WASHINGTON – Bills in the House and Senate could give millions of dollars to important Red River Valley projects. The Army Corps of Engineers has set aside $35 million for design work for the diversion in this year’s budget. 2019 Funding bills passed in the House and in the Senate Appropriations Committee give $32 million for a North Dakota National…
HENNING, Minnesota – A body is found near Henning Friday afternoon. Police say a property owner found a body near the Canadian Pacific railroad tracks around 12:30. The male has been identified and his name will be released once family is notified. The body has been sent to medical examiner’s office in Ramsey, Minnesota. Investigators say they aren’t looking for…
WASHINGTON – The Senate Agriculture Committee releases a bipartisan farm bill proposal. Democratic Minnesota Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith are both on the Ag Committee. Klobuchar says the bill protects nutrition assistance programs and Smith adds it protects the sugar program. The House Farm Bill failed last month when the conservative members blocked it over an unrelated immigration bill. The…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Police are investigating a robbery at a Wells Fargo in Grand Forks Friday. Officers were dispatched around 5:00. Witnesses say a man walked into the Wells Fargo at 33 South 3rd Street and gave a note to an employee. The worker gave the man an undisclosed amount of money and he left the bank. Authorities say…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Eight people have been arrested during a drug bust in the Grand Forks area Thursday. The Grand Forks Narcotics Task Force served three warrants Wednesday. 15 grams of heroin worth an estimated $9,000 was seized. 22-year-old Ashlea Lajimodiere, 24-year-old Justin Metcalf, 27-year-old Michael Miller, 26-year-old Jayme White, 18-year-old Madisyn Obregon, 26-year-old Kayla Bailey, 30-year-old Kaylee Lembke…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ Nine former and current University of Minnesota football players who say their rights were violated in a sexual misconduct investigation are suing the school, alleging they’re victims of racial and gender discrimination. The federal lawsuit was filed Friday. It stems from the university’s investigation into an alleged gang rape of a female student in 2016. The lawsuit…
Sue Baron, the ray of sunshine that she is, joins Adam to talk about Golden Drive’s 6th annual Community Event. Golden Drive Homeless Kids works to raise awareness about the homeless population in our community. Baron says too many people don’t even realize there is a homeless problem in the F/M area. This year’s Community Event features too many…
July 27, 2017: Anthony Bourdain on the ferry to Vashon Island while filming Parts Unknown in Seattle, Washington on July 27, 2017. (photo by David Scott Holloway)PARIS (AP) _ American celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain has been found dead in his hotel room in France while working on his CNN series on culinary traditions around the world. He was 61. CNN…
GENTILLY TOWNSHIP, Minn. – A Grand Forks man is dead after a crash near Crookston around 12:30 PM Thursday. The Minnesota State Patrol says a semi driven by a 64-year-old Grand Forks man was heading west on Highway 2. A pickup driven by 51-year-old Christopher Bacon rear-ended the truck at the intersection of County Road 46. Bacon died at the…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – A Grand Forks man has been arrested for DUI after authorities say he hit two vehicles Thursday. Police say 42-year-old Matthew Bjornson hit a vehicle driven by a Conover, WI woman at the intersection of South 20th Street and Demers Avenue around 5:30 PM. Shortly afterward, he allegedly crashed into a vehicle driven by a person…
