MOORHEAD, Minn. – A security alert was issued for Minnesota State University Moorhead at 3:5o Friday afternoon after a report of an armed man near campus. Police say the man stole a gun from someone and was seen three blocks north of the university. He’s described as Hispanic, 5’9″ tall wearing a grey sweatshirt and red pants. Authorities add there’s…
MINNEAPOLIS–Police say a pregnant woman was killed and three others were injured when a speeding vehicle hit a minivan and several other vehicles in Minneapolis. Authorities say police and fire department personnel worked for nearly an hour to extricate the woman, who was eight months pregnant, from the minivan Thursday about 11 p.m. Police say she and her unborn child…
BISMARCK, N.D.–Law enforcement officers say they’ve intercepted a supply of oxycodone headed for the Berthold Indian Reservation. Police arrested two men Wednesday in Bismarck during a traffic stop who said they had more than 200 oxycodone pills in their possession. Authorities say each pill can sell for $80 on the reservation. Thirty-two-year-old Michael Ellington and 31-year-old Byron Cooper made initial…
FARGO, N.D. — The new Fargo Police Headquarters on 25th Street and 1st Avenue North is open. The Fargo Police locations in downtown and on 25th Street South are closed to the public. Some people are sharing their concerns online about the department’s move. One of the biggest worries is no longer having a police presence downtown. Fargo Police officials…
It was 1887, and in Otter Tail County, a jury was about to make history. A handyman had committed a murder so atrocious that their only recourse, they decided, was to sentence him to death. It would be the first-ever hanging in Otter Tail County, and it would also be the ending to one of the saddest and most violent…
UPDATE Oct. 21, 2019: The man injured during an incident in Morrison County last week has died. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner said 36-year old Joshua Ostrowski last known Minnesota address in Browerville, died of a single gunshot wound to the head. LITTLE FALLS, Minn.–State investigators say a driver who fired at pursuing law enforcement officers in central Minnesota shot…
FARGO, N.D.–A Fargo man was arrested Thursday morning after threatening another man with a handgun at an apartment complex. Fargo Police Officers reported to the 1100 block of 22 Street South and learned the victim recognized the man as someone who frequents the apartment complex. Officers set up a perimeter and discovered the man was inside the apartment. They began…
BISMARCK, N.D.–A South Dakota man who authorities say is linked through DNA evidence to a riot during the Dakota Access pipeline protest three years ago has turned himself in to sheriff’s officials in North Dakota. Prosecutors in Morton County filed charges against Lawrence Malcolm Jr. last month after state investigators were informed by the State Crime Lab that DNA from…
MOORHEAD, Minn.–Moorhead Police are asking the public’s assistance locating the driver of a stolen vehicle who fled from police on Thursday, October 10. Police reported to the area of 100 5 Street South for a fireworks complaint. While officers were checking the area, they noticed an occupied vehicle in the Moorhead Library parking lot. An officer ran the license plate…
FARGO (KFGO) – A Mahnomen, Minn. woman has been charged with robbery-conspiracy in an investigation into claims from two men that say they were robbed when they responded to on-line prostitution ads in Fargo. 19-year-old Harleigh Haugen is charged in Cass County District Court. Asst. State’s Attorney Reid Brady says he does not anticipate charging anyone else at this point,…
