BISMARCK, ND — North Dakota’s House has killed legislation that would bar drivers from smoking in the car if they have a passenger younger than 9. Fargo Democratic Rep. Pamela Anderson’s measure would have allowed police to pull over anyone seen smoking with young children in the car and fine them $25. The vote against the bill was 57-31. The Republican-led…
SAN DIEGO, CA — A rural Thompson, North Dakota couple is dead after a large tree fell on a house in San Diego. Friends say Troy and Jessica Nelson, owners of Trojan Promotions in Grand Forks, were staying in the house while attending an industry trade show. A third person on another floor was not hurt. “I heard a very large…
FARGO, ND — Lucas Hankey of Fargo is starting the new year off right. He just won $1,000 in the National Bonnie Plants Third Grade Cabbage Program. Lucas was randomly selected by the North Dakota Agriculture Department for growing this huge, 30 pound cabbage. He will receive a $1,000 savings bond toward his education from Bonnie Plants, the largest producer of…
DWIGHT, ND — Two vehicles and a garage were destroyed in a fire this morning in Richland County. The sheriff’s office says just before 7 a.m., the Dwight Fire Department responded to the fire west of the town. The garage and the two vehicles inside are considered a total loss. No one was in the building at the time of the…
GRAND FORKS, ND — One person is dead following a crash in Grand Forks Saturday night. The police department says around 11:30, officers responded to a report of a car hitting a pickup from behind and then speeding off on South Washington Street. That car traveled into the wrong lane before moving back into the right lane and crashed into a…
Shopko is closing stores nationwide including in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. The Wisconsin-based retail chain has filed for bankruptcy protection citing excessive debt and ongoing competitive pressure. The company will close nearly 100 of its more than 300 stores across the country this year. Here is a list of the Shopko stores that will close in our region….
WATFORD CITY, ND — No one was hurt in an explosion at an oil field saltwater disposal site near Watford City. The McKenzie County Emergency manager says one man was at the site at the time of the explosion, but he was not hurt. It happened at a White Owl Energy Services site. Authorities don’t know what caused the explosion and…
Joseph Kiedrowski, Billie Jo McGinnis-Kiedrowski and Gina SteynFARGO, ND — An on-going drug investigation related to recent heroin overdoses in Fargo and Otter Tail County results in three arrests. A number of departments served a warrant at 3414 Birdie Street North in Fargo around 10:30 Thursday morning. Police say 39-year-old Joseph Kiedrowski of Fargo fled the scene but was found hiding…
BISMARCK, ND — State Rep. Kathy Skroch made a passionate plea before the North Dakota House. The Republican from Lidgerwood said, “For the sake of our well-being, for the good of our families and our state, we must not strip the last remnants of the North Dakota Sunday closing laws.” That plea was not enough as the North Dakota House voted…
WASHINGTON – “I am now a single mother, I lost my husband last year, I bought me a house in the process. Ma’am, I’m worried about how I’m going to pay my mortgage. I don’t want to get upset,” Smithsonian employee Audrey Murray said. Audrey is 59-year-old federal worker who has gone without pay since January 1st. A group of senators…
