Courtesy: KMSPST. PAUL, Minn. (KMSP) – State Senator Michelle Fischbach of Paynesville resigned from the state senate and took the oath of office Friday, officially becoming Minnesota’s lieutenant governor. Fischbach, a Republican, has kept her state senate seat so the GOP could hold its one seat majority in the upper chamber. With the session now over and Gov. Mark Dayton promising there will be no special session,…
Courtesy: KFGOFERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KFGO) – A semi caught fire along Interstate 94 between Fergus Falls and Rothsay, Minn. Friday. Traffic was backed up in the westbound lanes of the highway for miles as firefighters worked to bring the blaze under control. The Minnesota State Patrol says there were no injuries. Westbound traffic may encounter a detour at exit 50….
Moorhead, MN (KFGO) – A Powerball lottery ticket worth $50,000 was sold in at the Casey’s General Store on 37th Ave S in Moorhead. The winner has a year to claim the prize at any lottery office or by mail. A $1 million Powerball ticket was sold at a Minit Mart in Carlton, which is 20 miles Southwest of Duluth….
ADA, Minn. (KFGO) – One home was destroyed and another heavily damaged by fire in Ada Sunday. Shortly after 11:30 a.m., Ada firefighters were called to the 505 Clover Lane. A passerby had spotted the flames and alerted the residents. Once on scene, crews called for mutual aid from the fire departments in Borup, Twin Valley, Halstad and Hendrum. Crews…
UPDATE: The North Dakota State Highway Patrol has identified the man killed as 35-year-old William Schneeman of Bismarck. The driver of the semi, a 36-year-old St. Cloud man, has not been charged in connection with the crash. THURSDAY – Shortly after 3:00 Thursday morning, a 35–year–old man was driving east on I–94 when he crashed into the median of the…
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) – Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty says he plans to skip next month’s Republican state convention and go straight to the August primary. Pawlenty’s move means he won’t seek the party endorsement. In a statement Tuesday, his campaign says the two-term governor entered the race too late for to have a “fair fight” for the endorsement. Hennepin…
MENDOCINO, Calif. (AP) – A Northern California resident found a pair of jeans and human remains inside a girl’s shoe on a beach near the spot where a woman drove her large family off a cliff in March, authorities said Thursday. DNA tests will be conducted on the remains to try to identify who they belonged to, the Mendoncino County…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The Minnesota House has passed a bill matching the state’s tax code with new federal tax cuts. The GOP-backed proposal that cleared the House Monday includes modest income tax rate cuts for more than two million Minnesotans and a slight increase to the standard deduction. But it would also cause slight tax increases for some…
Courtesy: Fox 21 DuluthUPDATE at 7:40 PM Thursday (AP) – Authorities say a smoky refinery fire that forced many residents of Superior, Wisconsin, to evacuate is out. Douglas County officials posted an update Thursday evening saying the fire is extinguished but asking residents in the evacuation area to stay away from their homes for at least another two hours. An explosion…
Lois Riess(KMSP) – The Dodge County, Minn., Sheriff’s Office confirmed Tuesday that Lois Riess, the Minnesota grandmother arrested last week in Texas for the alleged murder of her husband last month and another woman just a few weeks ago, will be extradited to Florida before returning to Minnesota to face trial. Riess was arrested on South Padre Island last Thursday after a tipster…
