Scouts gather for convention in Fargo
FARGO (KFGO-AM) - Thousands of Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts from across the region are gathering at Scheel's Arena Saturday for a convention called Legacy Leadership.Upt to 2,000 Boy Scouts and Girl...
View ArticleFormer MSUM football player sentenced for rape
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KFGO-AM) - A former Minnesota State University-Moorhead football player has been sentenced to 60 days in jail for rape. Zachary Hilliard has already served 57 days and will be on...
View ArticleState appeals order to pay North Dakota man for pay loader
BISMARCK (AP) - An attorney for the state says a North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation agent may have made a mistake when he gave away a confiscated pay loader that was bought in Iowa by a...
View ArticleND remembering its fallen law enforcement officers
North Dakota is remembering its fallen law enforcement officers.A North Dakota Peace Officer memorial service is slated on the state Capitol grounds Wednesday afternoon.Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem...
View ArticleGame and Fish lifts Oahe Wildlife Management Area burn ban
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department has lifted a burn ban on the Oahe Wildlife Management Area along the Missouri River south of Bismarck-Mandan.The ban was put in place earlier this spring to...
View ArticleOil pad flare sprays oil, brine into ND river tributary
RAY, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota health officials say a natural gas flare at an oil pad has sprayed a mix of oil and brine into a tributary of the east fork of the Little Muddy River.The North Dakota...
View ArticleState appeals order to pay North Dakota man for pay loader
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - An attorney for the state says a North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation agent may have made a mistake when he gave away a confiscated pay loader that was bought in Iowa by a...
View ArticleMan accused of breaking windows with shovel gets 14 months
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - A North Dakota man accused of attacking a woman and then using a shovel to break car windows on Christmas Day has been sentenced to 14 months in custody.Daniel Habiger, of Fargo, on...
View ArticleNorth Dakota man uses 6-year-old girl as shield in arrest
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) - A North Dakota man faces several charges after he drove through a fence and later used a 6-year-old girl as a shield during his arrest.Valley City Police Department Chief Fred...
View ArticleSuspicious backpack causes scare at Minot Air Force Base
MINOT, N.D. (AP) - Air Force authorities are questioning the owner of a suspicious backpack that caused a scare at Minot Air Force Base.Officials Monday morning evacuated the 5th Medical Group clinic...
View ArticleBogus call prompts lockdown at Grand Forks Air Force Base
GRAND FORKS (KFGO-AM) -- There was a temporary lockdown at Grand Forks Air Force Base Monday night. The base went into lockdown around 5:30 p.m.  No vehicles were allowed on the base for almost 2...
View ArticleFargo fire calls down in 2014 but calls for service up significantly
FARGO - (KFGO-AM) - Fargo's Fire Department fought fewer fires last year but the amount of calls were up. Fire Chief Steve Dirksen says his crews responded to 250 more calls for service.Dirksen, in a...
View ArticleNew Fargo city leaders take oath of office
FARGO (KFGO-AM) - Nearly two weeks after the Fargo city election, new Mayor Tim Mahoney and City Commissioner Tony Gehrig were sworn in Monday by Municipal Judge Steve Dawson.Following the oath of...
View ArticleThree charged with trespassing on Fargo city property
FARGO (KFGO-AM) - Three men are facing charges after getting inside a security fence on city property in Fargo Monday night.Sargent Tom Morris says an alarm went off at the water tower in the 1400...
View ArticleBreckenridge City Hall meets the wrecking ball
BRECKENRIDGE (KFGO-AM) -- Breckenridge City Hall is being torn down to make way for a new one.Mayor Cliff Barth says the foundation on the old building, which was built in the early 1900's, had been...
View ArticleMoorhead school board okays bond issue question
MOORHEAD (KFGO-AM) -- Voters in the Moorhead School District will decide on a $78-million bond issue in the fall.The school board has voted to place the question on the Nov. general election...
View ArticleNorth Dakota Supreme Court acts against 2 attorneys
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The North Dakota Supreme Court is taking action against two attorneys.The court has suspended the law license of Williston attorney Nicole Foster and disbarred Fargo attorney...
View ArticleOfficer's son accused of killing him and defendant's brother
BUFFALO, Minn. (AP) - The son of an Elk River police officer is accused of killing his father and brother in Wright County.A criminal complaint charges Christopher Besser, of St. Michael, with two...
View ArticleDevils Lake man says sexual advances led him to kill Minnesota man
WARREN, MINN. (KFGO-AM) - A Devils Lake man could spend 30 years in prison after pleading guilty in the stabbing death of a man in his home in northwestern Minnesota in March.In a plea agreement with...
View ArticleNorth Fargo fire investigated as arson
FARGO (KFGO-AM) - An arson investigation is under way into Monday night's kitchen apartment fire near the NDSU campus.Firefighters were called to 909 North University Drive. Investigators initially...
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