DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — The 40th Devils Lake Volunteer Fire Department Ice Fishing Tournament is still on for the last weekend of January. Fire Chief Nate Bennett says committee members checked the conditions in the tournament area right after Christmas. He says despite the mild winter there is decent ice in that location, and the extended forecast is trending…
YoutubeLA CROSSE, Wis. (KVRR/KFGO) – The wife of a Wisconsin university chancellor who was fired after it was discovered that the couple had made sexually explicit adult pornographic videos is a former college administrator at Dickinson State University. University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow was fired by the board of regents last week. His wife, Carmen Wilson, was the…
UPDATE: The victim has been identified as 78-year-old John Frey of Prairie Du Sac, Wisconsin. BAUDETTE, Minn. (KFGO) – Lake of the Woods County Sheriff’s Office in northern Minnesota says a man’s body has been recovered from Lake of the Woods. Deputies were first notified of a potential drowning at the Northwest Angle near Flag Island shortly after 8…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota woman has sued her dentist after receiving four root canals, eight dental crowns and 20 fillings in a single visit that she says led to her disfigurement. Kathleen Wilson filed the lawsuit last week in Hennepin County District Court, accusing Dr. Kevin Molldrem of Molldrem Family Dentistry in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, of providing negligent treatment…
YoutubeMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow said Thursday that the school’s governing board fired him because members were uncomfortable with him and his wife producing and appearing in pornographic videos. The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents, which oversees UW-Madison, UW-La Crosse and 11 other regional campuses, voted unanimously during a hastily convened closed…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota Republican lawmaker has no plans to immediately resign, despite party leaders’ calls for him to step down after he railed against police with profane, homophobic and anti-migrant language during a recent traffic stop that ended in his arrest on a charge of drunken driving. In a statement Wednesday, Republican state Rep. Nico Rios, of Williston, said he…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Republican leaders have called on a North Dakota lawmaker to resign after he lashed out at police with homophobic and anti-migrant remarks during a traffic stop earlier this month for drunken driving. Republican House Majority Leader Mike Lefor said Tuesday he called on Republican state Rep. Nico Rios, of Williston, to resign over the weekend. His statement cited…
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Biden is pardoning thousands of people who were convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana on federal lands and in the District of Columbia, the White House said Friday, in his latest round of executive clemencies meant to rectify racial disparities in the justice system. Biden is also granting clemency to 11 people serving what…
Red River Women’s Clinic, Moorhead, Minn.FARGO (AP) — Physicians and the formerly sole abortion provider in North Dakota are asking a state district court judge to temporarily block a part of the state’s revised abortion laws so doctors can perform the procedure to save a patient’s life or health. The request for a preliminary injunction, scheduled for a hearing Wednesday,…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) – The Minnesota Emblems Redesign Commission has finalized its recommendation for a new state flag design. The Commission voted on modifications to the original submission known as F1953. Those modifications included the symmetry of the shape of Minnesota, the direction of the eight pointed star, and the colors. The Commission also voted for a modification to the…
