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North Dakota Horse Park Releases Reduced Horse Racing Schedule For 2019

They are also offering themed events each night of racing

FARGO, ND — Get ready to root for your favorites during another season of horse racing in Fargo. North Dakota Horse Park officials have confirmed four days of live racing: July 19, 20, 27 and 28. The racing season was shortened this year due to a concern that there wouldn’t be enough purse money to attract horses and jockeys for…

West Fargo’s Annual Cruise Night Begins Its 10th Season On Thursday

It's sponsored by Toppers Custom Car Club and the City of West Fargo

WEST FARGO, ND — Cruise Night returns for its 10th season Thursday night in West Fargo. It’s sponsored by Toppers Custom Car Club and the City of West Fargo. Every third Thursday of the summer, hundreds of classic cars, motorcycles and food vendors will line the streets of downtown West Fargo starting at 4:30 p.m. each night. Cruise Night stretches…

Border States Electric CEO To Join Gov. Doug Burgum’s Administration

Tammy Miller will succeed current COO Jodi Uecker who is retiring June 30

BISMARCK, ND — The CEO and board chair of Fargo-based Border States Electric has landed a new job with state government. Gov. Doug Burgum announcing that Tammy Miller will join the administration as chief operating officer. Miller will succeed current COO Jodi Uecker who is retiring June 30. Because of her existing commitments, Miller will begin a transition period October…

Fargo Teen Accused Of Attack With Golf Club Arrested In West Fargo

Police were called around 3:30 this morning to the 800 block of Beaton Drive

WEST FARGO, ND — A Fargo teen was arrested in West Fargo after allegedly attacking people and their vehicle with a golf club. Police were called around 3:30 this morning to the 800 block of Beaton Drive and when they arrived 18-year-old Peyton Wentz fled. With the help of a Fargo K9, Wentz was caught and arrested for aggravated assault,…

Hemp Farmer Charged With Selling Drugs

The level for commercial hemp cannot exceed 0.3 percent.

PRESTON, Minn. (AP) _ A Minnesota hemp farmer is facing charges after authorities claimed his products had more than the legal limit of the compound that makes users high. Court documents say products from Luis Hummel’s 5th Sun Gardens hemp farm in Lanesboro were sent to a lab for tests and found to have THC levels above 3 percent. The…

Memorial Cruise For Downtown Shooting Victim

Friends gathered to remember a beloved fixture of the downtown food truck scene.

Friends of the Fargo food truck owner who was killed near downtown are honoring his memory with a cruise. A group gathered last Friday night in front of Kmart on University Drive for a memorial cruise in honor of Jason Halvorson. A friend says he was part of the car community. Halvorson was also well-known to food truck aficionados in…

Option to Undo Some DUI Convictions Yet to be Widely Sought

Bismarck attorney says he's not sure if people know they can petition to have the DUI blood test cases thrown out.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ Court officials and lawyers in North Dakota say few people have tried to undo convictions for refusing DUI blood tests in the year since a state Supreme Court opinion offered a narrow pathway for doing so. The state Supreme Court ruled that a 2016 U.S. Supreme Court decision that found it unconstitutional to criminalize refusal of…

Shooting Victim Rescued by Uber Driver Near Stillwater

The Uber driver found the woman bleeding from the chest along a road near Stillwater.

STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) _ Authorities say an Uber driver rescued a woman who had been shot and left to die along a road in Washington County. A 23-year-old St. Paul man, suspected of being in the U.S. illegally, is charged with attempted murder and kidnapping. A criminal complaint says the Uber driver found the woman bleeding from the chest along…

Skating Coach Pleads Guilty to Sexually Abusing Student

Thomas Incantalupo abused the girl beginning when she was 14 years old in 2015 and continuing for two years.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ A figure skating coach has pleaded guilty in Hennepin County to sexually abusing a student. Forty-eight-year-old Thomas Incantalupo, of St. Louis Park, entered the plea to two counts of criminal sexual conduct Tuesday for abusing the girl beginning when she was 14 years old in 2015 and continuing for two years. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office says…

Thief River Falls Chiropractor Sent to Prison Defrauding Insurance Companies

Wiseth billed insurance companies more than three-million dollars for treatments that were not provided or overbilled.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. (KFGO) – A chiropractor from Thief River Falls will spend more than two years in federal prison for wire fraud. Richard Wiseth, 36, pleaded guilty to defrauding health insurers by submitting false and fraudulent claims for chiropractic services. Prosecutors say Wiseth billed insurance companies more than three-million dollars for treatments that were not provided or overbilled from March…