Stink floats across parts of Fargo
FARGO (KFGO-AM) - A mystery smell settled over parts of Fargo early Tuesday.That prompted calls to 9-1-1 from concerned residents. Fire department Battallion Lee Soeth says they're not sure what the...
View ArticleDayton supports 'Redskins' nickname ban at TCF Bank Stadium
REDWOOD FALLS, Minn. (KFGO) - Minn. Gov. Mark Dayton is backing the University of Minnesota's desire to keep the Washington Redskins' nickname from being used at TCF Bank Stadium.Dayton says the term...
View ArticleNorth Dakota Harvest Hotline operating again
BISMARCK (AP) - North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has activated the state's Harvest Hotline.The free service has been in use since 1992, helping match farmers and custom...
View ArticleSanford getting $7.1M grant for cancer research
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - The National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health is giving Dakotas-based Sanford Health more than $7.1 million over five years for cancer research.Sanford...
View ArticleFeds: Truck driver caught with 26,000 child porn images
FARGO (KFGO) - A truck driver has been arrested at the Pembina, ND border crossing after federal agents say he was caught with thousands of images of child pornography.Garold Miller of Bridger, Montana...
View ArticleWrong turn lands car in wet concrete at Fargo road construction project
FARGO (KFGO-AM) Damage is estimated at $10,000 after a woman drove through 50 feet of newly poured concrete in the 25th Street construction zone in Fargo Tuesday morning. The car sunk into about a foot...
View ArticleSheriff: Comedian Robin Williams hanged himself
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) - Sheriff's officials say Robin Williams committed suicide by hanging himself at his San Francisco Bay Area home.Marin County Sheriff's Lt. Keith Boyd on Tuesday released...
View ArticleReport: ND has rich state employee health plans
BISMARCK (AP) - State employees in North Dakota have one of the richest health insurance plans in the nation.A report released Tuesday from the Pew Charitable Trusts found that North Dakota state...
View ArticleOfficials: Oil Spill Contained At Site Near Tioga
Bismarck, N.D. (AP) North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources officials say an oil spill at a well 15 miles south of Tioga has been contained. The state says officials with Rim Operating, Inc....
View ArticleVandals hit Cass County Courthouse
 FARGO (KFGO-AM) - The Cass County Sheriff's Office is investigating vandalism at the Cass County Courthouse.Just after midnight Wednesday, night shift cleaning staff heard a loud noise at the east...
View ArticleCahill & Kohler to square off for Minnesota judgeship in fall election
MOORHEAD (KFGO-AM) - Embattled 7th Judicial District Judge Steven Cahill seeking reelection, was one of the top two voter getter's in Tuesday's primary and will move on to the November election, along...
View ArticleIncumbent and political newcomer win Clay County Commission primary
MOORHEAD (KFGO-AM) - Unofficial results show political newcomer Jenny Mongeau will square off in the Clay County District 3 Commission race against long time incumbent Jon Evert. They were the top two...
View ArticleRitchie will work on World Fair bid
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie says he'll work on the campaign to bring the World Fair to Minnesota when he leaves office.Ritchie decided against seeking another term...
View ArticleMinnesota primary turnout estimated at 9.8 percent
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Secretary of State's office estimates that only 9.8 percent of eligible voters cast ballots in Minnesota's primary election.Spokesman Nathan Bowie says the turnout number is...
View ArticleAutopsy Shows Detroit Lakes Woman Strangled in Menahga
(Menahga, MN) - A Detroit Lakes woman whose body was found outside a Menahga home last month died of strangulation.The Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office ruled the cause of 32-year-old Kelly...
View ArticleMinnesota man arrested in 1983 murder in Texas
LAKEVILLE, Minn. (AP) - A man who has lived quietly with his wife and children in a Minneapolis suburb for years has been indicted in a Texas slaying of more than 30 years ago.Police in Denton, Texas,...
View ArticleDefense wants evidence suppressed in Berndt assault case
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KFGO) - Defense attorneys want a judge to suppress certain evidence obtained by prosecutors in an assault investigation involving Cass County Administrator Keith Berndt.Berndt is...
View ArticleFinal defendant sentenced in Fargo murder
FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- A judge has sentenced a 20 year-old man to ten years in prison for his part in a murder in south Fargo in March.Alexander Clapper was sentenced after he changed his plea to guilty....
View ArticleWest Fargo sisters found safe in North Carolina - Two men charged with...
WILMINGTON, N.C. (KFGO-AM) - Two men are in custody charged with holding two runaway teenage sisters from West Fargo against their will.The 15 & 16 year old girls were found in a hotel in...
View ArticleFeds seek mineral rights, money in oil patch case
FARGO (AP) - Federal prosecutors are seeking mineral rights and money from a North Dakota man questioned in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme in Spokane, Washington.James Henrikson is the center of an...
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