FARGO, ND — An annual celebration of bacon and booze is returning this fall. The Pig & The Pint will be held November 2 at Sanctuary Events Center. Locally-owned restaurants will get half of a hog, one week to prepare it and assigned a local brewery to collaborate on suds and swine pairings. Tickets for The Pig & The…
MORTON COUNTY, ND — North Dakota’s bill for police staffing of the Dakota Access pipeline protests continues to rise. The North Dakota Emergency Commission has borrowed an additional $5 million to cover law enforcement costs. That brings the total line of credit from the state-owned Bank of North Dakota to $39 million. The state is also expecting to get…
NORTH DAKOTA — There was an attack on North Dakota’s election systems in the summer of 2016. The Department of Homeland Security delivered that news to the Secretary of State’s office on Friday. They said the systems were targeted but not breached. North Dakota was among 21 states targeted last summer. Secretary of State Al Jaeger said he is…
GRAND FORKS, ND — A Grand Forks man was arrested for drunk driving after crashing into a stop light. The crash happened around 12:30 Sunday morning on the corner of South Washington Street and 32nd Avenue. Police say 36-year-old Joshua Vistad was checked out on scene and placed under arrest for DUI. Police want to talk to anyone who may…
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Minn. — A teen was accidentally shot while duck hunting Saturday in Douglas County. The sheriff’s office says the 16-year-old boy and a 17-year-old hunting partner were in a boat on North Union Lake. Investigators say the 17-year-old believed his shotgun was empty and put it in a case. He later leaned over the side of the boat…
CLEARWATER COUNTY, Minn. — A pickup driver suspected of driving drunk crashed into the rear of an Amish buggy killing a rider. The State Patrol says the crash happened Saturday night on Highway 92 in Clearwater County. The patrol says 23-year-old Elsie Yoder of Clearbrook was taken to a Fargo hospital and later died. Elsie’s brother, 27-year-old Mervin Yoder, also…
WEST FARGO, ND — A West Fargo officer’s personal vehicle was shot up late Tuesday night. The vehicle was parked in the 800 block of 3rd Street East. Police were called Wednesday and they determined that a gun was fired at the vehicle at least four times causing damage to the rear and front windshield. It was unoccupied at…
NORTH DAKOTA — North Dakota could lose $1 billion in federal funding for health insurance over seven years. That is the finding of a report on the new Republican bill in Congress to replace Obamacare. The bill would shift health care money and power from Washington to states. President Trump and Republican Senate leaders are trying to rally 50…
FARGO, ND — The Cass County State’s Attorney’s office has decided not to charge a man in a fight with an NDSU student. Prosecutors say there were conflicting accounts of what happened when Isaiah Smith, a junior from Brainerd, was injured in a park near campus earlier this month. Smith told police that he confronted a man who he believed…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Original KISS members Gene Simmons and Ace Frehley have reunited in Minnesota. Simmons posted this picture of the twosome to his Facebook page. They came to St. Paul’s CHS field to play Wednesday night in their first show together in 16 years. The event was a hurricane relief benefit that Simmons helped organize for a…
