F-M animal shelter changes name
FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- A name change for a local animal shelter. The Humane Society Fargo-Moorhead is now known as "Homeward Animal Shelter". Director Nukhet Hendricks says the name change is meant to...
View ArticleSuspect in officer's killing in serious condition
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The suspect in the killing of a Mendota Heights police officer is in serious condition in a St. Paul hospital following a violent confrontation Wednesday night with police.Brian...
View ArticleSuspect pleads not guilty to vehicular homicide
Hillsboro, N.D. (KFGO-AM) -- A Minnesota man has pleaded not guilty to vehicular homicide in the traffic deaths of two sisters in eastern North Dakota.51-year-old James Yahnke of Nielsville, Minnesota,...
View ArticleSemi spills auto parts into ditch near Moorhead
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KFGO-AM) - Investigators say speed was a factor in the rollover of a semi near Moorhead.The semi overturned on the I-94 exit ramp onto State Highway 336. The crash tore a hole through...
View ArticleFitch faced 30 years if convicted
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Court records show a man suspected of killing a Mendota Heights police officer was wanted because he had left a drug treatment program and faced up to 30 years in prison if convicted...
View ArticleCounterfeit money turning up in Cass, Clay Counties
MOORHEAD (KFGO-AM) Counterfeit money has been turning up in Cass and Clay Counties in the past month.There have been several dozen reports of bogus money, most of them $50 bills. The latest reports...
View ArticleUpdate: Pilot killed in plane crash identified
LISBON, N.D. (KFGO-AM) - A Lisbon man died in the crash of his plane in southeastern North Dakota. The plane went down in a wheat field 4 miles northwest of Lisbon about 7:40 p.m. Thursday. The victim...
View ArticleCar hits Fargo business
FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- Authorities say an elderly woman accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake at Valley Mortgage in Fargo Monday afternoon. The car drove into a non-load bearing pillar, so there...
View ArticleGrand Forks Police investigate assault
GRAND FORKS (KFGO-AM) -- Grand Forks Police are investigating an assault.A 20-year old woman was taken to the hospital to be treated for her injuries. She told police she was walking home from work...
View ArticleGrand Forks man arrested in assault on girlfriend
GRAND FORKS (KFGO-AM) -- A man is accused of assaulting his girlfriend and holding her against her will.Fredrick Thomas, 43, is facing charges of aggravated assault, terrorizing and felonious...
View ArticleMoorhead Police Lt. says officer shooting death affects all police officers
MOORHEAD (KFGO-AM) -- Moorhead Police Lt. Tory Jacobson says the death of Mendota Heights, Minnesota Police Officer Scott Patrick affects all law officers, because they all know, it can happen anywhere...
View ArticleDayton calls F-M Diversion 'Unacceptable'
FARGO (KFGO-AM) - Strong words from Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton regarding the F-M Diversion Project. In a written statement, Dayton says “flood relief which would greatly benefit North Dakota, and would...
View ArticleND small game, furbearer regulations finalized
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota's Game and Fish Department has finalized this year's small game and furbearer regulations, with most season structures similar to last year.One change is that...
View ArticleMan injured in Moorhead fire
MOORHEAD (KFGO-AM) -- A man was seriously burned in a fire in Moorhead. Fire Chief Rich Duysen says the man was using lantern fuel to start a fire in a fireplace when he got burned.It happened just...
View ArticleSoutheastern North Dakota man sentenced in fatal hit and run
OAKES, NORTH DAKOTA (KFGO-AM) -- A lengthy prison sentence for a Brampton, North Dakota man convicted of manslaughter and leaving the scene of a fatal accident near Oakes.Dakota Sutton, 23, reached a...
View ArticleTufts turned out of office in Dorset
DORSET, MINN (KFGO-AM) -- There's a new mayor in town. Five year-old Bobby Tufts has lost his re-election campaign for a third term as honorary mayor of Dorset near Park Rapids.He lost over the weekend...
View ArticleND conservation measure backers turn in signatures
BISMARCK (AP) North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger says backers of a proposed conservation fund ballot measure have submitted their petitions.Jaeger on Monday said he received 1,970 petitions,...
View ArticleMan facing meth-related charges in Wahpeton
WAHPETON, N.D. (KFGO-AM) -- A Wahpeton man is facing felony drug charges after his arrest near an elementary school last week.Police say they discovered substantial evidence of a meth lab in the...
View ArticleFargo man hurt in motorcycle crash
FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- A Fargo man was hurt when he lost control of his motorcycle on the ramp from I-29 to eastbound Interstate-94 in Fargo Monday afternoon.The State Patrol says Adam Lauinger, 22, was...
View ArticleSimplot potato workers on strike in Grand Forks
GRAND FORKS (KFGO-AM) -- Nearly 200 union employees at the J.R. Simplot, potato processing plant in Grand Forks are on strike after rejecting the company’s contract offer.The plant processes french...
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