BLUE EARTH, Minn. — Four Blue Earth High School football players have been charged with an assault on a teammate that left him unconscious. Wyatt Tungland and Dalton Nagel, both 18, as well as two juveniles are charged with aiding and abetting assault. Tungland is also charged with third degree assault for punching the 16-year-old teammate in the face…
AMHERST, SD — The shutdown of the Keystone pipeline following an oil spill has lifted crude oil prices to levels not seen in two and a half years. Oil prices jumped two percent on Wednesday, the highest since July 2015. Last week’s leak near Amherst, South Dakota and the shutdown have raised concerns about this vital source of supply. About…
NORTH DAKOTA — North Dakota health officials are seeing a higher-than-normal amount of flu activity for this time of year. As of the end of last week, there had been 124 cases statewide, with 10 hospitalizations. Two-thirds of the cases were in Cass, Burleigh, Morton and Stark counties. Nearly half of the state’s counties have reported cases. The Health…
FARGO, ND — Former Fargo City Commissioner Mike Williams is missing his old job. He announced this morning on KFGO that he will run again for a seat on the commission in 2018. Williams served three consecutive four-year terms on the board and left at the end of June 2016 due to term limits. But the city allows a…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — Police have found a man they consider a person of interest in a disturbance and shooting at a downtown Fergus Falls apartment early Tuesday. He was found walking along the road near the Grant-Otter Tail County line with blood on his clothes. He was taken to the hospital in Elbow Lake for treatment of a…
GRAND FORKS, ND — Grand Forks police are looking for two white men who robbed Little Caesars at gunpoint. Authorities released these images from surveillance cameras. They say the men entered the business on Gateway Drive shortly after 10 p.m. They showed a gun and made off with an undetermined amount of cash. One of the men stood about 6…
WEST FARGO, ND — Construction work has been approved to begin on the Sheyenne Street Reconstruction Project. “We have to do something,” Mayor Rich Mattern said. “We cannot wait years down the road.” The North Dakota Department of Transportation has given final approval for the project. The project is expected to take two years to complete and cost about $55…
WAHPETON, ND — A man out running his hunting dog the other morning was stopped dead in his tracks. Tyler Birchem says his dog started chasing something ahead of them on a township road several miles northwest of Wahpeton. It turned out to be a mountain lion. Birchem says he was worried about his dog but says thankfully she listened…
WEST FARGO, ND — A K9 named Disco helped make a major marijuana bust in West Fargo. The dog hit on the marijuana during a traffic stop this morning on I-94 near the 45th Street exit giving officers probable cause to search the vehicle. They found 286 pounds of pot with an estimated street value of $1.3 million. Kimberly…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — One lucky turkey from a turkey farm near Alexandria, Minnesota has gotten a presidential pardon. “Drumstick, you are hereby pardoned,” President Trump said as the crowd applauded. Drumstick and his alternate, Wishbone, were raised by Carl and Sharlene Wittenburg, who were on hand for the pardoning. In a national poll to see which of the two birds…
