale Evanson, 79, of Moorhead went missing Sunday morning.Evanson is 5'8'', 160 pounds...
View ArticleArson suspected in Moorhead apartment fire
A fire that damaged a Moorhead apartment building appears to have been set.Firefighters responded to the call around 6:30 a.m. Monday at 2408 3rd Avenue North. Fire Chief Rich Duysen says crews got a...
View ArticleSwift to play Fargodome again, tickets to go on sale Dec. 12
FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- Taylor Swift is coming back to Fargo.The seven-time grammy winner will play the Fargodome on Wednesday, Sept. 9. Ticket prices haven't been announced yet.Swift drew about 21,000 fans...
View ArticleMore than 73,000 people have voted in North Dakota
FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota officials say more than 73,000 people have voted prior to Tuesday's election.Secretary of State Al Jaeger says a total of 56,660 people voted by mail or turned in...
View ArticleMan dies of injuries suffered in rollover near Brampton, North Dakota
BRAMPTON, NORTH DAKOTA (KFGO-AM) -- Authorities are investigating a fatal crash in southeastern North Dakota.A man was ejected from a van that rolled on a gravel road near Brampton, in Sargent County,...
View ArticleWest Fargo Police arrest man on multiple charges after he flees traffic stop
WEST FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- A Fargo man was arrested after fleeing West Fargo Police during a traffic stop.Speeds hit 55 mph in a residential neighborhood.Police found the vehicle abandoned. A short time...
View ArticleCopper theft foiled by Fargo police.
FARGO (KFGO-AM) A very bold attempted theft along a busy road in Fargo. Police responded to a report of a suspicious person at the former Hooters Restaurant in the 1600 block of 38th Street...
View ArticleFather and son arrested following melee in downtown Fargo parking lot
FARGO (KFGO-AM) An argument between two groups of intoxicated people quickly turned violent in the parking lot of the Scandia Inn in downtown Fargo Sunday evening.Samuel Ortley, Junior, 20, was...
View ArticleWomen charged ND federal court with Medicare fraud
FARGO (AP) - Two women are accused in a Medicare fraud scheme involving referrals for people who needed power wheelchairs.Armenui Bezoyan and Maryann Sison are charged in federal court in North Dakota...
View ArticleWe Fest sold to radio group
DETROIT LAKES, MN (MNN) -- Townsquare Media has acquired the worlds largest country music and camping festival in Detroit Lakes.We Fest was founded in 1983 at the Soo Pass Ranch. Townsquare Media owns...
View ArticleBody found In Red River identified as missing Moorhead man
MOORHEAD (KFGO-AM) -- A body was found in the Red River Monday afternoon is that of a Moorhead man who was reported missing Sunday morning.Police Lt. Tory Jacobson says the body of 79 year-old Richard...
View Article$3.5m Needed To Fix Erosion At ND Historic Site
The State Historical Society is requesting more than $3.5 million to address an erosion problem at the Double Ditch Indian Village historical site near Bismarck. Officials say the erosion has plagued...
View ArticleElection Day Weather Should Be Pleasant In ND
North Dakotans should have a pleasant day to get out and vote, but the weather is expected to turn soon after the polls close on election day. The National Weather Service forecast calls for high...
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