FLANDREAU, S.D. (KFGO) – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says 40-year-old Joseph Hoek of Sioux Falls has been charged with first-degree murder and aggravated eluding for the death of Moody County Chief Deputy Sheriff Ken Prorok last Friday afternoon. Prorok was killed when when he was struck by a car driven by Hoek. Prorok was attempting to put down…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A man ends up in the Red River below the Center Avenue Bridge and yells for help. A person on the walking path heard the man and called 9-1-1 shortly after 5 o’clock this morning. Moorhead police and fire crews responded quickly to the site. Police were able to pull the man to the riverbank. He…
(FOX) – Bob Beckwith, the New York City firefighter who stood at President George W. Bush’s side at Ground Zero in the immediate aftermath of the 2001 terror attacks, has died at age 91. Wrapping his arm around Beckwith at Ground Zero on Sept. 14, 2001, President Bush addressed first responders while standing on a pile of rubble and speaking…
This photo taken Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, shows pages from a letter sent from the U.S. Department of Justice to the Minneapolis suburb of Anoka, Minn. The letter, sent Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, details the department’s conclusions that the city’s enforcement of an ordinance meant to control crime by pressuring landlords to evict troublesome tenants discriminates against people with mental…
TAPPEN, N.D. (KFGO) – A large bin at a grain elevator in Tappen about 50 miles east of Bismarck has been lost to fire. The Kidder County Sheriff’s Office says the Tappen and Medina Fire Departments responded to the call at about 9:30 a.m. Sunday. There were no reports of injuries. The cause of the blaze is under investigation. Categories:…
A South Dakota tribe has banned Republican Gov. Kristi Noem from the Pine Ridge Reservation after she spoke this week about wanting to send razor wire and security personnel to Texas to help deter immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border and also said cartels are infiltrating the state’s reservations. “Due to the safety of the Oyate, effective immediately, you are hereby Banished from…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KFGO) — Moorhead Fire Department is investigating a fire in a second floor apartment at 1926 18th Avenue South. Battalion Chief Matt Brand says no one was hurt, but tenants in the unit below the fire were displaced. The call came in around 3 a.m. Saturday. Brand says they were working to determine the cause of the fire…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A man was injured after being hit by a train near Moorhead Center Mall shortly before 1:30 a.m. Saturday. When officers arrived, the train was stopped. Police say the man was lying near the tracks in an area not approved for people to be in. He was taken to the hospital by ambulance with injuries to…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — TSA officers stopped a passenger from bringing a loaded gun onto an airplane Thursday at Hector International Airport. The gun was spotted during a routine x-ray screening of the passenger’s carry-on luggage. A Fargo police officer responded to the checkpoint. The passenger could face a $15,000 fine and other penalties. It is the second gun detected…
OXFORD, Ohio (UND ATHLETICS)– No. 2 North Dakota polished off a weekend sweep over Miami with a 4-1 victory on Saturday night from Steve Cady Arena in Oxford, Ohio. With the victory, UND (20-6-2, 11-4-1 NCHC) extends its regulation unbeaten streak to 21 games to match the program’s record set back in 2006-07 and will remain in first place in…
