FARGO, ND — Get ready to root for your favorites during another season of horse racing in Fargo. North Dakota Horse Park officials have confirmed four days of live racing: July 19, 20, 27 and 28. The racing season was shortened this year due to a concern that there wouldn’t be enough purse money to attract horses and jockeys for…
WEST FARGO, ND — Cruise Night returns for its 10th season Thursday night in West Fargo. It’s sponsored by Toppers Custom Car Club and the City of West Fargo. Every third Thursday of the summer, hundreds of classic cars, motorcycles and food vendors will line the streets of downtown West Fargo starting at 4:30 p.m. each night. Cruise Night stretches…
BISMARCK, ND — The CEO and board chair of Fargo-based Border States Electric has landed a new job with state government. Gov. Doug Burgum announcing that Tammy Miller will join the administration as chief operating officer. Miller will succeed current COO Jodi Uecker who is retiring June 30. Because of her existing commitments, Miller will begin a transition period October…
WEST FARGO, ND — A Fargo teen was arrested in West Fargo after allegedly attacking people and their vehicle with a golf club. Police were called around 3:30 this morning to the 800 block of Beaton Drive and when they arrived 18-year-old Peyton Wentz fled. With the help of a Fargo K9, Wentz was caught and arrested for aggravated assault,…
BARNESVILLE, MN — A house northwest of Barnesville was heavily damaged in an early morning explosion. Clay County Sheriff Mark Empting says he doesn’t believe anyone was seriously hurt. Two people in the house at the time were taken to a Fargo hospital. Empting says someone lit a candle in the house and the blast was likely the result of…
Jackie Lee Vondal (Lattergrass)** UPDATE ** Grand Forks Police on their Facebook page report that Jackie Lee Vondal has been found safe. Jackie has been found and she is safe. The family has been notified. Thank you to the public for your concern. GRAND FORKS, ND — Police in Grand Forks are asking for help from the public in finding…
ST. PAUL, MN — The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and the Department of Natural Resources will not release draft permits for Enbridge Energy’s proposed Line 3 pipeline in northern Minnesota. They are waiting until a better environmental impact statement is approved, as ordered by the court. Earlier this month, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled the environmental impact statement for…
HARWOOD, ND — Four people were busted early this morning for theft at a storage unit facility in Harwood. A Cass County deputy noticed headlights at the facility at 2 a.m. and stopped to investigate. Deputies found stolen property from two enclosed trailers in the vehicle and arrested everyone inside. 30-year-old Sabrina Johanneson and 31-year-old Daniel Hengest, who have no…
BARNES CO., ND — North Dakota Game and Fish has confirmed the presence of invasive zebra mussels in Lake Ashtabula. Inspections of the lake in Barnes and Griggs counties also found well-established populations of zebra mussels of various ages throughout the lake. Lake Ashtabula and the Sheyenne River downstream all the way to the Red River have been classified as infested…
MOORHEAD, MN — Police have determined that an animal that had been sighted in Moorhead for about a month is a dog-wolf cross. Capt. Deric Swenson says the hybrid, believed to be about a year-old, is not allowed in the city as a pet. “Church” was the name given to the animal by its owner, who isn’t able to care for…
