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Big Game Licenses Available In North Dakota

Hunters can apply online or call 1-800-406-6409 through March 28.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department is accepting applications for elk, moose and bighorn sheep hunting licenses. Hunters can apply online or call 1-800-406-6409 through March 28. A record 334 moose licenses are available this year, up 89 from last year and 203 more than in 2015. A total of 408 elk licenses are available, up…

Attempted Murder Charges Filed Against Suspect In Officer Involved Shooting

Prosecutors say 30-year-old Melody Gray of Milwaukee pointed a 9mm handgun at trooper Mark Peterson and tried to pull the trigger as Peterson was attempting to handcuff her passenger, 29-year-old Domonique Crayton.

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KFGO) – Attempted murder charges have been filed against a woman accused of trying to shoot a Minnesota state trooper near Moorhead. Prosecutors say 30-year-old Melody Gray of Milwaukee pointed a 9mm handgun at trooper Mark Peterson and tried to pull the trigger as Peterson was attempting to handcuff her passenger, 29-year-old Domonique Crayton. Peterson shot Gray in…

Details Released In Officer Involved Shooting

The two suspects are both from Milwaukee, Domonique Maurice Crayton and Melody Victoria Gray.

Domonique Crayton and Melody GrayMOORHEAD, MN —  The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has released the name of the trooper who shot a woman during an officer involved shooting incident earlier this week just east of Moorhead.  Trooper Mark Peterson has been with the Minnesota State Patrol since 1999. He remains on standard administrative leave. The two occupants of the…

Minnesota Governor Calling For $21 Million for School Security

The governor says it's the state's responsibility to prevent a tragedy in Minnesota schools.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Gov. Mark Dayton is proposing $21 million in new funding for security enhancements and mental health improvements in Minnesota schools. The Democratic governor unveiled his proposal Wednesday to give schools dedicated funds for improvements like bulletproof glass and secure entrances. School safety is in the spotlight after the recent deadly school shooting in Florida. Republicans who…

LIVE: Downtown Gift Cards to Support Local Businesses

60 Businesses Joined Gift Card Program

  Kalley Norr, Development Coordinator with Fargo’s Downtown Community Partnership joins Adam to talk about a way to help support local businesses. The downtown gift card program launched just before the holidays with about 40 local businesses on board. Now, the cards are good at about 60 businesses. Norr says the cards are helping locally-owned stores bring in more customers…

Congressman’s Son Transferred To Minnesota Hospital

Cramer told The Associated Press earlier that his son is suffering from ``failing liver and kidneys'' and was taken to Sanford Medical Center in Bismarck on Feb. 23.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ North Dakota Congressman Kevin Cramer says he accompanied his ailing son from Bismarck to a Minnesota hospital. Cramer says in a Facebook post that his 35-year-old son, Isaac Cramer, was transferred on Tuesday to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where he was being evaluated by a “transplant team.” Cramer told The Associated Press earlier that…

Pickup Pull Crash Injures Two At Winter Show

Anyone with videos of the incident is asked to email them to the highway patrol at ndhpeast@nd.gov.

  Valley City, N.D. (KFGO) – A 15-year-old was hurt after a pickup participating in a pickup pull event at the North Dakota Winter Show went through an arena wall last night in Valley City. The highway patrol says the pickup, pulling a skid vehicle, was making a pass and traveling from west to east across the arena. At the…

Effort to Save Turkeys After Fire Near Walcott

County Emergency Manager Brett Lambrecht says that barn contained all the power and water equipment needed for two other turkey barns.

WALCOTT, N.D. (KFGO) – There’s a scramble underway this afternoon to save 30,000 turkeys on a farm east of Walcott in Richland County. Fire earlier today destroyed an empty barn at the Lelm Turkey farm.  County Emergency Manager Brett Lambrecht says that barn contained all the power and water equipment needed for two other turkey barns.  He says there’s only…

Arrest Made In Moorhead Stabbing

Police responded to the Grand Inn, at 810 Belsly Boulevard around 10:30 p.m. Monday on a report of a stabbing.

MOORHEAD (KFGO) – A man has been arrested after a stabbing in Moorhead. Police responded to the Grand Inn, at 810 Belsly Boulevard around 10:30 p.m. Monday on a report of a stabbing. There, they found a 41-year old man who had been stabbed twice in the side and he also had a cut on his wrist. He was taken…

Officer Involved Shooting on I-94 Outside of Moorhead

During the encounter the trooper discharged their weapon, striking the female who then fled into a nearby field and was later located with a gunshot wound.

MOORHEAD, MN — An officer involved shooting ends in one person hospitalized and another under arrest. The incident happened on I-94 just west of Moorhead Monday morning.   A State Patrol Trooper responded to a one vehicle crash on I-94 just east of Moorhead shortly before 10:30 Monday morning. The trooper arrived on the scene and found a vehicle had…