MOSCOW (AP) – Mikhail Gorbachev, who as the last leader of the Soviet Union waged a losing battle to salvage a crumbling empire but produced extraordinary reforms that led to the end of the Cold War, has died at 91. The Central Clinical Hospital said in a statement that Gorbachev died Tuesday after a long illness. No other details were…
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) — University Police at NDSU are investigating a sexual assault on campus. It was reported to have happened in a residence hall around 1:30 Saturday morning. The report indicated the suspect and the victim met earlier in the evening at an off-campus location. They are looking for anyone who might have information that might aid in the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Two people are arrested when a traffic stop turns into a chase that began shortly after 1 a.m. on the Main Avenue Bridge, headed into Moorhead then back into Fargo. Police say the car eventually came to a stop and the passenger, 32-year-old Skyler Poitra who has no permanent address, ran. He was quickly caught by…
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A judge has again blocked a trigger law banning abortion in North Dakota as he weighs a lawsuit from the state’s lone abortion clinic. The clinic argues that the law violates the state constitution. Burleigh County District Judge Bruce Romanick on Thursday granted the motion for a preliminary injunction sought by the Red River Women’s Clinic…
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) — A Fargo man is facing several felony charges after allegedly assaulting a Barnes County Sheriff’s deputy. Authorities say 49-year-old Dustin Lende was being pursued in Cass County for a prior incident and it ended when he fled into Barnes County. Deputies later responded to a call of a suspicious man in the lobby of a…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Fargo City Commissioners agree it’s time for a vacant house to go. The structure at 437 23rd Street South has been declared a dangerous building. The woman who owned the house passed away and it was difficult for city building inspectors to find out who owns the building. It belongs to a New Jersey mortgage company….
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (FOX 9) – A man died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the Scheels store in Eden Prairie Center, creating a panic and sending the mall into lockdown Monday evening. Eden Prairie police say they responded to the mall around 7:25 p.m. for reports of a shot fired. At the scene, they say they found one man…
Gov. Kristi NoemSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota ethics board says Gov. Kristi Noem may have “engaged in misconduct” when she intervened in her daughter’s application for a real estate appraiser license. The Government Accountability Board determined that “appropriate action” could be taken against Noem, though it didn’t specify the action. Its procedures call for a contested case…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) — Grand Forks police arrest a man after a standoff. Officers responded to a report of a domestic dispute around 9:30 Sunday night and could hear screams coming from inside the house. They say Kenneth Allen refused to open the door so they forced entry and the woman escaped. Police say Allen then barricaded himself inside….
The votes are in and America has at least two winners in the USA Mullet Championship. Winners were just announced in the teens and kids division and you are looking at the young kids winner. Emmitt Bailey from Menomonie, Wisconsin took home the prize. The teen winner, also from Wisconsin, is Cayden Kershaw from Wausau. The USA Mullet Championship has…
