BISMARCK, N.D. — The old North Dakota governor’s mansion will meet the wrecking ball on Friday. The ranch-style home has been replaced by an adjacent $5 million mansion that’s 13,500 square feet. The former mansion was completed in 1960 and has been home to nine governors. The new home is the third official residence built for North Dakota’s governors. The…
JAMESTOWN, N.D. — An online account is raising money to return the body of a Jamestown woman killed by her ex-husband to her home state of Hawaii. Nicole Gututala-Hoff was waiting in her car to pick up her children from her ex-husband on Saturday. Kevin Hoff told police that he shot and killed Nicole before fleeing the scene. He later…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Gov. Mark Dayton has kept his promise and vetoed a bill that would have aligned Minnesota’s state tax code with federal changes passed last year. The Democratic governor rejected the bill passed by the GOP-controlled Legislature with about 20 grade-school students standing behind him at a St. Paul school. Dayton said the bill tilted toward the…
GRAND FORKS, ND – A man is dead and a woman has suffered non–life threatening gunshot wounds in Grand Forks. Officers were asked to do a welfare check at a home in the 2500 block of 7th Avenue South. They say they found a deceased male and a female with gunshot wounds. She was taken to Altru for treatment. Police say…
KITTSON COUNTY, Minn. — Dry conditions and winds gusting to nearly 40 miles per hour fanned a wildfire that burned about 1500 acres of grassland in Kittson County. The “Clow Fire” about 10 miles northwest of Lancaster was 70% contained as of Wednesday morning. DNR fire crews were on scene overnight watching for more flare-ups. The half-mile wide wildfire was…
FARGO, N.D. — Fargo Public Schools Superintendent Jeff Schatz says the plan to add a separate elementary school designed to help students with severe behavioral problems has been put on hold. The partnership with West Fargo Schools to create the facility at Agassiz School was approved by the Fargo school board a week ago. Parents and other advocates challenged the…
BISMARCK, N.D. — It’s a major milestone in the medical marijuana program in North Dakota. The state’s Department of Health has selected two entities as manufacturing facilities. Grassroots Cannabis will be located in Fargo while Pure Dakota LLC will locate their facility in Bismarck. They’ll be responsible for growing marijuana and converting it into a medical marijuana product. They are…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A move to require Minnesota drivers to use only hands-free cell phones looks like it’s finished for the current legislative session. The bill’s sponsor, Champlin Republican Rep. Mark Uglem, says leaders told him his bill won’t get a vote as the session heads toward a finish this weekend. Uglem says he’s disappointed and concerned for people…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Gov. Mark Dayton has vetoed a Republican-backed ultrasound abortion bill. It would have required Minnesota physicians to tell pregnant women they have the option of viewing an ultrasound before having an abortion. The bill passed the Legislature largely on party lines last week. Dayton said he objected to interfering with the doctor-patient relationship. Republican leaders say…
JAMESTOWN, N.D. — A Jamestown man is accused of injuring his wife with a knife. 37-year-old Anthony Hardin was arrested for Aggravated Domestic Assault. Police were called to the 500 block of 1st Avenue South around 7:45 Tuesday evening. Hardin’s wife told police that her husband had stabbed her in the hand and foot. Police say the cuts were just…
