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Fargo City Commissioner seeks solutions to flooded bridges
FARGO (KFGO-AM) - City Commissioner Dave Piepkorn's idea's about "fixes" for several flood prone traffic routes in Fargo could have "legs." He tells KFGO News he's optimistic after a meeting Thursday...
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Man drowns in Otter Tail County lake
OTTERTAIL, MINNESOTA (KFGO-AM) -- A man from northern Minnesota has drowned on an Otter Tail County lake. Robert Schachtschneider, 72, of Longville was in a boat that capsized Wednesday afternoon on...
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Barnesville girl leads police to parents' marijuana plants
BARNESVILLE, Minn. (KFGO-AM) - A nine-year-old girl is being credited with leading Barnesville, Minn. police to a marijuana grow operation.Police chief Dean Ernst tells KFGO News the girl walked inside...
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Man charged in double traffic fatality
(Hillsboro, N.D.) -- A Nielsville, Minnesota man has been charged in the deaths of two sisters in a high-speed crash north of Hillsboro last month.51 year-old James Yahnke was hurt in the May 17...
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Fargo man charged with murder in shooting death of roommate
FARGO (KFGO-AM) - Christopher Hampton, 24, has been arrested and charged with murder. He's accused of shooting his roommate Thursday night at their apartment in the 100 block of 7th Avenue north in...
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Menagha man indicted in murder of Park Rapids woman
PARK RAPIDS (KFGO-AM) -- A Menagha, Minnesota man has been indicted on a first degree murder charge in the death of a Park Rapids woman.Harley Leritz, 21, is charged in the February killing of 19 year...
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Zebra mussels found in Lake Melissa
DETROIT LAKES (KFGO-AM) -- The DNR has confirmed the presence of zebra mussels in Lake Melissa, near Detroit Lakes. A citizen found the zebra mussels this week while collecting shells on the south end...
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David Stevens sentenced to two life terms
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - A man convicted in the November stabbing deaths of his ex-girlfriend and another man in Fargo has been sentenced to two life terms without parole.David Stevens was sentenced Friday...
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Man's body found in Red River in Breckenridge
BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. (KFGO-AM) - A body has been found in the Red River in Breckenridge. Sources tell KFGO's Gary Rogers that the body is a male's and was found Friday morning at around 9:45.Wilkin...
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Body found in Red River identified as Andrew Sadek
BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. (KFGO-AM) - A body discovered Friday morning in the Red River in Breckenridge has been identified as North Dakota State College of Science student Andrew Sadek.The Wilkin Co....
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Fargo city workers receive cost of living adjustment
FARGO (KFGO-AM) - Fargo City Commissioners have approved a cost of living salary adjustment for city employees.Two years ago, Fargo changed the process for COLA's after the national economic downturn....
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Sentencing set in Fargo in wide-ranging synthetic drug case
FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- The attorney for a man who worked for a Texas company that illegally sold the chemicals traced to the synthetic drug deaths of two North Dakota teenagers is asking for a maximum...
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Fire heavily damages Moorhead church
MOORHEAD (KFGO-AM) - A fast moving fire destroyed most of the Moorhead Baptist Church on Highway 75 North. It started in the attic, and sent flames through the roof, causing a collapse.The pastor's and...
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Fire damages pedestrian bridge at Fargo park
FARGO (KFGO-AM) - Investigators are looking into the cause of a fire that damaged a wooden foot bridge at Johnson Park in north Fargo early monday morning.Firefighters were able to contain the fire to...
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More than 60 years after dying in Korea, North Dakota soldier's remains...
FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- Army Corporal Cletus Lies was 20 when he was killed in the Korean War. The remains of the Bremen, North Dakota soldier were recently identified through DNA testing and arrived with...
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Fargo Catholic bishop applauds Supreme Court's birth control ruling
FARGO (KFGO-AM) - The bishop of the Fargo Catholic Diocese says a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that says some companies don't have to offer free birth control because of religious reasons is "good news...
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Man dies in crash while fleeing Wahpeton Police
WAHPETON (KFGO-AM) - Police tell KFGO News a fatal crash during a brief pursuit in Wahpeton started when two men fled officers responding to a reported protection order violation monday night.Sargent...
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Valley City woman struck by pickup dies
FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- A Valley City woman who had been hospitalized in Fargo since being hit by a pickup June 22 has died of her injuries.Rita Weber, 92, was struck in the crosswalk of a Valley City...
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Faulty fan blamed for Moorhead church fire
MOORHEAD (KFGO-AM) -- Moorhead fire investigators say a faulty bathroom fan sparked a fire that destroyed a church early Monday. The fire at the Moorhead Baptist Church on Highway 75 broke out just...
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Prochniak retires from the North Dakota Highway Patrol
BISMARCK (KFGO-AM) -- Colonel Jim Prochniak has retired from the North Dakota Highway Patrol after nearly 27 years of service. During his time with the Patrol, Prochniak was stationed in Fargo,...
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