North Dakota to get $96,000 in life insurance settlements
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm says the state is getting more than $96,000 as part of multi-state life insurance settlements with Guardian Life and Pacific Life....
View ArticleND House kills bill for secret chancellor discussions
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) North Dakota's House has killed a measure that would have allowed the Board of Higher Education to hold discussions in secret on the hiring and firing of a university system...
View ArticleRacist graffiti found in Grand Forks
GRAND FORKS (KFGO-AM) -- Hate speech directed toward Somalis was found on a strip mall wall on South Washington in Grand Forks.The words "Somalia" and a racist slur were spray painted in large letters...
View ArticleCharges filed in fatal crash in Fergus Falls
FERGUS FALLS (KFGO-AM) -- Charges have been filed in a fatal crash in Fergus Falls last Wednesday. Dianne Conn, 69, of Fergus Falls is charged with criminal vehicular homicide in the death of a...
View ArticleComing soon to Moorhead: sidewalk poetry
MOORHEAD (KFGO-AM) - Questions remain but most Moorhead City Council members appear to support a proposal to imprint poetry written by local residents into new sidewalks planned for replacement this...
View ArticleMan not guilty in death of girlfriend in Otter Tail County
PELICAN RAPIDS (KFGO-AM) -- A Florida man has been found not guilty in the death of his girlfriend who died after their car ended up in an Otter Tail County lake.David Hamil, 42, was facing criminal...
View ArticleSearch underway for Becker County woman missing for months
DETROIT LAKES (KFGO-AM) - Search teams are covering rugged terrain 16 miles northeast of Detroit Lakes, looking for Melissa Eagleshield. She disappeared October 2nd, last seen near her home at Island...
View ArticleFargo's Downtown Community Partnership endorses installation of more security...
FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- A survey finds support for more surveillance cameras in downtown Fargo.The Downtown Community Partnership found nearly 75% of the 71 responses returned by DCP members support...
View ArticleWagner says city hall project should be delayed
FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- City commission candidate Scott Wagner is offering an alternative to pay for a new city hall.Wagner, a former Cass County Commissioner, says a small amount of state money that the...
View ArticleFargo police looking for citizens to help with surveillance
FARGO (AP) - Fargo police are hoping to get private cameras to help with public safety.The department on Tuesday announced its participation in the SafeCam program, which allows citizens to voluntarily...
View Article2 dead in apparent shooting in Landa in northern North Dakota
BOTTINEAU, N.D. (AP) - The Bottineau County Sheriff's Office says two people are dead following an apparent shooting at a hog farm in Landa.The sheriff's office says officials found the two bodies at...
View ArticleND rig count slips to 5-year low as lawmakers craft budget
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The number of drill rigs in western North Dakota's oil patch has slipped to a five-year low with the falling price of oil.But lawmakers said Tuesday they do not know if the...
View ArticleAirspace expansion over Northern Plains gets final approval
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Federal aviation regulators have given final approval to establish an enormous bomber training area over the Northern Plains.U.S. Sen. John Thune of South Dakota said Tuesday that...
View ArticleMan accused of mailing meth packages to Grand Forks area
A San Jose, California man is accused of supplying methamphetamine to people in North Dakota.Victor Pacheco is charged in federal court with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance....
View ArticleMid-June jury trial set for Leith mayor on fire charge
Leith Mayor Ryan Schock is to stand trial June 16 on a misdemeanor charge of failing to control or report a dangerous fire.Schock has pleaded not guilty to the charge that carries a maximum punishment...
View ArticleND man who fled state fighting extradition from Arizona
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A North Dakota man who fled the state before he could be sentenced for raping a girl under the age of 15 is fighting extradition charges.Thirty-two-year-old Patrick Moore, of...
View ArticleND rig count slips to 5-year low as lawmakers craft budget
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The number of drill rigs in western North Dakota's oil patch has slipped to a five-year low with the falling price of oil.But lawmakers said Tuesday they do not know if the...
View ArticleAirspace expansion over Northern Plains gets final approval
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Federal aviation regulators have given final approval to establish an enormous bomber training area over the Northern Plains.U.S. Sen. John Thune of South Dakota said Tuesday that...
View ArticleDriver texting when car crashes in Fargo
FARGO (KFGO-AM) - A car rolled and ended up on its top after hitting an unoccupied, parked car in the 2800 block of 8th Street North in Fargo Tuesday about 6:30 p.m.Police say Jake Davis, 23, of...
View ArticleMoorhead officers reprimanded in golf course chase
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KFGO-AM) -- Four Moorhead police officers have been disciplined for breaking department policy during a wild police chase last summer on the Village Green Public Golf Course.The...
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