VALLEY CITY, N.D. — If you bought a lottery ticket in Valley City for Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing you better check your ticket. One lucky ticket is now worth $50,000. The winning ticket matched four white balls and the Powerball. The numbers are 1, 10, 27, 28, 36 and the Powerball number drawn was 12. Nobody won the jackpot which…
ELLENDALE, N.D. — People in Ellendale, North Dakota are dealing with a lot of water. The Dickey County community was hit with over 5½ inches of rain in just a matter of hours early Thursday morning. City officials were warning people not to drain sump pumps into the city sewer. Due to the massive amount of rain, sewer mains were…
FARGO, N.D. — A barefoot woman was arrested by police in Fargo after people reported seeing her entering garages. 25-year-old Chelsea Forschen of Dunseith was arrested early Thursday morning. Police were called to a burglary in progress in the 3000 block of 34th Avenue South. People reported seeing Forschen and a male trying to enter garages. Officers found Forschen hiding…
FARGO, N.D. — A Griggs County man has been sentenced in federal court to 70 years in prison for sexually abusing a minor. 39-year-old Brent Daigle of Sutton was sentenced on three counts of Sexual Exploitation of Minors and one count of Possession of Materials Involving the Sexual Exploitation of Minors. A 12-year-old girl reported that Daigle had repeatedly sexually…
TRAILL COUNTY, N.D. — A Florida woman has been charged after an unborn child died last week after a crash on I-29. 75-year-old Claudia Grace of The Villages, Florida is charged in Traill County with negligent homicide and aggravated reckless driving. The highway patrol say Grace struck the rear passenger side of a pickup and caused it to roll. 24-year-old…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — A Grand Forks woman has been charged with felony child abuse. An arrest warrant was issued Wednesday for 38-year-old Justine Gourneau. She made her initial appearance in court this morning on two counts: child abuse of a victim under the age of six and simple assault. Gourneau is accused of attacking an adult who intervened to…
BAYPORT, Minn. — A corrections officer has died after he was assaulted by an inmate at the Stillwater state prison, prompting a lockdown at Minnesota’s prison system. The Minnesota Department of Corrections says Officer Joseph Gomm was attacked by an offender at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday and was pronounced dead at a hospital. Gomm was a 16-year veteran of the department….
FARGO, N.D. — Fargo Police Department has put out a picture of the suspect in last week’s armed robbery of Royal Liquors on Main Avenue. Employees say a skinny black male between 5’10” and 6′ tall walked into the store, pointed a gun at each of them, and demanded money. He got away with an undisclosed amount of cash. The…
WATFORD CITY, N.D. — Nearly $100,000 has been raised so far to help people affected by a tornado that hit Watford City. The McKenzie County emergency manager says a local relief fund will go directly to families impacted by the storm. The tornado that tore through an RV park early on July 10th killed a baby and hurt more than…
PINE RIDGE RESERVATION, S.D. — A South Dakota woman accused of beating her 2-year-old son to death after he wet his bed has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. 30-old Katrina Shangreaux of Porcupine pleaded guilty in March to second-degree murder in the July 2016 death of 2-year-old Kylen Shangreaux. She admitted assaulting the toddler with a studded belt….
