BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO 8:30 PM UPDATE) – One man is in jail after a homicide in Bismarck. Timothy TwoHorses, 32, of Bismarck, was arrested just before noon Wednesday. Bismarck Police say they found 57-year-old Ernest Ells dead in his Bismarck home with a stab wound in his chest Tuesday morning. TwoHorses was arrested in a motel in north Bismarck for…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country. The proposal, which still must be reviewed by the White House Office of Management and Budget, would recognize the medical…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – The Grand Forks School Board voted 5-4 on Monday to not renew the contract for Joshua Mailhot, the principal for Ben Franklin Elementary. Superintendent Terry Brenner laid out reasons for recommendation to the board, which included Mailhot’s inability to follow directives, inability to provide a clear vision and model of instruction and the inability to…
ST. PAUL (KVRR/CNN) — Sen. Nicole Mitchell is spotted returning to work at the Capitol after she was arrested and charged with burglary last week in Detroit Lakes. The Democrat from Woodbury, a Twin Cities suburb, is accused of breaking into her stepmother’s home to retrieve some of her late father’s belongings including his ashes. Mitchell claims she was simply…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — The union representing workers at Case-New Holland manufacturing plant in Fargo has overwhelmingly rejected the company’s latest contract offer. Nearly 700 members of IAM Local 2525 turned down the offer. The current contract has been extended until Friday. Union business agent Jeremy Pearson says negotiators are seeking better pay, improved healthcare coverage and job security. “The…
CLEARBROOK, Minn. (KFGO) — The pilot of a small plane was flown to a Fargo hospital after crashing early this morning in Clearbrook, northwest of Bemidji. Clearbrook-Gonvick Police Chief Ryan Solee says it happened at about 1:40 a.m. The pilot was outside the plane when first responders arrived. Solee says the initial investigation shows that the plane experienced mechanical failure….
State Sen. Nicole Mitchell (D) Woodbury, Minn.ST. PAUL (KVRR/FOX9) — State Senator Nicole Mitchell of Woodbury, Minnesota is being relieved of her committee assignments and removed from caucus meetings following her arrest for suspected burglary in Detroit Lakes. Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy made the announcement in a statement. She says the case has been sent to the Senate Subcommittee…
State Sen. Nicole Mitchell (D) Woodbury, Minn.ST. PAUL (KFGO/KVRR) – Senator Nicole Mitchell says, “I do not intend to resign,” in a statement released by her attorneys. The Woodbury Democrat faces burglary charges for breaking into her stepmother’s home early Monday morning in Detroit Lakes. Republicans are calling for an immediate ethics investigation with the apparent goal of expelling Mitchell…
STUTSMAN CO., N.D. (KVRR) — Two people are helped get out of a slough after a crash Thursday afternoon near Jamestown. North Dakota Highway Patrol says the driver, 60-year-old Dwayne Cason of Dickinson, lost control on I-94 and went into the ditch and then across open water. The vehicle came to rest in cattails. Cason and his passenger, 60-year-old Linda Rocha…
There is another big Lotto America winner in Minnesota. A $3.1 million winning ticket was sold at Cub Foods in Coon Rapids, a northern Minneapolis suburb, for the April 24 drawing. Just last month, a lucky Minnesota player claimed a $3.7 million Lotto America jackpot on a ticket he purchased at Cub Foods in Roseville, also in the Twin Cities,…
