Winter returning:
FARGO, ND. (KFGO AM) -- Our first significant blast of winter weather looks set to pounce on the eastern Dakotas and northwest and west-central Minnesota.And, it looks like it'll come in a couple of...
View ArticleFire destroys apartments in Fosston
FOSSTON, Minn. (KFGO AM) -- A late-night fire in Fosston, Minnesota destroyed three apartments above a chiropractic business. Firefighters say it happened around 10:30 last night.Crews were able to get...
View ArticleNo injuries in Wendell, Minn fire
WENDELL, Minn. (KFGO AM) -- A weekend fire heavily damaged a furniture and cabinet making business in Wendell, Minnesota, southeast of Fergus Falls.It's believed a spark from a grinder ignited some...
View ArticleSlippery roads keeping Minnesota State Troopers busy
MOORHEAD (KFGO-AM) -- The Minnesota State Patrol responded to more than a dozen accidents in West-Central Minnesota between 6am and 12pm Monday.State Patrol Sgt. Jesse Grabow says many drivers were...
View ArticleTruck driver accused of holding woman captive for seven months
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KFGO-AM) - An over-the-road truck driver from Salt Lake City has been charged in a bizarre kidnapping case in Moorhead, Minn.53-year-old Timothy Jay Vafeades is accused of holding a...
View ArticleMan tries to plead guilty in Fargo double homicide
FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- A judge has refused to accept a guilty plea from a man charged with a double murder in Fargo.35 year-old David Stevens wanted to plead guilty to the stabbing deaths of Ward Berg, 30...
View ArticleWinter Storm Warning for much of the KFGO listening area
FARGO, ND. (KFGO AM) -- A Winter Storm Warning is now posted from 3:00 this afternoon through 6:00 tomorrow morning for much of North Dakota, northwestern and western Minnesota.The warning includes the...
View ArticleSlippery roads, lots of crashes
FARGO, ND. (KFGO AM) -- The first real taste of Winter resulted in lot of accidents yesterday.The North Dakota Highway Patrol reported 26 crashes the Fargo area between 7:00 yesterday morning and 7:00...
View ArticleFargo man killed in crash near St. Cloud
FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- A Fargo man was killed, and another Fargo man was hurt, in a car/semi crash on I-94 near St. Cloud Monday afternoon.The Minnesota State Patrol says an east-bound semi jack-knifed and...
View ArticleWest Fargo moves to require stripper license
WEST FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- The West Fargo City Commission has approved the first reading of an ordinance requiring adult entertainers and their employers to be licensed.Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem is...
View ArticleFargo Airport receives six month extension of fire protection services from...
FARGO (kfgo-am) Fargo's Hector International Airport has received a six month extension of fire response services provided by the National Guard.The Guard has provided the protection for decades but...
View ArticleBullets spilled on freeway
FARGO (KFGO-AM) North Dakota Highway Patrol Captain Bryan Niewind says it was a first for him.A Fed-Ex truck pulling two trailers lost part its load. A door on one of the trailers opened as the rig...
View ArticleSouth Fargo development approved
FARGO, ND (KFGO AM) -- The Fargo planning commission has approved a 148 acre housing and commercial development just off I-29 and 52nd avenue south.Some living in nearby established neighborhoods say...
View ArticleFormer Fargo man shot on reservation
BELCOURT, ND. (KFGO AM) -- A former Fargo man was the victim of a fatal shooting on the Turtle Mountain Reservation.Authorities say 29-year-old Joel Sherman died in the shooting last Wednesday in...
View ArticleWinter Storm Warning until Thursday
FARGO, ND. (KFGO AM) -- A statewide Travel Alert remains in effect for North Dakota as a winter storm impacts the region through today with blowing and drifting snow that will reduce visibility and...
View ArticleND settlement proposed in Anderson Seed case
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- A Jan. 6 hearing has been scheduled at the Cass County Courthouse in Fargo on a proposed settlement in the case of a failed seed company.Mentor, Minn.-based Anderson Seed shut...
View ArticleRoads are snow covered and slippery in Minnesota
Moorhead (KFGO-AM) -- Snow covered roads are common across Minnesota. State Patrol Sgt. Jesse Grabow says I-94 is becoming pretty slippery in northwestern and west-central Minnesota. Travel is...
View ArticleGrand Forks woman injured in snowblowing accident
GRAND FORKS (KFGO-AM) -- A Grand Forks woman suffered severe injuries to her leg in a snowblower accident. Police say the 54-year old woman's husband was snowblowing when her pant's leg got caught in...
View ArticleBecker County fraud victims top 200
DETROIT LAKES, MINN. (KFGO-AM) The number of Detroit Lakes area residents who have had their credit cards and bank debit cards compromised by hackers in the past several weeks has topped 200.Police...
View ArticleKidnapping suspect captured in Moorhead was deported from Chile
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KFGO-AM) - A Utah truck driver being held on kidnapping charges in Moorhead was once deported from Chile for alleged sex crimes in the U.S.Timothy Jay Vafeades worked as an English...
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