Attorney requests ruling in SD gay marriage case
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - The attorney representing the six same-sex couples challenging South Dakota's gay marriage ban has asked a judge to bypass a trial and issue a ruling.Minneapolis-based attorney...
View ArticleMinnesota GOP Senate hopefuls jockey for nod
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - With their primary a month out, two Republicans jockeying for the nomination against Democratic Sen. Al Franken are picking it up a notch.The favorite, businessman Mike McFadden,...
View ArticleCharges dismissed against former Trinity principal
DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) - A Dickinson-based judge has approved a prosecutor's request to dismiss charges in the case of a former high school principal accused of setting fire to his school in...
View ArticleCode Red calls to have local prefix
FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- Code Red emergency and non-emergency calls in Cass and Clay counties will now appear with local prefixes.They will appear with the "364" prefix. Code-Red weather calls will remain...
View ArticlePolice investigate release of 911 calls
FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- Police have opened an internal investigation into the release of 911 tapes to a media outlet. The recordings are related to the shooting death last week of 28 year-old Randall...
View ArticleCopper thieves hit area beet pilers
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KFGO-AM) - Investigators are trying to track down who's been stealing large amounts of copper power cords from area beet pilers. The pilers are owned by American Crystal Sugar Co. and...
View ArticleND patrol announces Fargo area DUI saturation
FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- The Highway Patrol is planning alcohol saturation patrols in the Fargo area Tuesday through Sunday.The focus will be around Fargo and West Fargo where several events are scheduled...
View ArticleFire damages Fargo mobile home; no one hurt
FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- An early morning fire in north Fargo. The fire in Riviera Heights Mobile Home Court broke out around 1 a.m. Tuesday. Everyone got out safely.Battalion Chief Dane Carley says the...
View ArticleFargo woman loses $15,000 in scam
FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- An elderly Fargo woman was scammed out of $15,000. Police Lt. Joel Vettel says relatives called police after noticing discrepancies in the woman's bank accounts.The woman was told...
View ArticleMan charged in car assault near Rothsay
ROTHSAY, MINN. (KFGO-AM) -- A Rothsay man is facing several charges after Otter Tail County Sheriff's investigators say he tried to run over a woman with his car northeast of Rothsay on Sunday...
View ArticleDickinson president focusing on school, not fire
DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) - The president of the Dickinson Catholic Schools would one day like to see justice for whoever burned down part of Trinity High School, but says for now he's focusing on...
View ArticleAttempted murder charges filed in vehicle assault near Rothsay
FERGUS FALLS, MN. (KFGO-AM) -- A Rothsay man accused of backing over his girlfriend with his SUV near Rothsay on Sunday night has now been charged with attempted murder in addition to other...
View ArticleTrains carrying crude oil pass near Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - BNSF railroad is regularly hauling three trains a week loaded with crude oil through the Sioux Falls area, but those are the only shipments of crude oil from North Dakota's...
View ArticleFargo Fire Department receives new truck
FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- The Fargo Department has a new state of the art vehicle.Asst. Fire Chief Leroy Skarloken says the combination rescue-pumper truck is designed to not only pump water, it but has a lot...
View ArticleWahpeton firefighters put out fire in clothes dryer
WAHPETON (KFGO-AM) -- A Wahpeton woman arrived home to find smoke coming out of her house late Wednesday morning. She called 911.Firefighters arrived and discovered the dryer was on fire.They removed...
View ArticlePhotos help identify copper thieves
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KFGO-AM) - Surveillance photos helped lead investigators to two men wanted for stealing copper cables from area sugar beet pilers.Clay County Sheriff's Lt. Steve Landsem says the...
View ArticleDayton makes formal ask for federal disaster aid
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton is citing more than $55 million in public response costs and infrastructure damage in a formal application for federal disaster aid stemming from...
View ArticleWest Nile Virus mosquitoes found in Grand Forks
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KFGO-AM) -- Mosquitoes that carry West Nile Virus have been found in Grand Forks.The State Health Department says its not an unexpected result given the wet start to the spring and...
View ArticleCrop dusting plane makes crash landing in Carrington
CARRINGTON, N.D. (KFGO-AM) -- Federal investigators will work to determine the cause of a plane crash at the Carrington Airport Tuesday.The fire department was called to the airport just before 9pm. A...
View ArticleMarquart says Oxbow ring dike shouldn't have started before environmental...
FARGO -- Work got underway a couple weeks ago on a ring dike to protect Oxbow, Hickson and Bakke subdivisions south of Fargo from flooding, but Minnesota State Representative Paul Marquart says that...
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