Author: TJ Nelson

FCS Semifinal Tickets Now On Sale For NDSU vs. SDSU On Friday Night

Season ticket holders have until 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday to purchase their same seats for the game

FARGO, ND — NDSU Bison Football is just one more win away from heading back to Frisco, Texas to play for another national title. Tickets for Friday night’s FCS Semifinal vs. South Dakota State went on sale today at 3 p.m. online only at gobison.com/tickets. The Bison Ticket Office will open Monday morning at 8. Season ticket holders have until 5:00…

Former U.S. Ag Secretary Bob Bergland Dies In Roseau Nursing Home

Bergland's funeral is planned for Saturday in Roseau

Bob Bergland/U.S. Ag Secretary During Carter AdministrationROSEAU, MN — Former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland has died in Roseau, Minnesota. He was 90. His daughter, Linda Vatnsdal, says he died at a nursing home. Bergland served as Agriculture Secretary for President Jimmy Carter. He had the difficult job of defending Carter’s unpopular decision to embargo grain sales to the Soviet Union…

Annual Sheriff’s Seized Property and Gun Auction to be Held Next Week

The 4th Annual Sheriff's Seized Property and Gun Auction will be held on December 14

CASS COUNTY, N.D. — You could save a lot of money on your Christmas shopping thanks to the Cass County Sheriff’s Office. The 4th Annual Sheriff’s Seized Property and Gun Auction will be held on December 14. A viewing of the sporting goods, power tools, office equipment, guns and other items will be an hour before the sale begins. You…

Fatal Fall At Bemidji State Dorm Leads To Charges Against Five Men

Isaac Morris of Cokato died of head trauma in a fall from a 7th floor window at Tamarack Hall in September

BEMIDJI, MN — Five people have been charged in connection with the death of a teen at Bemidji State University. Beltrami County prosecutors say the five men have been charged with two gross misdemeanor counts of furnishing alcohol to a minor. 19-year-old Isaac Morris of Cokato died of head trauma in a fall from a 7th floor window at Tamarack Hall…

Casting Crowns Bringing “Only Jesus Tour” To Fargodome

Billboard's top-selling act in Christian music since 2007

FARGO, ND — Billboard’s top-selling act in Christian music since 2007 is coming to Fargo. GRAMMY winning group Casting Crowns will make a stop at the Fargodome on Thursday, April 11. The stop will be a part of the group’s 37-city “Only Jesus Tour” in the spring. The public on-sale for Fargo’s show is this Friday at 10 a.m. Tickets range…

Plea Deal Reached For Man Accused Of Trying To Attack President Trump In Mandan

Prosecutors say he planned to harm the president by flipping his limo with a forklift

Gregory Leingang/President Trump in Mandan(2017)BISMARCK, ND — A Bismarck man has pleaded guilty after admitting to stealing a forklift to attack President Donald Trump’s limousine. 42-year-old Gregory Leingang stole the forklift and entered the presidential motorcade route in Mandan prior to Trump’s arrival at a Mandan refinery in September of 2017. The forklift got stuck in a gated area and Leingang…

Alzheimer’s Added to Medical Marijuana List

Health officials in Minnesota say Alzheimer's disease now qualifies as a condition to receive medical marijuana

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota health officials are adding Alzheimer’s disease as a qualifying condition to get medical marijuana. The state Health Department says the new condition would take effect in August. Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm says there is “some evidence” that marijuana improves the mood, sleep and behavior of people with Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer’s was one of seven suggested additions…

First Confirmed Case of Acute Flaccid Myelitis in North Dakota

The child was hospitalized in October and later released

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota has its first confirmed case of A-F-M, or acute flaccid myelitis. The case was confirmed by the CDC. The child was hospitalized in October and has since been released. State health department officials did not say where the child was hospitalized or give their age or gender. AFM is a rare but serious condition that…

Tribal Leaders Claim They Have Been Threatened On White Earth Reservation

Secretary-Treasurer Alan Roy says he and his family have been threatened by four men

MAHNOMEN, Minn. — White Earth Reservation Business Committee members say they have received threats since being seated earlier this year. Secretary-Treasurer Alan Roy says he and his family have been threatened by four men. One of the men, Michael Keezer, has been charged with felony terroristic threats by the Mahnomen County attorney. He claims another man harassed his wife and…