Bird flu crisis slows in Minnesota, focus now on recovery
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota has notched six straight days without a new bird flu case. And though state officials aren't ready to say the outbreak is over, they're beginning to stand down.The first...
View ArticleJustice Department eyes voting reforms for American Indians
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - The U.S. Department of Justice wants to improve access to voting for American Indians and Alaska Natives.Justice Department officials said Thursday the department would seek...
View ArticleFort Stevenson State Park holding kite festival this weekend
GARRISON, N.D. (AP) - Fort Stevenson State Park is holding its annual kite festival over the long Memorial Day holiday weekend."Sky Fest over Fort Stevenson" is a kite-flying festival for people of all...
View ArticleBismarck man sentenced to 25 years on child porn charge
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A North Dakota man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison on a child pornography charge.A jury last year found 39-year-old Garron Gonzalez, of Bismarck, guilty of attempted...
View ArticleNorth Dakota penitentiary inmate sentenced to 25 more years
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A registered sex offender already serving time in the state penitentiary has been sentenced to an additional 25 years after pleading guilty to attempted exploitation of a...
View ArticleTioga truck driver sentenced to 5 years for child porn
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A Tioga truck driver has been sentenced to five years in prison for possession of child pornography and attempting to arrange sex with underage girls.Aaron Collins previously...
View ArticleFormer Cass County Jail nurse pleads guilty to sex abuse
CASS COUNTY, N.D. - A former nurse at the Cass County Jail has changed her plea to guilty.Claire Schwehr of Dilworth now admits delivering an electronic device to an inmate and sexual abuse of a ward....
View ArticleMan dies as a result of beating outside Fargo bar
FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- A Fargo man who was badly beaten in the parking lot of a bar last weekend has died.35 year-old Joe Gaarsland suffered a severe brain injury early last Sunday morning.Four men have...
View ArticleDayton signs 4 budget bills, still weighing other vetoes
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Gov. Mark Dayton has signed four budget bills into law but is leaving tougher veto decisions for later.The Democratic governor has already vetoed a public school funding bill he...
View ArticleOliver, missing dog, may have been found
FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- Oliver may have been found. The pomeranian-chihuahua mix ran off from a rollover near Casselton, N.D. about a year-and-half ago.His owner, from Great Falls, Montana, and volunteers...
View ArticleFour men charged with murder in beating death of Fargo man
FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- Prosecutors have upgraded the charges against four men in the death of a Fargo man who died after he was beaten outside a Fargo bar last weekend.Jessy Olson, Scott Moen and Jason...
View ArticleFederal data: As oil production soars, so do pipeline leaks
(AP) - The oil pipeline leak that fouled a stretch of California coastline this week reflects a troubling trend in the nation's infrastructure: as U.S. oil production has soared, so has the number of...
View ArticleHuman remains, clothing found at Dickinson construction site
DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) - Police in Dickinson say human remains and clothing have been discovered at a construction site in the northern part of town.Captain Joe Cianni says that excavation crews working...
View ArticleMore federal money awarded for Minot water plant project
MINOT, N.D. (AP) - The city of Minot is getting a $6.1 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help protect the city's water treatment plant and keep it functioning during a...
View ArticleEgg prices surge to record on shortage caused by bird flu
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Egg prices surged to a record on Friday, a month after bird flu was first detected in the chicken flock in Iowa, the nation's leading egg producer.Midwest large eggs reached...
View ArticleNorth Dakota health officials warn about hantavirus
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Spring cleaning season is here and the North Dakota Health Department says people should be aware of the risk of being infected by hantavirus.Health officials are warning...
View Article$265K exhibit expansion wrapping up at Icelandic State Park
CAVALIER, N.D. (AP) - Work is wrapping up on a $265,000 expansion to the visitor center at Icelandic State Park near Cavalier.The Northeastern North Dakota Heritage Association says six years of...
View ArticleFargo Police arrest man on terrorizing charges
FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- Fargo Police received several 911 calls early Saturday morning after a man was seen waving a gun outside a downtown bar. Police responded to the area near the Old Broadway around...
View ArticleNDSU hosts more than 2,200 people for dormitory conference
FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota State University is hosting more than 2,200 people for a conference on dormitory life.The National Association of College and University Residence Halls meeting is...
View ArticleWahpeton plant making North Dakota's first unmanned aircraft
WAHPETON (KFGO-AM) -- The first unmanned aircraft manufactured in North Dakota has been unveiled in Wahpeton.Altavian has partnered with ComDel Innovation to manufacture unmanned aerial systems, or...
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