ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) – The state of Minnesota projects a $1.3 billion budget surplus in the fiscal year 2020-21. The Minnesota Management and Budget office released the forecast Thursday morning showing an economic outlook that “has improved since the end of the 2019 legislative special session.” The forecast showed an improved revenue forecast for the state and a small decrease…
Mark PavelichGRAND MARAIS, Minn. – A Minnesota judge has found that a former member of the “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey team is mentally ill and dangerous. The judge ruled Wednesday that 61-year-old Mark Pavelich should be committed to a secure treatment facility. Pavelich was charged after he allegedly beat a friend with a metal pole in August. His criminal…
By Sam Cabral WASHINGTON – As the House inches closer to a vote in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump, Republicans say the hearings are a complete waste of time. Wednesday marked the latest phase in the investigation into the president’s actions toward Ukraine, as the public hearings moved from the House Intelligence Committee to the House Judiciary Committee. The…
FAIRMOUNT, N.D. (KFGO) – A vandal or vandals have hit a Richland County farm. The farmer, Mark Meyer says the damage is costly and a big mess. Mark Meyer says somebody opened the side taps of two-grain bins sometime Sunday night and released about 150,000 bushels of dried corn onto the ground at the farm located 6 miles west of…
ULEN, Minn.–A train derailed South of Ulen along Highway 32 early Monday morning. There were 114-grain cars on the train. The wheels on a few of the cars came off the rails causing the grain they were carrying to spill. BNSF crews reported to the scene to get the cars back on the track and clean-up the grain that spilled….
WASHINGTON, D.C. — North Dakota’s Republican congressional delegation is weighing in on the first day of hearings. Representative Kelly Armstrong calls it “political theater” and says we haven’t heard anything new. Sen. John Hoeven says the impeachment process has not followed precedent and has not provided President Trump with important due process rights. Pointless. That’s how Sen. Kevin Cramer feels…
FARGO, N.D. – A massage company shows being part of the Fargo community is a lifetime membership. Elite Therapeutics is holding a silent auction on Facebook to help the previous owners recover some damages from a fire. On October 29th the Sue and Trent Erickson had their home damaged in an Arizona fire. It happened months after moving to start…
MINNEAPOLIS – A Minnesota bishop says he was trying to protect the confidentiality of a man who said he was sexually abused by a popular priest when he certified to other church officials that the priest was fit to work with children. Bishop Michael Hoeppner of the Diocese of Crookston is the subject of a Vatican-ordered investigation into whether he…
WASHINGTON (FOX 9) A split U.S. House of Representatives voted almost entirely on party lines Thursday to move forward with the impeachment investigation against President Donald Trump. The resolution passed, 232-196, paving the way for public hearings on Trump’s actions with Ukraine. Two Democrats, including U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson of Minnesota, joined Republicans in voting no. “This impeachment process continues…
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) – There’s quite a twist to a fire that heavily damaged a house at 1007 8th Avenue North in Fargo late Tuesday night. Police say that the resident of the home, 26-year old Tate Smith-Nerline, has been arrested for allegedly setting fire to the house. The charge: Endangering by Fire, a Class B felony. Detectives following up…
