Author: Jim Monk
Local News, North Dakota News

Fargo pilot, passenger not injured after airplane makes emergency landing

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MINOT, N.D. – Authorities say no one was injured after a single-engine airplane made an emergency landing in a field near Minot. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the 2014 Cirrus SR22T experienced mechanical issues, forcing the pilot to land Friday. The pilot, 42-year-old Jonathan Schilling of Fargo, and passenger, 41-year-old Amanda McKinnon, also of Fargo, were uninjured. The aircraft…
Local News, Minnesota News

Ex-boyfriend of woman set on fire arrested in her death

Jim Monk,

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Police say they have arrested the former boyfriend of a woman who died after she was set on fire at a St. Paul shipping warehouse. Authorities say 44-year-old Kelli Ranning Goodermont was killed at her workplace Tuesday. Her former boyfriend was arrested near his Bloomington home that had been set on fire. In a protection petition…
Minnesota News, North Dakota News, South Dakota News

Watch: Zelenskyy tells Congress ‘We need you right now’

Zelenskyy is rallying support against Russia’s crushing invasion.
Jim Monk,

WASHINGTON – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy cited Pearl Harbor and the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 on Wednesday in appealing to the U.S. Congress to do more to help Ukraine’s fight against Russia. We need you right now,” Zelenskyy said in remarks livestreamed at the U.S. Capitol. He added, “I call on you to do more.” Lawmakers gave him…
Local News

Feds once again deny Noem’s Mount Rushmore fireworks request

Jim Monk,

PIERRE, S.D. – The National Park Service has denied South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s request to mark the Fourth of July with fireworks at Mount Rushmore, citing opposition from Native American tribes and the possibility of igniting wildfires. The Republican governor said in a statement Tuesday that she would continue her court battle to hold the fireworks. Noem filed a…
Local News, North Dakota News

Officer injured in attack at the Bismarck Airport

Jim Monk,

BISMARCK, N.D. – A police officer has been injured in an attack at Bismarck Airport. Police say the officer was called to check on a man who was bothering passengers waiting in the security line Monday. The officer told the man that he would have to leave the airport if he didn’t have an airline ticket. That’s when the man…

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Crime, Local News, Minnesota News

Fan who threw bag of popcorn at basketball game in Lake Park pleads guilty

Phillip Lokken is charged with misdemeanor 5th-degree assault and misdemeanor disorderly conduct. 
Jim Monk,

UPDATE (FOX 9) – A man charged with assaulting a referee after a high school basketball game in Lake Park– the result of being upset over bad calls – has plead guilty to disorderly conduct. In March the Audubon Police Department was informed of an incident following a game between Lake Park-Audubon and Win-E-Mac. According to accounts from the incidents, following a…

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Local News, Minnesota News

Becker County Teamster employees file intent to strike

Jim Monk,

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – More than 173 employees of the Becker County Courthouse and Human Services units have voted to reject the county’s final offer and have filed their intent to strike with the Minnesota Bureau of Mediation Services. The soonest the employees could strike is at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. There’s a mandatory 10-day cooling-off…

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