Fargo mayor says public-partnership to finance FM Diversion "has legs"
FARGO (KFGO-AM) - Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney leads a local delegation to Washington Wednesday and Thursday to talk about federal funding for the FM Diversion project.Mahoney says a proposal for a...
View ArticleMan who had faced attempted murder charge released from jail
FERGUS FALLS, MN (KFGO-AM) -- A rural Perham man who was charged with attempted murder has been released from the Otter Tail County Jail after pleading guilty to a reduced charge.Jeffrey Schultes, 53,...
View ArticlePatrol releases name of truck driver killed in Grand Forks County
NIAGARA, N.D. (KFGO-AM) -- The state patrol has released the name of a Fargo truck driver who died in a rollover on hwy. 2 east of Niagara in Grand Forks County.Killed Mon. evening was 45 year-old...
View Article'Trooper on a Bus' campaigns set in LaMoure, Hillsboro areas
The North Dakota Highway Patrol is cracking down on motorists in the LaMoure and Hillsboro areas who create safety problems around school buses."Trooper on a Bus" campaigns were scheduled Wednesday in...
View ArticleNumber of North Dakota lobbyists down despite record budget
The number of lobbyists registered for North Dakota's 64th legislative session was down significantly compared to the last three sessions.The drop came despite a record $14.4 billion budget passed in...
View ArticleNorth Dakota changing traffic signals in left turn lanes
North Dakota motorists in dedicated left turn lanes will soon be seeing yellow instead of green.The state Department of Transportation is replacing the current green ball traffic signal in left turn...
View ArticleSEC lawsuit accuses company of fraud over man camp projects
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - A company that sold investments in housing development for workers in the North Dakota oil patch is accused of running a fraud scheme that bilked investors out of millions of...
View ArticleBrine spill near Powers Lake impacts tributary to local lake
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - State authorities say a saltwater spill northwest of Powers Lake has impacted a tributary to an area lake.The North Dakota Department of Health says the exact size of the spill...
View ArticleJury to continue deliberating in Jamaican lottery scam case
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A federal jury in North Dakota has not reached a decision in the case of a man accused in a Jamaican lottery scam.Sanjay Williams, of Montego Bay, Jamaica, is charged with...
View ArticleUND archives 911 calls from Red River Valley Flood
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) - Phone calls made to 911 dispatchers during the initial days of the Red River Valley Flood of 1997 are now available to the public for research.The Elwyn B. Robinson Department...
View ArticleND School Superintendent Charged with Human Trafficking
SAWYER, ND (KFGO-AM) - The superintendent and principal of Sawyer Public School has been arrested. Â Fifty-year-old Charles Soper is charged with human trafficking, luring a minor and rruption after...
View ArticleTwo men hurt when van hits school bus in Moorhead
MOORHEAD (KFGO-AM) -- Two men were taken to the hospital after the van they were in was T-boned by a school bus in south Moorhead Tuesday afternoon.Police say Jeff Else, 35, a passenger in the van,...
View ArticleFargo woman pleads guilty to misdemeanor in fatal ATV crash
WASHBURN, N.D. (AP) -- A Fargo woman accused in a fatal all-terrain vehicle incident in McLean County has pleaded guilty to operating an ATV while drunk.If a judge agrees to the plea deal, Carla Keller...
View ArticleCVB hosting annual "Passport to Fargo-Moorhead"
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO-AM) -- The F-M Convention and Visitor's Bureau is hosting the 3rd annual Hometown Tourist campaign.The CVB wants you to view the area's biggest tourist attractions through the eyes of...
View Article"Stamp Out Hunger" food drive this Saturday
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO-AM) -- Letter carriers will host their 23rd annual "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive this Saturday.The U.S. Postal Service, AFL-CIO and United Way of Cass-Clay will collect non-perishable...
View ArticleHeritage Garden and Amphitheater planned in Moorhead
MOORHEAD, MINN. (KFGO-AM) -- A Heritage Garden and Amphitheater is being built on the edge of Woodlawn Park in Moorhead.It's part of a project by the Plains Art Museum. It will feature perennials to...
View ArticleNTSB will investigate Heimdal, ND derailment; Federal Railroad Administrator...
WASHINGTON - (KFGO-AM) -- Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the cause of an oil train derailment and fire near Heimdal, ND. The NTSB said late Wednesday...
View ArticleAnother Grand Forks death linked to fentanyl
GRAND FORKS (KFGO-AM) -- Another death in the Grand Forks area has been linked to fentanyl. Alex Davis, 22, of West St. Paul was found unresponsive in a home near the UND campus last month. An autopsy...
View ArticleFour injured, one arrested in early morning fight over cards
FARGO (KFGO-AM) - Four men were injured and one was arrested after an early morning slug fest in south Fargo. Police say the group had left a bar at closing time and went to a business at 3343...
View ArticleHeimdal resident recounts oil train derailment and fire
HEIMDAL, N.D. (AP) -- The Heimdal resident who alerted authorities to a BNSF Railway oil train derailment and fire in Wells County says he did so in his underwear and with shaving cream on his...
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