WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee continues to make the rounds on Capitol Hill. Judge Amy Coney Barrett stopped by the offices of North Dakota Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer. “And I do want to say at the offset that I think you’re an excellent candidate for the Supreme Court and I appreciate your record, your judicial…
BISMARCK, N.D. — Gov. Doug Burgum and the department of health are updating the rules for the quarantining of close contacts to COVID-19 positive people. It applies if both parties were wearing masks during the time of exposure. “The close contact will not need to self quarantine at home but we will ask this close contact to self-monitor,” said Kirby…
BISMARCK, N.D. — The Army tag belonging to a North Dakota soldier, who lost it when he was wounded in Vietnam more than 50 years ago, is returned to his widow. Gov. Doug Burgum presenting the tag to Ruth Hepper of Bismarck. Her husband, Ronald, died in 2007 at the age of 58. It was 1969 when a hand grenade…
DULUTH, Minn. — Fresh off of his explosive debate with Joe Biden, President Donald Trump is back in Minnesota for the third time in recent weeks. Air Force One landing in Duluth right at 8 o’clock and rolling up to a crowd of a few thousand. Trump narrowly lost Minnesota in the 2016 election to Hillary Clinton. He is hoping…
UPDATE OCT. 1, 2002 — FOUND – The juvenile runaway has been found and is safe. **ORIGINAL STORY BELOW** BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. — Police in Breckenridge are looking for a teen that they say is a runaway. Police say 13-year-old Maksim England left school in Breckenridge Tuesday morning around 11:45 and hasn’t been seen since. Maksim is 5’7″ tall, about…
Martin Torres / Shawn JohnstonFARGO & WEST FARGO — Cass County Sheriff’s Office is notifying the public about a high risk sex offender living in the Red River Valley Fair Campgrounds in West Fargo. 56-year-old Martin Torres was convicted in 1998 of corruption/solicitation of a minor. In 2017 he was convicted of forced sexual contact with a girl between the…
FARGO, N.D. — Parents with children in Lincoln Elementary are being told that a staff member at the school has COVID-19. It’s the second such notification this week. In the letter to parents, the principal says the staff member was in contact with students and staff. A list of close contacts of potential exposure was developed but no students were…
.@LewisForMN sued @GovTimWalz’s Administration in May arguing his #Covid19 restrictions on public gatherings violated Lewis’ constitutional rights to campaign. I asked him if that decision was selfish. #MNSen pic.twitter.com/CACa8N1yff — Austin Erickson (@AEricksonKVRR) September 4, 2020 ST. PAUL, Minn. — A federal judge dismisses a challenge by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jason Lewis to Minnesota’s coronavirus restrictions. Judge Donovan Frank…
OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. — Minnesota State Patrol has released the name of a Wadena woman who died after she was hit by a car early Tuesday morning. They say 27-year-old Amber Gorentz was walking on Highway 34 when she was hit shortly before 2 a.m. west of Dunvilla. The patrol hasn’t said why Gorentz was on the highway. Categories:…
UPDATE: The Itasca County Sheriff’s Office has cancelled the missing person’s alert regarding Jeremiah Uti. Uit’s body was found along the shorline of Lake Pokegama. Authorities thanked everyone who assisted in the search for Uti. ITASCA CO., Minn. — Itasca County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s help in locating 29 year old Jeremiah Uti. He was last seen…
