DOUGLAS CO., Minn. — A driver and passenger in a car that failed to stop at a stop sign are both dead in a crash in Douglas County. The sheriff’s office reports it happened around 5:30 Sunday morning at the intersection of County Road 3 and Hope Road near Osakis, Minnesota. They say the driver of the car, a 24-year-old…
UPDATE: The North Dakota Highway Patrol identified the driver who died as 31-year-old Randy Cole and the passenger who was taken to the hospital as 24-year-old Elena Fladeland. Both have no permanent address and weren’t wearing seat belts. TRAILL CO., N.D. — A man is dead and a woman has unknown injuries after crashing into a semi head-on near…
FARGO, N.D. — Negotiations between Essentia Health and CommonSpirit Health about merging come to an end with no agreement. CommonSpirit owns facilities operating under the CHI brand in North Dakota and Minnesota. The deal would have included CHI Saint Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck and thirteen critical access hospitals in addition to clinics and living communities. The organizations had signed…
FARGO, N.D. — A Calumet, Michigan man arrested for vehicular manslaughter in a collision that killed an Alexandria man in Fargo last September changes his plea to guilty. The move avoided a trial for David Torgerson and the judge sentenced him to six years in prison followed by two years of probation. He was given credit for nearly 8 months…
NIMROD, Minn. — A treasure hunter finds what’s believed to be a mortar from the Korean War Era and takes it to the Nimrod Bar for a little show and tell. The possibly live mortar was found with a metal detector near the Shell City Bridge on Sunday afternoon. The person who found it called the Wadena County Sheriff’s Office…
BISMARCK, N.D. — A UND student has been named to the state Board of Higher Education. Gracie Lian, a senior studying business administration, will be the board’s student representative for a one-year term. She joins the group on July 1. Lian has served as president of the North Dakota Student Association and as UND’s student body president. She is also…
GRAND FORKS CO., N.D. — A Newfolden, Minnesota man is accused of biting a North Dakota Highway Patrol trooper before breaking out of the patrol vehicle only to be recaptured moments later. It all went down Monday morning around 8:30 when a trooper tried to stop 38-year-old Douglas Reierson for going 95 on I-29 between Grand Forks and Thompson. Reierson…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Grand Forks Public Health is making it easy for kids between 12 and 15 to get their COVID-19 vaccinations, with consent from a parent or guardian. They have a pop-up vaccination clinic setup at Hugo’s on 32nd Avenue South. It is in the former Alerus Bank Branch location. The clinic is open Mondays from 10 to…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — North Dakota Congressman Kelly Armstrong placed a wreath at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C. by the engraving honoring Grand Forks Police Officer Cody Holte. He was killed in the line of duty on May 27, 2020. Holte and other fallen officers are being honored during National Police Week. 394 officers were killed in…
THE WHITE HOUSE: — President Joe Biden praising Minnesota Governor Tim Walz for the state’s success in getting COVID-19 vaccines into arms. During a virtual roundtable on vaccines, President Biden told Walz, “I think you’re responsible, I know you are, for saving thousands of lives.” More than 60% of Minnesotans 16 and older have the vaccine, one of the highest…
