GRAND FORKS, ND — A high risk sex offender has moved from Jamestown to Grand Forks. Police say 32-year-old Justin McGregor is now living at 317 7th Street North. McGregor has a conviction for corruption/solicitation of a minor in 2010 for fondling a 16 year old girl. He was convicted of gross sexual imposition in 1999 for biting a 10-year-old boy’s…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former Lt. Governor Drew Wrigley is closer to getting his old prosecuting job back. Wrigley’s nomination to serve once again as U.S. Attorney for North Dakota is now moving to the full Senate for consideration. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to move his nomination forward. Wrigley served as U.S. Attorney for North Dakota from 2001 to 2009 The…
WEST FARGO, ND — A Cheney Middle School employee has been placed on administrative leave and letters about the investigation underway were sent to parents with kids in the school. The letters say there is speculation on social media and among students and parents about the employee, who has not been officially identified. They have enlisted the help of staff to…
MILTONA, MN — Minnesota BCA has identified the deputy who shot and killed a man this week in Miltona. He is Alexander Herzberg with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. He has been with the office for nearly two years. The shooting victim has been identified as 27-year-old Tyler Schmidtbauer. Herzberg and another deputy responded to a home early Tuesday for a…
SAINT PAUL, Minn. – A Minnesota House committee has opened a hearing on the contentious issue of gun control. More than 300 people packed the hallway outside a Capitol hearing room ahead of the event. The first bill on the agenda would require universal criminal background checks for gun purchasers. The second would let families and police petition the courts to…
RAMSEY, MN — A Midwest Medical Examiner’s report shows that 27-year-old Tyler Schmidtbauer died of multiple gunshot wounds on Tuesday morning. Schmidtbauer was shot during a confrontation with Douglas County Sheriff’s deputies in Miltona. They had responded to a domestic disturbance call about 5:15 a.m. and at one point a deputy discharged his weapon. The deputies were not injured but were…
CASS COUNTY, ND — Cass County officials are reminding people living in flood prone areas to check on their flood insurance. It must be acquired at least 30 days prior to a flood. The National Weather Service last week said the threat of significant flooding caused by snowmelt has increased substantially across the Red River Valley. There’s currently a 50% chance…
FARGO, ND — The opening of North Dakota’s first medical marijuana dispensary is being delayed by one day. The Botanist was scheduled to open Thursday but it will now open at 10 a.m. on Friday. The dispensary is located in a strip mall along 13th Avenue South near Target. Multiple product types will be available including dried leaves and flowers, vaporizing…
FARGO, N.D. – A Fargo man is accused of stealing a semi loaded with Oreos. Court documents filed this week in Cass County accuse 27-year-old John Crowell of felony theft for stealing the semi at Northpoint Hornbacher’s last November. The driver of the semi had left it running while he filled out some paperwork. When he returned his semi was…
HALLOCK, Minn. — A northwest Minnesota woman is charged with first-degree arson and insurance fraud for allegedly setting fire to her restaurant. Tamara DeVore is accused of starting the fire at the Caribou Grill in Hallock on February 21st while a person was at the bar. She was seen on security footage near the scene of the fire, repeatedly entering and…
