LAKEVILLE, Minn. (FOX 9) – The Lakeville, Minnesota school district closed all of its schools and facilities on Friday while police investigate an “active threat.” District officials sent out a message to families and staff Friday morning informing them that all K-12 students will participate in distance learning from home and follow their previous distance learning schedule. All staff were…
COURTESY: KFGOBISMARCK – North Dakota’s attorney general is continuing to pursue a 17-year-old bankruptcy court battle with the owner of a Fargo-based horse betting business despite a federal judge’s blistering rebuke of the state’s actions, one of which might have been illegal. Iowa-based federal bankruptcy judge Thad Collins last month ruled against state claims in the complicated legal odyssey that…
Sens. Kevin Cramer & John HoevenWASHINGTON (KVRR) – Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) says he will not support a bill that would create a special commission to study the Jan. 6 insurrection incident at the U.S. Capitol. “I oppose the House’s Jan. 6 Commission bill” Cramer wrote on social media. “We have committees studying what happened, & there have been hundreds…
FARGO (KVRR) – Funeral services have been scheduled for West Fargo Police Officer Adam Gustafson. The funeral will be next Wednesday, May 26 at 1:00 p.m. at Northview Church, 3401 25th St. S. in Fargo. Police Chief Denis Otterness says there will be limited seating for the public. The funeral will also be livestreamed. Gustafson was 40. He died from…
OMAHA, Neb. – The index of a newly released monthly survey of bankers in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states has hit a record high, just two months after hitting its previous record high. The overall index of the Rural Mainstreet Survey for May reached 78.8 – nearly 7 points higher than the previous record of 71.9 set…
Ford Plant rescue (FOX9)ST. PAUL, Minn. – Police say three teenagers were rescued after being trapped in an abandoned building at a former automotive plant in St. Paul. One of the teens was hospitalized with injuries from a fall. Officers responded to a 911 call about 2:20 p.m. Wednesday from the former Ford Motor Co. plant. The teens were trapped…
BISMARCK, N.D. – North Dakota regulators have approved a pipeline project that will send more Bakken crude to a Wyoming oil hub. Bridger Pipeline plans to convert 27 miles of an oil gathering pipeline into a larger transmission line in McKenzie County. It also will add another 2.4 miles to the pipeline located east of Watford City. Other pipelines will transport…
FARGO (KVRR) – A fire that gutted a portion of a south Fargo strip mall earlier this month caused an estimated $1.25 million in damages. The fire at 3242 20th St. S. tore through Bodyworks Physical Therapy and GiGi’s Playhouse in the Southpointe Business Park. No one was seriously injured in the May 11 fire. One firefighter sustained minor injuries….
FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – A man who pleaded guilty for his part in the rioting in downtown Fargo nearly a year ago has been sentenced to six months in the Cass County jail. Califf McClain, who listed a Delaware address in court documents, pleaded guilty to criminal mischief conspiracy. McClain was among those accused of forcing their way into JL Beers…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – West Fargo police say Lt. Adam Gustafson suffered from severe coronary artery disease and a major arterial blockage, causing a sudden fatal heart attack. Gustafson died Tuesday while on duty at West Fargo Police Headquarters. Police say the cause of death was determined by the Cass County coroner’s office. Gustafson was a member of the…
