MCKENZIE COUNTY, ND — A police officer arrived just in time to help deliver a baby girl along a rural road in North Dakota’s oil patch. Arnegard Officer Travis Bateman jokes that he should have had a catcher’s mitt when he responded to a 911 call last week along McKenzie County Road 30. After just two minutes on the scene Bateman…
FARGO, ND — West Acres Mall has landed a new tenant for its food court and it’s pretty sweet. Locally owned & operated, Ice Point, will be serving up Thai style hibachi ice cream. The menu at Ice Point will also include bubble tea, fruit tea, smoothies and more. West Acres expects the ice cream shop to open in the food…
Miguel Cooley Sr.FARGO, ND — The preliminary hearing for a Moorhead man charged with the murder of a man outside of a McDonald’s has been pushed back. Miguel Cooley made a brief appearance in Cass County District Court Wednesday morning. His attorney, Steven Mottinger, asked for more time to review evidence. The judge granted his request but a new hearing date…
FARGO, N.D. – Fargo police arrested a burglar around 8 a.m. Wednesday. Residents called reporting a burglary in progress at a home in the 400 block of San Juan Dr. South. One caller say a man, later identified as 18-year old Ethan Kuchera, with a backpack and long gun breaking into a neighbor’s residence. A second caller reported they saw…
LIDGERWOOD, N.D. (KFGO) – A grocery store fire in Richland County. Fire departments from Lidgerwood and Hankinson responded shortly after 6 this morning on a report of smoke coming from the Lidgerwood Market, just off Main Street. County Emergency Manager Brett Lambrecht says firefighters made initial entry and found smoke was coming from a mechanical room. Smoke was pouring out…
CROOKSTON, MN – A fugitive sought for more than week by authorities and another man were arrested in Crookston Tuesday night. Police Chief Paul Biermaier says the arrests followed an unrelated narcotics investigation at a residence on the city’s south side. The Pine to Prairie Drug Task Force doing surveillance, learned 40-year old Joshua Hendrickson and 33-year old Brady Veselka…
FARGO, N.D. — There’s a lot to appreciate about the history of North Dakota. Through his songs and his book “Pacing Dakota”, author Tom Isern details life on the Northern Plains. Isern wrote so many 500 word essays that it eventually became his book, “Pacing Dakota.” Isern has been touring the state ever since to share his love for state’s heritage…
FARGO, N.D. — “The Power of Minnesota,” a documentary about the clean energy in the state, premieres in the Fargo Theatre. The documentary highlights six stories of people across Minnesota who use renewable energy to power their communities. “There’s been a lot of exciting things happening in renewable energy in the region. One of the points of tonight’s discussion is…
FARGO, N.D. — For the second straight year, Folkways is bringing a distinct Christmas experience to Downtown Fargo. As part of “Christkindlmarkt”, Folkways is looking to get more people into the holiday spirit. The group set up sixty Christmas trees outside the Stone Building this morning to get ready for the four–day event. There is food, live entertainment, holiday treats and…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — Three months after ash trees were removed from the city’s streets, new evergreens are filling the voids in Fergus Falls. Concerns over the spread of emerald ash borer and haphazard sidewalk conditions caused Fergus Falls officials to uproot the trees. “We heard a lot of comments about what happened downtown. People knew something was missing but I…
