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Reports Critical of Children’s Home Response to Runaway

The government reports say the Children's Home staff should have called 911 immediately after 9-year-old Serenity Dennard disappeared Feb. 3, instead of waiting an hour and 41 minutes.

April 10, 2019

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ROCKERVILLE, S.D. (AP) _ Reports from two regulatory agencies are critical of how staff at the Black Hill’s Children’s Home responded after a young girl fled from the facility, a runaway who remains missing and is feared dead. The government reports say the Children’s Home staff should have called 911 immediately after 9-year-old Serenity Dennard disappeared Feb. 3, instead of…

Rising Floodwaters Close Two of Three Bridges in Connecting Grand Forks, East Grand Forks

The Kennedy Bridge was built for a flood crest up to more than 50 feet

April 9, 2019

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GRAND FORKS COUNTY, N.D. — The Red River is nearing 44 feet in Grand Forks and the forecasted crest is 48 feet on Friday. Grand Forks built $400 million worth of permanent flood protection in 2007. “We have 12 pump stations dedicated to flood protection, we have closures that go into our flood walls that involves closing roads but those go…

Two-Day-Old Calf Saved From Flood Waters, Reunited With Mother

It was safely returned to its mother

April 9, 2019

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GRAND FORKS COUNTY, N.D. — In the nearly 30 years a sergeant has been with the Grand Forks County Sheriff’s Office, he says he’s never seen a cow need rescuing. But that all changed yesterday as we first showed you last night. The Water Operations Team was called to save a two-day-old calf after it was stranded on a section of…

Cass County Uses SHERP Vehicle for Flood Relief

The Vehicle serves as an alternative to the Air Boat

April 9, 2019

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HARWOOD, N.D. — Cass County introduced a new vehicle to the area to help in flood relief efforts. The SHERP was brought over from Williams County as an alternative to the air boat that is typically deployed during flooding. The all-terrain vehicle holds up to six people and can be used to deliver supplies or rescue people in dangerous situations. It…

UPDATE: Power Has Been Restored to 435 Cass County Electric Customers

The cause is unknown at this time.

April 9, 2019

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FARGO, ND — UPDATE: All customers have had power restored as of 12:54 pm. The cause of the outage is still being determined. (Original Story) An estimated 435 Cass County Electric Cooperative (CCEC) customers along 45th St are currently experiencing a power outage. The cause is unknown at this time. Crews have been contacted and dispatched and are working to…

Norman County Bridge Collapses, Hwy. 75 Closed Near Halstad

Norman County Highway Engineer Jerilyn Swenson says the bridge crossing a drainage ditch collapsed Monday night.

April 9, 2019

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ADA, MN (KFGO) – Ice has taken out a bridge northwest of Ada. Norman County Highway Engineer Jerilyn Swenson says the bridge crossing a drainage ditch collapsed Monday night. The bridge is along county Hwy. 18, about 6 miles south of the Polk County line. Barricades are in place. Several roads in Norman County are under water. U.S. Highway 75…

Fargo And West Fargo Fire Will Share Fire Response

Fargo Fire Chief Steve Dirksen says it the first of its kind in North Dakota.

April 9, 2019

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FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) – With all the major road construction getting underway in the southwest metro, there are concerns about blocked routes hampering fire departments running into delays on calls on 52nd Avenue South in Fargo and Sheyenne Street in West Fargo. The fire departments in both cities have worked on a response plan. Fargo Fire Chief Steve Dirksen says…

Norman County Battles 2019 Flood Fight As Red River Rises

The Red River in Halstad is expected to crest at 38 feet by Tuesday

April 8, 2019

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NORMAN COUNTY, Minn. — Pools of water on the side of the road are just a little bit of the flooding you’ll see in Perley. “We’ve got the ditches that are looking like this but like I said, we’re maintaining and if anyone needs sandbags, we’ve been helping them out with providing sand. The farmers, everybody,” said Ann Kruse, Mayor…

ND Senate Approves Bill Decriminalizing Recreational Marijuana

The Senate and House will have a meeting for a final version of the bill before it goes to Gov. Doug Burgum

April 8, 2019

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FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota senators approve a bill which would decriminalize recreational marijuana. That means anyone who smokes marijuana or is found in possession of less than a half-ounce would only have to pay a $250 fine and could avoid prison time. The bill would also lower the penalty for anyone found with marijuana smoking devices to a $100 fine….

Cass County Shares Emergency Flood Measures at Fargo Flood Meeting

County staff and the National Guard are working to deliver sandbags

April 8, 2019

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CASS COUNTY, N.D. – Cass County is not pulling back on its flood protection planning in the slightest. Cass County engineer, Jason Benson, shared the county’s emergency measures at Monday morning’s weekly Fargo flood meeting. The county produced 100,000 sandbags. 60,000 were delivered and 40,000 are ready for back up. County staff and the National Guard are working to deliver…