MINOT, ND — Vice President Mike Pence is planning a visit to North Dakota. Sen. John Hoeven says Pence will visit Minot Air Force Base on Friday. Hoeven is a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and co-chairman of the Senate Air Force Caucus. Hoeven, Pence and Governor Burgum will review the base’s nuclear…
DULUTH, Minn. — Duluth police now say that the severe burns suffered by a woman found on fire last week were self-inflicted. The 24-year-old Duluth woman was found on fire in a car along Highway 23 in Fond du Lac near the Lake Superior College Fire Training Center Thursday. Lake Superior College officials say the woman was not a…
FARGO, ND — A St. Cloud man who skipped a change of plea hearing for failing to report his girlfriend’s death is back in custody in Fargo. Joseph Griemann is charged with felony possession of drug paraphernalia along with a charge of failing to report a death. He was charged in August 2015 after his girlfriend, Casey Shulte, was found…
VALLEY CITY, ND — A deadly wrong-way crash on I-94 has claimed two lives. The highway patrol reports that a 35-year-old Fargo man was driving westbound in the eastbound lane when he collided head-on with a pickup. The Fargo man and a 31-year-old Crane Lake, Minnesota man in the pickup were both killed. A passenger in the pickup was…
DWIGHT, ND — Dwight firefighters spent much of the morning on the scene of a dryer system fire at the Cargill corn milling plant north of Wahpeton. Fire crews worked to keep the flames from spreading into the duct system. The plant remains in operation. Firefighters were called out to the plant shortly after 8 a.m. Categories: Business, Local News,…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Two men are accused of being too stoned to order pizza and going on a mini crime spree Tuesday in Moorhead. Police say 22-year-old Nathan Smith and 28-year-old Ezekiel Linder kicked out the glass door at Pizza Patrol after they couldn’t decide what to order. Two blocks away, the men’s car jumped a curb and crashed into…
FARGO, ND — The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will hold a hearing Wednesday on Savanna’s Act. The bill was introduced earlier this month by Sen. Heidi Heitkamp to help address the crisis of missing and murdered Native women. It is named for Savanna Greywind of Fargo. She was 8-months pregnant when she went missing in August. Her baby was…
FARGO, ND — You can now own your very own Carson Wentz bobblehead. The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum has unveiled a limited edition bobblehead featuring the NFL’s current passing touchdown leader. Wentz is featured in his NDSU Bison uniform. Before leading the Eagles to the best record in the NFL this year, he led the Bison to…
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Police say there’s no evidence a recent break-in at a Bloomington mosque, that had earlier been targeted by a bomb, was a hate crime. Authorities released this surveillance video of the break-in last Friday at the Dar Al Farooq Islamic Center which shows two intruders wearing ape or monkey masks. Police say the suspects took a…
LIDGERWOOD, ND — A man considered dangerous is back in the State Hospital after a high speed chase that ended in a wildlife preserve. Michael Skroch, 39, of Lidgerwood was arrested after crashing his motorcycle during the chase that hit speeds of 85 miles per hour. Sargent County Sheriff Travis Paeper says Skroch threatened a person at a church and…
