ND National Guard soldiers back from Afghanistan
FARGO (AP) - Some National Guard soldiers who have been serving in Afghanistan since January are back home in North Dakota, a bit early.Three soldiers with the 814th Medical Company flew into Fargo on...
View ArticleSemi driver charged in school bus near miss
HAWICK, Minn. (AP) A semi driver who narrowly missed a girl getting on a school bus in central Minnesota has been charged with two misdemeanors.Sixth-grader Alexis Schwartz says she felt the wind and...
View ArticleProsecutors drop single trial request for sex video defendants
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KFGO-AM) - Two Lincoln Stars hockey players accused of using a 15-year-old girl to make a sex video in Moorhead may be tried separately after all.Clay County prosecutors have reversed...
View ArticleSynthetic drug dealer sentenced to more than 17 years in prison
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The owner of a now-closed Duluth head shop has been sentenced to 17-1/2 years in prison for selling synthetic drugs.Jim Carlson got a sentence Thursday that was nearly as much as...
View ArticleFederal judge halts flood control lawsuit in state court
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A federal judge has ruled that a state lawsuit filed by upstream opponents of a Red River flood control project duplicates a federal complaint.U.S. District Judge John Tunheim...
View ArticleTeamsters & company deadlocked over new contract
GRAND FORKS (KFGO-AM) - Striking workers at the J.R. Simplot plant in Grand Forks have rejected the latest contract offer from the company. The two sides met to try and resolve differences that...
View ArticleNew community art takes to the street in downtown Fargo
FARGO (KFGO-AM) - A colorful addition in downtown Fargo.Uptown Gallery is saving old pianos from being destroyed and making them into public works of art.The first public piano is outside the Gallery.A...
View ArticleSupervalu confirms F-M Hornbacher's involved in data breach
FARGO (KFGO) - There's been a data breach at a number of Supervalu grocery stores, as well as at some of its stand-alone liquor shops.The company says hackers accessed a network that processes store...
View ArticleInvestigators seek motorcycle rider after Clay Co. chase
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KFGO-AM) - Clay County authorities are asking for help in finding the driver of a dirt bike involved in a chase with deputies Thursday night.The rider was driving erratically and drove...
View ArticleHighway debris leads to interstate crash
FARGO (KFGO-AM) A crash slowed traffic on I-29 in north Fargo during rush hour Friday morning.The state patrol received a report of a car bumper in the north bound traffic lane near the 7th Avenue...
View ArticleMan accused of killing officer held on $2.5M bail
HASTINGS, Minn. (AP) - The man charged with fatally shooting a Mendota Heights police officer is being held on bail of at least $2.5 million.Brian Fitch Sr. is accused of killing Officer Scott Patrick...
View ArticleJudge's 'Buy the Farm' ruling puts utility on hook
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A small Minnesota organic dairy has prevailed in its legal effort to force a buyout by a utility building high-voltage power lines along the property.The case involving the Cedar...
View ArticleWoman killed in bike/truck accident in Steele County
FINLEY, N.D. (KFGO-AM) - A Portland, North Dakota woman died Friday night when her bike was struck from behind by a pickup. It happend on Highway 200, 12 miles east of Finley.The Highway Patrol says...
View ArticleThieves attempt car break-in at Cass County Jail
FARGO (KFGO-AM) - A couple of very bold, would-be thieves. Two men attempted to get into a car parked outside the Cass County Jail in Fargo early Saturday but were spotted on surveillance camera's by...
View ArticleFire guts Fargo mobile home
FARGO (KFGO-AM) - Fire heavily damaged a mobile home in the Countryside Trailer Court in south Fargo Saturday night.Fire Department Battallion Chief Craig Nelson says flames and smoke were coming from...
View ArticleFoul play suspected in Becker County death
OGEMA, MINN. (KFGO-AM) - The investigation continues into a death in Becker County. Sheriff's deputies say a man was run over and killed in Ogema late Friday night.Investigators determined foul play...
View ArticleSimplot workers enter third week on strike in ND
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) -- Striking workers at the J.R. Simplot Co. potato processing plant in Grand Forks are entering a third week picketing.The workers have rejected the company's latest contract...
View ArticleVandalism suspect arrested outside Cass County Courthouse
FARGO (KFGO-AM) - Another case of vandalism at the Cass County Courthouse, the third incident in the past week.This time, police caught a man writing graffiti on a boarded up window at the main...
View ArticleMinnesota seventh-graders may need new round of vaccinations
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Some students entering the seventh grade this year may need another round of vaccinations.A new Minnesota state rule requires those students to show they've received the vaccine...
View ArticleGrand Forks Police investigate convenience store robbery
GRAND FORKS (KFGO-AM) -- Grand Forks Police are investigating a robbery at a Cenex convenience store early Monday morning. Authorities say a male suspect entered the store around 5:15 a.m. and...
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