ST. CLOUD, Minn. — St. Cloud police say a 3-year-old boy shot himself after finding a loaded gun at his home. Authorities say the boy is in stable condition. They are looking for the 28-year-old father of the child who could face charges of negligently storing a firearm and being a felon in possession of a gun. Police were…
FARGO, ND — The state Racing Commission has approved seven racing dates in 2018 for the North Dakota Horse Park in Fargo. Track General Manager Mike Schmitz says that depending on the amount of funds allocated by the racing commission in February, there could be just six days at the track. The Racing Commission also sets purses and promotions…
REGIONAL — An Iowa company has recalled salads and sandwich wraps sent out to vending machines because they were distributed without federal inspection. Pride of Iowa Sandwiches is recalling products containing more than 230 pounds of chicken, pork and beef sent to vending machines in Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota. They include packaged Deli Fresh branded Caesar salads…
MINTO, ND — A Forest River woman who died after her SUV ended up in the river has been identified. The Highway Patrol says 30 year old Elizabeth Knecht went off a rural road near Minto about 7:40 Monday morning. The SUV went through a ditch and over a riverbank, broke through the ice and came to rest upside…
GRAND FORKS, ND — Police say a man who claims that he was held up by a black man in Grand Forks Saturday night made the entire story up. A charge of making a false report has been forwarded to the state’s attorney’s office against 24-year-old Reid Peterson of Grand Forks. Peterson had claimed that an armed man approached…
RED LAKE, Minn. — More help is needed to find two missing fishermen on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. The Northeast Regional Water Rescue Team and the Stutsman County Dive Team will begin searching Lower Red Lake on Tuesday. The Grand Forks Regional Team will provide airboats since conditions on the lake have changed since the fishermen went missing…
CASS LAKE, Minn. — Just east of Wadena County, authorities have arrested a 24-year-old man in the fatal shooting of a woman. Cass County, Minnesota deputies were called to a home in the Cass Lake area about 8 a.m. Sunday. They found a 25-year-old Cass Lake woman with a gunshot wound to the head. She was pronounced dead at…
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Police have identified the man arrested after a botched robbery and stabbing last night inside the Mall of America. He is 20 year old Mahad Abdirahaman of Minneapolis. He is accused of sneaking into a men’s fitting room at Macy’s and trying to take a customer’s belongings while he was modeling clothes for his family. Abdirahaman…
WEST FARGO, ND — A section of Center Street in West Fargo will be closed this week. Crews will begin work on Tuesday to repair a damaged railroad underpass. A truck hit it last Wednesday morning. No serious injuries were reported, but the truck was heavily damaged. Center Street will be closed from Main Avenue to 7th Avenue Northeast…
FARGO, ND — The North Dakota Horse Park in Fargo will ask for seven race dates in 2018, one day less than this year. The director says the three day horse race weekends tried for the first time this summer didn’t pan out the way they had hoped. He says the extended race dates spread horse numbers thin and…
