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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…

Leaked Email Raises New Questions About PolyMet Water Permit

The email appears to support accusations by PolyMet's critics that the two agencies suppressed regulators' concerns.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ A leaked email has raised new questions about how state and federal regulators handled a major permit for the planned PolyMet copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota. The e-mail asks Environmental Protection Agency officials not to file written comments on the water quality permit during Minnesota’s public comment period, which kept the federal regulators’ multiple criticisms out of…

Zebra Mussels Found in North Dakota’s Ashtabula Lake, Sheyenne and Red Rivers

experts say people will need to check their boats and wash them to reduce the chances of the invasive species spreading

FARGO, N.D. –Game and Fish finds zebra mussels in one of North Dakota’s lakes. The last time they were found in the Red River in 2015. Zebra mussels were first found in the U.S. back in 1988, after contaminated cargo ships from Eastern Europe and Western Russia entered the Great Lakes. “Over the last 35 years, we’ve seen the gradual…

Fargo Special Assessments Task Force Asks for Homeowners to Voice Concerns

they changed the cost share from 50-50 to 70-30 so property owners are paying less

FARGO, N.D. — Fargo homeowners have two opportunities this week to let the city know what they think about special assessment processes and funding strategies. The city’s Special Assessments Taskforce was founded last August to review and change the policy that hadn’t been changed since 2003. They are presenting the ideas they have come up with that will help reduce…

Thousands Turn Out for 25th Annual Fargo Police Community Picnic

Families could tour first responder vehicles

FARGO, N.D. –Usually when you see flashing lights and sirens, it means something bad has happened. But that wasn’t the case at Island Park. People in the community spent time with law enforcement at the annual Fargo Police Community Picnic. Families toured all sorts of first responder vehicles, from SWAT trucks to the CSI unit to ambulances. There was also…

Five Women Take Reunion Trip to Fargo to Celebrate 50 Years of Friendship

They've done a reunion every year for the past five years

FARGO, N.D. –Five women who call themselves the “1972 Sistas” truly embody what it means to be lifelong friends. The ladies graduated from Mankato State College in 1972. “One bedroom, three sets of bunk beds, so that’s where the humor really developed,” Alice Foster said. They haven’t seen each other until five years ago. Now, they do a reunion in…

Cancer Survivors Celebrated by Local Hospital

Vandervorrt was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, and a year later with non–Hodgkin's lymphoma in her cheek.

WEST FARGO, N.D.–Essentia is hosting its 5th annual celebration for cancer survivors. “It would be very hard to face this alone,” says cancer survivor Rhoda Vander Voort.  Vander voort was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, and a year later with non–Hodgkin’s lymphoma in her cheek. “With anyone who has had cancer, there is that apprehension what might the future…

15th Annual Blood Drive for Chickens

The goal is to motivate first time donors to get out and give.

FARGO, N.D.–Vitalant teams up with Froggy 99.9 and Buffalo Wild Wings for the 15th annual Blood Drive for Chickens. The goal is to motivate first time donors to get out and give. Donors met outside Froggy’s studios where Vitalant buses were staffed and ready to go. Blood letting takes about 45 minutes, and donors are entered to win prizes like…