WEST FARGO, ND — Sawyer Brown has been announced as the first act to take the Grandstand Stage at this summer’s Red River Valley Fair. The country group will be at the fair on opening night, Tuesday, July 10th. The fair also announced that auto racing will once again take over the Red River Valley Speedway on the last day…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator Heidi Heitkamp has invited a former UPS driver from Fargo to be her guest during President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address. Heitkamp says Dennis Kooren has been a leader of the effort to protect the pensions of North Dakota workers and retirees. Kooren worked as a UPS driver in Fargo for 30 years…
Al Jaeger, Will Gardner, Josh BoscheeBISMARCK, ND — The longest-serving Republican official in the North Dakota Capitol has announced he’s running for another term. Al Jaeger will seek the GOP’s endorsement for secretary of state. The 74-year-old Jaeger has served more than two decades in the office that is best known for supervising elections. Jaeger faces a challenge from fellow…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Moorhead Police Department has just launched a local chapter of ‘PAL’, the Police Athletics and Activities League. They are combining this new program with favorites from the past to prevent juvenile crime. Moorhead Police Department is mixing some of the old with the new. “We used the inspiration behind the cops and kids game to start the…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Enrollment is down at most Minnesota state colleges and universities and that means fewer dollars for those schools. Records released by the MnSCU Board of Trustee’s show last school year as the sixth straight that MnSCU institutions saw a drop in enrollment. Full-time students at those schools is at 132,000. That’s a 17% decline…
STUTSMAN CO., ND — Authorities have released the name of a man who was killed when his vehicle struck three horses standing on a county road west of Ypsilanti, North Dakota. The Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office identifies the victim as 24-year-old Cruz Schumacher of Jamestown. The crash happened just before 5 a.m. Saturday. After striking the horses, Schumacher’s Pontiac Grand…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson says she plans to run for re-election as attorney general instead of running for governor. Swanson was widely expected to launch a bid for governor. But the three-term Democrat told supporters in an email that she is running instead for re-election. In her email, Swanson wrote that the work of her…
GRAND FORKS, ND — Police in Grand Forks are searching for a man who robbed Valley Dairy at 1401 South Washington Street at gunpoint. Officers were called to the store around 6:51 p.m. Thursday. They say an African American male in his early twenties displayed a handgun and demanded money from the clerk. The clerk complied and the man ran. …
FARGO, ND — The TSA has fully implemented new and stronger carry-on baggage security screening procedures at Hector International Airport in Fargo. Training began in late November and the rules went into effect Thursday. Travelers must place all electronics larger than a cell phone in bins for x-ray screening. Passengers should continue to remove their one-quart bag containing liquids, gels…
Letter Sent To Parents COLFAX, ND — Richland County Sheriff Larry Leshovsky anticipates the investigation into alleged student misbehavior at Richland 44 school should be finished next week. It will then be turned over to the state’s attorney for possible charges. In a letter sent to parents by Superintendent Tim Godfrey, he said the district will protect and preserve…
