Transportation, education top Dayton's to-do list
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) _ Gov. Mark Dayton is preparing to go all-in on a highway-and-transit upgrade package that could cost drivers a dime or more extra for each gallon of gas and metro shoppers a...
View ArticleSouthwest Minnesota snowmobile accident kills Otter Tail man
MONTEVIDEO, MINN. (KFGOP-AM) An Otter Tail, Minn. man has died in a snowmobile crash in Montevideo. Joshua Decock, 34, was found Friday night at the bottom of a drainage ditch. Decock was taken by...
View ArticleOne year anniversary of Casselton oil train derailment
CASSELTON, ND. (KFGO-AM) A year ago today, a train carrying Bakken crude oil derailed, spilling 400,000 gallons of crude and igniting fires and explosions about a mile from Casselton, prompting the...
View ArticleSpeed demon eludes Fargo police
FARGO (KFGO-AM) A heavy footed driver managed to escape Fargo police early Tuesday. Police followed the pickup but did not pursue the driver who fled a traffic stop on the southwest side. The last...
View ArticleFire destroys Breckenridge, Minn. home
BRECKENRIDGE, MINN. (KFGO-AM) A house in Breckenridge has been lost to fire. The blaze, at 702 10th Street North, was discovered shortly after 10 a.m. Tuesday.Fire Chief Brian Conzemius says the fire...
View ArticleSouth Dakota has first measles case since 1997
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota has its first case of measles since 1997.The State Health Department says the case is in an unvaccinated Davison County child who is younger than 5 years old. The...
View ArticleWahpeton teacher to return to the classroom
WAHPETON, N.D. (KFGO-AM) -- A teacher who was placed on leave during a child abuse investigation will be back in the classroom after the holiday break.Kelly McNary is a long-time teacher and coach. He...
View ArticleAt KFGO, big coverage plans for the Bison's trip to Frisco
FARGO -- The Mighty 790 has the Bison covered in Frisco, Texas, as North Dakota State tries for a fourth straight national championship.The flagship home of NDSU athletics will have a full complement...
View ArticleBank robbery suspect arrested in Fargo motel
FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- A Fargo man is in jail for Monday's armed robbery and kidnapping in Moorhead.Malcolm Evans, 52, was arrested as he stepped out of a motel room that police and the FBI had under...
View ArticleMarijuana Arrest in Cass County
An early morning traffic stop nets a wanted man and a lot of marijuana. A Cass County deputy arrested 34-year-old Brian Flem along I-94 around 3 a.m.The officer found over four pounds of marijuana in...
View ArticleLewis and Clark Interpretive Center offers free admission
WASHBURN, N.D. (AP) - The Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Washburn will be offering free admission for the first several weeks of 2015.The center will offer free admission from Friday through...
View ArticleCash and keys stolen from City Hall in Hebron
HEBRON, N.D. (AP) - The Morton County Sheriff's Office is investigating a burglary at Hebron's City Hall.Authorities say that someone pried open a metal door to gain access and got away with about $350...
View Article2014 building permit values in Fargo top $1B
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - Officials say building permit values in North Dakota's largest city have topped $1 billion.Jim Gilmour is planning director with the city of Fargo. He says the milestone is more than...
View ArticleND home catches on fire for 2nd time this year
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Firefighters have put out a blaze at a Bismarck home that also caught on fire last month.Bismarck Fire Department Deputy Chief Dean Meyer says that emergency personnel responded...
View ArticleMore than 8,500 in ND enroll in health insurance
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The federal government says over 8,500 North Dakota residents signed up for health insurance in the first month of the Affordable Care Act's second enrollment period.The second...
View ArticleWoman pleads not guilty in ND prostitution case
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A woman who pleaded not guilty in state court to running a prostitution parlor in Minot has now pleaded not guilty to similar charges in federal court.Thirty-two-year-old Trina...
View ArticleMinot officials work to revive parking ramp effort
MINOT, N.D. (AP) - City officials in Minot are working with a local developer to try to revive construction of two downtown parking ramps in the spring.Two parking lots were torn up in November 2013 so...
View ArticleCass County businesses hit by burglars
ARTHUR, N.D. (KFGO-AM) Authorities are investigating a series of business burglaries overnight in Cass and Traill counties.Deputy Myron Kanalis says the All Stop convenience store in Traill County,...
View ArticleIndependence Party demoted to minor-party status
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Independence Party is less mighty in the eyes of the state of Minnesota.The secretary of state's office formally informed the party's leader in a letter Tuesday that it has...
View ArticleSuspects sought in large theft case in Northeastern North Dakota
WALHALLA, N.D. (KFGO-AM) Authorities in northeastern North Dakota are investigating what may be the largest theft case in Pembina County history.A co-owner of the former ADM Ethanol Plant in Walhalla...
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