North Dakota kills early Sunday booze sales by a single vote
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) A measure that would allow North Dakotans to begin buying booze at restaurants on Sunday morning has failed by a single vote. The bipartisan measure would allow alcohol sales on...
View ArticleSpring storm to impact northern Red River Valley
FARGO (KFGO-AM) - Spring officially arrives Friday but winter's not done yet.Another clipper system is headed toward the northern Red River Valley. The National Weather Service says snow will track...
View ArticleMATBUS survey finds riders want later running routes and Sunday buses
A survey by Metropolitan Area Transit finds those riding buses in the Fargo-Moorhead area like what they see but they want more services. Transit manager Lori Van Beek says respondants are willing to...
View ArticleSupreme Court rejects appeal in Fargo murder-for-hire scheme
BISMARCK (AP) - The North Dakota Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by an Oklahoma man convicted of hiring a hit man to kill his son-in-law in North Dakota.Gene Kirkpatrick asked to have his...
View ArticleFergus Falls crash victim identified, charges anticipated against other driver
FERGUS FALLS, MN (KFGO-AM) -- Police have released the name of a woman who died in a two-car crash on the northeast side of the city Wed. night.Killed was 54 year-old Denise Kenyon of Underwood. Police...
View ArticleArrest made in NW Minnesota homicide
WARREN, MINN. (KFGO-AM) -- A Devils Lake, N.D. man has been arrested in the murder of a man at his home near Viking, northwest of Thief River Falls.Marshall County Sheriff Jason Boman says 25 year-old...
View ArticleFlakoll, 20 others apply to become ND Chancellor
BISMARCK (KFGO-AM) -- 21 people have applied to become chancellor of the North Dakota University System including a former chancellor and a lawmaker from Fargo.Republican State Sen. Tim Flakoll was the...
View ArticleAssault charge against ND schools superintendent dropped
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A simple assault charge against North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction Kirsten Baesler has been dropped.Beasler, who had pleaded not guilty to the charge, was scheduled...
View ArticleND kills measure to allow concealed-carry guns in school
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota's Senate has killed legislation that would allow concealed-carry permit holders to pack guns at schools, if officials allow it.The Senate voted 28-17 on Friday to...
View ArticleCity commission violated open meeting laws during Ternes negotiations
BISMARCK (KFGO-AM) -- The attorney general's office has concluded that the Fargo City Commission broke state open meetings laws in the process that led to the resignation of former Police Chief Keith...
View ArticleGov. signs bill to relax state's anti-corporate farming law
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Gov. Jack Dalrymple has signed a bill to exempt pork and dairy operations from the state's eight-decades-old anti-corporate farming law.Dalrymple signed the bill on Friday, after...
View ArticleHamm encouraging North Dakota residents to know flood risk
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - This spring isn't shaping up to be a big one in terms of flooding in North Dakota, but Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm is still encouraging residents to know their flood...
View ArticleComplaint details NW Minnesota murder
WARREN, MINN. (KFGO-AM) -- The criminal complaint reveals that a rural Viking man was beaten and stabbed to death in his home. The body of Ronald Foss, 64, was discovered late Tues. night.A 25 year-old...
View ArticleCass County Sheriff seeks information about stabbed dog
FARGO (KFGO-AM) - Investigators with the Cass County Sheriff's office are looking for information about a dog that was seriously injured with multiple stab wounds.Sergeant Dean Haaland says a citizen...
View ArticleBond set in NW Minnesota killing
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (KNOX) -- Bond has been set at $1-million for a 25-year old Devils Lake man charged in the death of Ronald Foss of rural Viking, Minnesota.Ray Littlewolf remains in jail in Devils...
View ArticleND group plans rally to protest corp. farm ban exemption
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) North Dakota's biggest farm group is planning a rally in Bismarck to protest the Legislature's decision to loosen the state's Depression-era ban against corporate farming.The North...
View ArticleNorth Dakota moose, elk hunting applications due this week
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) The deadline is nearing for hunters to apply for this fall's moose and elk hunting seasons in North Dakota.The state Game and Fish Department says applications must be postmarked...
View ArticleMan sentenced to nearly 13 years on methamphetamine charge
MINOT, N.D. (AP) A North Dakota man has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison a drug charge.Thirty-year-old Daniel Connelly, of Minot, pleaded guilty earlier to possession with intent to...
View ArticleND again mulls bill banning sexual discrimination
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) The North Dakota House is considering legislation that would prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation in housing, government, public services and the workplace....
View Article2 more North Dakota deer test positive for chronic wasting
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ Two more mule deer have tested positive for chronic wasting disease in North Dakota, bringing the total since 2009 to seven. The Game and Fish Department says the latest positive...
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