MINOT, ND — Senator John Hoeven has secured funding to make improvements to B-52’s at Minot Air Force Base. The National Defense Authorization Act, signed into law last month, includes over $220 million for upgrades to the B-52 including new engines. Nearly $600 million was approved to sustain the existing fleet of ICBMs. Hoeven and General Robin Rand, the Commander…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — An armed man is being sought for questioning after he ran from Moorhead police Sunday night. Officers responded to reports of the man carrying a long gun and a handgun outside Terrace on the Green apartments in the 1600 block of 20th Street South around 7:30. When the man spotted police, he bolted inside the five…
RAPID CITY, SD — An autopsy confirms the death of a California woman found in the back seat of her son’s SUV is a homicide. Preliminary results show 58-year-old Michelle Walsh died from head and neck injuries. Her body was discovered after South Dakota Highway Patrol troopers chased and stopped the SUV driven by her son, 30-year-old Tosten Lommen. He’s…
NATIONAL — Officials say a $1.2 billion natural gas liquids pipeline proposed from Montana to Kansas will help accommodate increasing production in North Dakota. The Elk Creek Pipeline wouldn’t cross North Dakota but would connect to existing pipelines in the northwestern part of the state. It would transport up to 240,000 barrels per day of natural gas liquids from…
PORTAL — Border officials have seized more than 1,200 stainless steel sinks because of an alleged trademark infringement. The sinks were headed from Canada into North Dakota. They were discovered in a rail shipment at the port of entry in Portal. Authorities say the counterfeit sinks could be worth more nearly one million dollars, based on the manufacturer’s suggested…
WHITE EARTH, Minn. — Narcan is saving lives on the White Earth Reservation. The medication designed to rapidly reverse an opioid overdose has been distributed door-to-door in communities across the reservation. Police Chief Michael LaRoque calls it an “uphill battle,” but he says since an “urgent health crisis” was declared in mid-December several people have been saved by the…
WEST FARGO, ND — A Fargo man reported missing since New Year’s Eve has been found dead. Police say the body of 29-year-old Derrick Jacobs was discovered in the attic of his home on South University Drive. Jacobs was last seen on December 31st around 1:30 a.m. near his home. Police began to investigate his disappearance and had assigned an…
WEST FARGO, ND — West Fargo officers spot a suspected stolen vehicle and a pursuit begins. It happened around 1:30 this morning in the 1600 block of 9th Street East. The vehicle was stopped by a tire deflation device in the 1300 block of 19th Avenue Northwest. The driver, 42-year-old David Schiebe of Grafton, was arrested on ten charges including…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Minnesota State Patrol is talking to more witnesses of a fatal four-vehicle crash Saturday. A two-year-old boy died in the crash at the intersection of 34th Street and Highway 10 East. A pickup rear-ended the vehicle the child was riding in along with two adults. Both vehicles then hit two more cars on 34th Street. The crash…
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. — An explosion and fire has damaged a grain processing elevator in East Grand Forks. Firefighters fought the blaze at MGI Grain Processing in subzero temperatures Wednesday night. The fire was reported just before 7 p.m. after a loud explosion was heard. Employees in the mill at the time made it out safely and called 911….
