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…
FARGO, N.D. — Former U.S. Rep. Rick Berg is back in politics after losing the Senate race to Heidi Heitkamp in 2012. Berg has been elected chairman of the North Dakota Republican Party. The one-term congressman was elected by unanimous ballot during a meeting of the party’s state committee on Tuesday. In a statement, Berg says he is “excited for…
ROCHESTER, Minn. — A man is charged with murder in the fatal stabbings of two of his neighbors at a Salvation Army apartment building in Rochester. 53-year-old Glenn Johnson was charged Tuesday with first- and second-degree murder in the Saturday night stabbings. Bail was set at $3 million.Johnson is accused of stabbing 45-year-old Eric Flemming and 57-year-old Phillip Hicks with…
ALEXANDRIA, Minn. — Police in Alexandria are looking for the driver of a vehicle that hit and killed a father of two. 26-year-old Travis Pennig was found on the road around 10 o’clock Monday night. He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. If you notice suspicious or unexplained damage to a vehicle, you are asked to…
BISMARCK, N.D. — A petition effort has been approved for a group trying to establish an ethics commission in North Dakota. The commission would adopt rules for corruption, elections and lobbying and for reporting alleged violations. Secretary of State Al Jaeger says the group must collect nearly 27,000 valid signatures by July 9. If they do, the constitutional initiated measure…
BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota Supreme Court has upheld a $500,000 cap on damages in a fatal school bus crash near Larimore. The bus driver and a student died in the collision with a BNSF train in January 2015. Ten other students were hospitalized. Investigators determined the crash was the result of driver error. The parents of several students…
