Hoeven: NRCS to change relationship with conservation groups
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) U.S. Sen. John Hoeven says the Natural Resources Conservation Service will restrict the duties of workers aligned with conservation groups and enable farm groups to also bid for...
View ArticleND OKs higher ed bill that caps tuition hikes at 2.5 percent
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) The North Dakota Legislature has passed a higher education bill that caps tuition raises at 2.5 percent for two years. Senators approved the measure Tuesday, one day after the...
View ArticleNorth Dakota Legislature agrees to buy dinosaur mummy
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) The North Dakota Legislature has agreed to pay $1.5 million to keep Dakota the duckbilled dinosaur's permanent digs in Bismarck. North Dakota's House and Senate endorsed the deal...
View ArticleNorth Dakota to pay operating costs for Welk farmstead
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) North Dakota's Legislature has decided to pay for maintenance and other costs at the boyhood home of famous band leader Lawrence Welk. The Legislature two years ago included...
View ArticleVictims continue to testify in Jamaican lottery scam trial
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) An 84-year-old retired grade school teacher from Florida says she lost most of a $100,000 inheritance in a Jamaican lottery fraud and was threatened by scammers who never produced...
View ArticleND Senate declines to challenge veto of oil trust fund bill
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) North Dakota's Senate is declining to challenge Gov. Jack Dalrymple's veto of a bill that would have barred the governor from budgeting money from the state's trust fund for oil...
View ArticleRansom County man dies after being crushed by loader
GWINNER, N.D. (KFGO-AM) -- A Gwinner area man was killed when a piece of equipment he was working fell on him Tuesday.Ransom County Sheriff Darren Benneweis says the man was crushed by the loader when...
View ArticleSuspect arrested for assault in downtown Fargo same person rescued from Red...
FARGO (KFGO-AM) - A man rescued from the Red River in downtown Fargo over the weekend is the same person police arrested for the attack on a woman Tuesday morning on Broadway near Metro Drug.Lt. Joel...
View ArticleWork to be completed soon on new Fargo/Cass Public Health building
FARGO (KFGO-AM) - Three months and counting. Fargo City Adminstrator Pat Zavoral says that's the expected completion date for the new $12 million Fargo-Cass County Public Health building in the former...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Knodel mistrial request pending, first jury dismissed
FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- A second jury will likely consider the sexual misconduct case against West Fargo High School english teacher Aaron Knodel.The prosecution will ask for a mistrial, which would most...
View ArticleMoorhead apartment damaged by fire: Some residents displaced
MOORHEAD (KFGO-AM) - Fire caused heavy damage to portions of a three story apartment building at 3010 18th Street South in Moorhead Wednesday afternoon.Jeff Wilson, his wife, and infant son were among...
View ArticleNorth Dakota Legislature ends with measure unresolved
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The North Dakota Legislature ended its 2015 session Wednesday afternoon but lawmakers left a measure unresolved that affects public employee benefits.House and Senate leaders have...
View ArticleND Gov. Dalrymple signs bill for new governor's home
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Gov. Jack Dalrymple has signed a bill to spend $5 million to build a new home for the state's first family.The Legislature approved the bill last week.The measure stipulates that...
View ArticleNorth Dakota GOP lawmaker defends sexting man from gay site
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A North Dakota Republican lawmaker who has voted against extending legal protections to gays and lesbians is defending his decision to send a graphic photo of himself to another...
View ArticleNorth Dakota Parks and Rec celebrating 50th anniversary
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota's Parks and Recreation Department is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year with 13 events.The kickoff is Friday afternoon at the Heritage Center Pembina River...
View ArticleAPUC to consider 10 funding requests at quarterly meeting
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A group that provides grants to developers of North Dakota farm products will consider funding ten projects at its quarterly meeting.The Agricultural Products Utilization...
View ArticleTrucker on trial for triple-fatal crash found not guilty
MINOT, N.D. (AP) - A jury has determined that a Georgia truck driver is not responsible for the deaths of three people who lost their lives in a crash in North Dakota.Vernon Wright, of Hiram, Georgia...
View ArticleOregon man pleads not guilty in powdered fentanyl overdoses
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - A Portland, Oregon man has pleaded not guilty to supplying a powerful synthetic drug that led to numerous overdoses in eastern North Dakota.Forty-year-old Brandon Hubbard made his...
View ArticleDefense lawyer says there are holes in lottery scam case
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The lawyer for a man on trial in North Dakota in a Jamaican lottery scam case says authorities should have investigated whether his client was himself a victim of stolen...
View ArticleEntries being taken for Moorhead's sidewalk art and poetry project
MOORHEAD (KFGO-AM) -- Moorhead residents and students who want to get their art or poetry imprinted on a sidewalk need to act quickly. May 15th is the deadline to submit entries.A review committee...
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