Gloria & Willie Scheel, Gregory ScheelPAYNESVILLE, Minn. — A Paynesville man has been charged with killing his grandparents who had taken him into their home. A criminal complaint charges 33-year-old Gregory Scheel with two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of 93-year-old Wilbert Scheel and 80-year-old Gloria Scheel. Their bodies were found in their car along a rural road…
GRAND FORKS COUNTY, N.D. — Two children are dead and a woman and child are seriously hurt after a crash in heavy blowing snow on Interstate 29 Sunday morning in Grand Forks County. North Dakota Highway Patrol says the female driver from Fargo lost control on the ice, slush and snow covered interstate two miles north of Reynolds. Her vehicle…
UPDATE 7:55 P.M. No Travel Advisory LIFTED in the Grand Forks area The North Dakota Department of Transportation along with the North Dakota Highway Patrol have LIFTED a No Travel Advisory for the Grand Forks area. A Travel Alert remains in effect due to snow covered and icy roads and reduced visibility. A Travel Alert remains in effect for…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota’s elections chief is working closely with the Department of Homeland Security to protect the state’s balloting process from attack. It comes as concern grows about Russian targeting of America’s election infrastructure. Senate Intelligence Committee leaders recently said efforts to protect elections from Russian cyberattacks in 2016 didn’t go far enough, and they recommended new safeguards…
Research shows that rural Minnesota is seeing a shortage of day care options. The Center for Rural Policy and Development found the northern and central parts of the state are particularly affected. The research estimates that roughly 2,500 children in the northwestern part of the state can’t get the day care they need. Small in-home day cares are closing at…
NAYTAHWAUSH, Minn. — A shocking discovery Thursday afternoon in Mahnomen County. A woman called authorities after finding a dead man in her front yard in Naytahwaush. The body was taken to Grand Forks for an autopsy. The name of the man will be released after family has been notified. The death is under investigation by numerous agencies including the Mahnomen…
MINOT, N.D. — The man behind some of the biggest hits of the 1990’s is headed to the country’s largest Scandinavian festival. Grammy award-winning singer Michael Bolton is set to perform September 27 at this fall’s Norsk Hostfest in Minot. Bolton has racked up 9 number one songs and sold 75 million records around the world. Tickets go on sale…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Bail has been cut from $500,000 to $400,000 for a fired Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the shooting of an unarmed Australian woman. Mohamed Noor made his first court appearance in the July death of Justine Ruszczyk (ROOS’-chehk) Damond, who had called 911 to report a possible sexual assault behind her home. Noor’s…
WEST FARGO, N.D. — A former KVRR news anchor has been given the green light by his party to run for a North Dakota House seat. Members of West Fargo’s District 13 Republican Party have endorsed Austen Schauer for the seat being vacated by Rep. Christopher Olson. Olson, who is the district’s chairman, decided not to seek re-election due to…
CASSELTON, N.D. — An international defense and electronics company wants to launch a crop-surveying drone from the Casselton Regional Airport. Airport Authority chairman Bob Miller says the Israeli company, Elbit Systems, would gather crop information across the Upper Midwest that would be analyzed and sold to farmers. Elbit wants to lease hangar space for the large drone it flies, and…
