GRAND FORKS, N.D. – A Grand Forks woman is charged with DUI after crashing into a semi on I-29 Monday morning. It happened near the Demers Avenue exit around 10:00. The Highway Patrol says 60-year-old Ann Halverson was driving the wrong way when she struck the semi. The truck went into the median and struck cable barriers. Halverson was taken…
FARGO, N.D. – A federal judge turns down a request to hold an open hearing on Alfonso Rodriguez’s death penalty appeal. U.S. Attorney for North Dakota Drew Wrigley asked for a hearing in Fargo within 30 days last week. Judge Ralph Erickson says the issues he wanted to discuss have been resolved. They include setting deadlines for the timely release…
WILLISTON, N.D.–Police say a Williston woman accused of trying to exact revenge by setting a fire to a mobile home targeted the wrong house. Authorities say 26-year-old Kassandra Cote thought she was setting fire to the home of someone who had stolen items from a storage unit. Cote’s accused of placing a two-liter bottle of gas outside the home and…
FARGO, N.D.–A drunk driver was arrested after striking cars in the parking lot of a used auto dealership at approximately 2:40 a.m. on Sunday. Officers responded to the 1800 block of Main Avenue for a report of a vehicle hitting multiple cars in the parking lot of Altimate Auto Sales. Police located the driver, identified as 30-year-old Moses Yalartai, after…
MINOT, N.D.–A Minot man has been sent to prison for three years for stealing a Bobcat skid-steer loader from the Ward County Highway Department. Thirty-year-old Michael Schell must also serve three years of probation and pay more than $1,100 in court costs for stealing the skid steer valued at $80,000 last January. Investigators sent a cigarette butt and vape with…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Moorhead police are investigating after a disturbance at a business was called in. It happened in the 2200 block of 14th Avenue South. The employee says someone broke down the door and “held him up” with a gun. When police arrived, the suspect drove away. The employee says he had a dispute over property with the man…
CROOKSTON, Minn. – A federal inmate escapes during a medical appointment in Crookston. 33-year-old Fabian English was able to get away from the Riverview Hospital around 11:45 Friday morning. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says he stole a pickup and went into the Red Lake River. He was caught shortly afterward. The Sheriff’s Office and Crookston Police continue investigating the…
BISMARCK, N.D.–The former treasurer of a Bismarck charity focused on helping children is accused of embezzling thousands of dollars from the organization. Fifty-one-year-old Kathryn Artlip was charged Thursday with stealing $10,000 from Bisman Stiletto over three years. The felony theft charge carries a maximum punishment of 20 years in prison if convicted. Police say a third-party accountant conducted an audit…
UPDATE: Moorhead Police has arrest a 16-year-old boy from Moorhead on Thursday for allegedly robbing a 71-year-old woman getting her mail in an apartment building on Wednesday. Authorities say the teen is being held pending 1st degree robbery charges. He also has outstanding warrants. MOORHEAD, Minn. – Police are searching for a suspect who robbed a person with a…
CROOKSTON, Minn.–The Crookston Police Department has received 16 reports of burglaries and thefts from vehicles, sheds, garages and two homes since the beginning of October. The locations of the burglaries have occurred in the northeast part of town, the south end Campbell Road area, Woods Addition, Memorial Drive and Jerome’s Addition. In some instances, doors were locked, but unlocked in…
