Most downtown Fargo businesses happy with College GameDay crowds
FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- Many businesses, especially bars and restaurants, were happy to see the thousands of people who packed Broadway in downtown Fargo for Saturday's ESPN College GameDay broadcast. A lot...
View ArticleAnother sign of just how urban Fargo is becoming - city leaders consider ban...
Another sign of just how urban Fargo is becoming FARGO (KFGO-AM) Fargo City Commissioners will decide Monday night whether to ban raising chickens in the backyard.Planning Director Jim Gilmour says...
View ArticleFargo real estate agent sentenced in theft case
FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- A Fargo real estate agent has been sent to a halfway house for three months, put on a year's probation and ordered to make restitution for stealing cash, jewelry and other property...
View ArticleHigher education group recommending flood money
FARGO (AP) - A state Board of Higher Education committee is recommending that the North Dakota University System ask the Legislature for more than $5 million to help with flood control and repair...
View ArticleAdrian Peterson `sorry' for hurting child
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) _ Adrian Peterson has issued a statement after being charged with child abuse and says he is "sorry about the hurt I have brought to my child.''Peterson issued his statement on...
View ArticleGame And Fish Connecting Landowners, Doe Hunters
North Dakota's Game and Fish Department is working with 18 landowners across the state who want to host hunters with antlerless deer licenses. The program is not for buck hunters. It's designed to...
View ArticleDairy Processor To Pay Fine Related To Fargo Plant
Fargo, N.D. (AP) Dairy processor Kemps, LLC has agreed to pay the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a $57,000 fine related to Clean Air Act violations at a Fargo plant. The EPA says the violations...
View ArticleND Gets $2.7m For Unemployment Insurance Programs
Bismarck, N.D. (AP) North Dakota has received $2.7 million from the U.S. Department of Labor to improve the state's unemployment insurance programs. The federal agency says the money will allow the...
View ArticleFederal Agencies Approve North Dakota Power Line
Williston, N.D. (AP) Construction on a 200-mile-long power line in western North Dakota is set to begin after getting the go ahead from two federal agencies. Basin Electric says the U.S. Forest Service...
View ArticleHigher Education Group Recommending Flood Money
Fargo, N.D. (AP) A State Board of Higher Education committee is recommending that the North Dakota University System ask the legislature for more than $5 million to help with flood control and repair...
View ArticleSioux Falls Mayor Travels To ND Oil Boomtown
Sioux Falls, S.D. (AP) The mayor of South Dakota's largest city is getting a firsthand look at North Dakota's oil boomtown. Sioux Falls Mayor Mike Huether on Monday was traveling to Williston, the hub...
View ArticleFargo police release surveillance photo of shopping center assault suspect
FARGO (KFGO-AM) Fargo police continue to search for a man who assaulted a woman outside of West Acres Shopping Center last Thursday. Police have released a surveillance photo from the parking lot...
View ArticleFargo City Commission wants more time to study chicken ordinance
FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- The Fargo City Commission says it needs more time to consider whether to allow chickens in residential areas.Several residents urged commissioners at Monday night's Commission...
View ArticleFargo housing for homeless youth
FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- A Fargo non-profit is offering North Dakota's only permanent supportive housing to homeless youth.Fraser Limited's newest facility gives at-risk youth a place to live and chance at a...
View ArticleSuspect arrested in alleged hammer assault in Fargo
FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- A suspect has been arrested in connection with an assault early Monday in the 200 block of 23rd Street South in Fargo.Clifford Monteith, 24, of Fargo, is accused of striking a man...
View ArticleRenaissance Zone projects in downtown Fargo get final approval
FARGO (KFGO-AM) The Fargo City Commission has approved two downtown Renaissance Zoneprojects.They are a new, nearly $2 million United Savings Credit Union office at the site of the former Taco Bell at...
View ArticleFargo City Commissioner angry over delayed completion of road project
FARGO (KFGO-AM) Fargo City Commissioner Dave Piepkorn is upset about delays in completing reconstruction of 19th Avenue North.An estimated 20,000 vehicles normally use the route but the work has caused...
View ArticleReport: PreferredOne pulls out of MNsure
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- The insurance company with the lowest rates and most customers on Minnesota's health care exchange is pulling out.Golden Valley-based PreferredOne just notified MNsure and the...
View ArticleCommittee says Grand Forks County wetlands sale should be rejected
FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- The search to replace wetlands that will be lost to a flood protection project south of Fargo likely will continue after a state committee voted against a request for an acquisition...
View ArticleGovernor Dayton Says Vikings Should Suspend Adrian Peterson
St. Paul (MNN) -- Governor Mark Dayton says the Minnesota Vikings should suspend running back Adrian Peterson " until the accusations of child abuse have been resolved by the criminal justice...
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