GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The tailgating experience at UND home football games is being stepped up a notch. Alerus Center lots will now open 5 hours prior to kickoff. Tailgate Village has moved to the south of Entrance #1 and it will have a beer garden for the first time at North Dakota Football games. The southern section for season…
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — Princess Kay of the Milky Way is getting her likeness sculpted into a 90-pound block of butter on the Minnesota State Fair’s opening day. 20-year-old Rebekka Paskewitz, a college student from Browerville, represented Todd County last night and was crowned the 65th Princess Kay of the Milky Way. She will serve as the official goodwill ambassador…
FARGO, N.D. — There are a few more students attending Fargo Public Schools this year, but just a few. The district welcomed 11,445 students for the first day of class. That is 5 more students than at the start of the school year in 2017. But the district did gain nearly 200 students between May graduation and the start of…
BELTRAMI ISLAND STATE FOREST, Minn. — A DNR-prescribed fire intended to manage brushlands at Beltrami Island State Forest has gotten out of hand. Governor Mark Dayton has called out the Minnesota National Guard to assist with firefighting efforts. The fire started spreading yesterday and quickly consumed 500 acres. So far, no structures or private land are threatened. The fire is…
WINGER, Minn. —Â Authorities have captured an escaped inmate near Winger, Minnesota. Polk County Sheriff’s officials say 20-year-old Tony Krueger overpowered a corrections officer in Crookston while on the way to the hospital and stole the transport vehicle. A state trooper spotted the vehicle near Erskine. He later used a pit maneuver to stop Krueger and he ran into a field…
BISMARCK, N.D. — An American Indian activist and former Democratic candidate for Congress who was accused of inciting a riot during the Dakota Access pipeline protest will avoid jail time. In a plea deal with prosecutors, Chase Iron Eyes will serve one year of probation and pay $1,800 in fines and fees. In return, he’ll avoid jail time and prosecutors…
FARGO, N.D. — Fargo has released the list of people named to the Special Assessment Task Force. The list includes a builder, realtor, mortgage lender, chamber representative and others. City Commissioner Tony Grindberg will chair the task force and will have voting rights to break any tie votes with task force recommendations. West Fargo Mayor Bernie Dardis will serve as…
MINOT, N.D. — A Minot woman is accused of stealing $35,000 in merchandise from Victoria’s Secret. Authorities allege 19-year-old Pru Bray took the items out of the store in bags or wore them under her clothing while she worked there. She then allegedly sold the items at rummage sales, gave them as gifts or returned them for cash. Bray also…
FARGO, N.D. — Police in Fargo are asking the public to help locate Brenda Kartes. Her family has reported the Fargo woman missing. The 31-year-old woman is 5’3″, 125 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. Brenda’s family says they have not had any recent contact with her. If you have any information regarding Brenda contact the Fargo Police Department….
FARGO, N.D. — A Streeter, North Dakota man has died two weeks after crashing his motorcycle. The highway patrol reports 68-year-old Stanley Spitzer died on Monday. He lost control of his motorcycle on I-94 near Medina on August 8 and was thrown from the bike. He was taken to Jamestown then to a hospital in Fargo where he died. Categories:…
