THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN — A suspect is now charged with second-degree murder and arson after an apartment fire in Thief River Falls. Twenty three year old Alexandra Jo Ellingson died in the fire on the west side of town at 307 Arnold Avenue. According to the medical examiner .. she died due to asphyxiation. 23-year old Devon Pulczinski, who…
FARGO (KFGO) – A Fargo man remains in the Cass County Jail with bail set at $500,000 cash on charges filed after a high-speed crash last Saturday night that killed his 7-year-old son and critically injured 5-year-old son. 31-year-old Christopher Devine appeared in court in a neck brace. He’d been hospitalized for several days. A prosecutor cited previous drunken driving…
CASS COUNTY, ND — Both Cass County and Moorhead City leaders have decided to suspend sandbagging operations due to favorable weather predictions. Here are the releases from both Moorhead and Cass County. MOORHEAD, MN — In the first two days of operation, 33,050 sandbags were filled at the Moorhead Sandbag Operations Center. Sandbag filling continues today (Friday). While a spring…
FARGO, ND — Fargo’s Sandbag Central will close at 7 p.m. Friday, days ahead of schedule and 600,000 sandbags under the original goal of 1-million sandbags. The slow melt and lack of rain and snow the past couple of weeks are responsible. Fargo will now prepare for a possible crest of 39-ft. and not the nearly 41-ft that had been a…
North Dakota State Department of Health scientists are warning us about serious health risks from our rising flood waters. You might think the biggest danger of dealing with floodwaters is that they’re a muddy mess. But as state environmental scientist Christine Roob explained when she sat down live in-studio with the Morning Show’s Emily Welker to talk about it. Flood…
FARGO, ND – 31-year-old Christopher Devine is expected in court this afternoon to be formally charged with one count of criminal vehicular homicide and two counts of criminal vehicular injury in a drunk driving crash involving his two sons on Saturday March 23rd. The Cass County State’s Attorney’s Office says a blood test shows Devine’s blood alcohol content was 0.267…
FARGO, N.D. – A Walhalla, North Dakota couple is making the drive down to Nebraska to bring supplies to flood victims. Joy Zaharia and her husband started collecting clothing, food, toiletries and pet food last weekend. They have about two garages full of supplies donated from the community. People also donated money to help with the cost of gas and renting…
FARGO-MOORHEAD– Volunteers are critical to preparing for flooding. Students in the F–M area are joining in to do their part. “It feels good just to help people out with what they are struggling with or just so that they do not have a fear their home being gone,” Carl Ben Eielson Middle School student Landon Docken said. Eighth graders from Carl…
WEST FARGO, N.D. – A building where the roof collapsed due to heavy snow at the Red River Valley Fairgrounds is in the process of being torn down. Harvest Hall stored about 60 cars all winter. Most have been pulled out over the past few weeks, and there were about a dozen left as of Thursday morning. Once all the cars…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has signed a bill that aims to end a longstanding disagreement over shared revenues on the oil-rich Fort Berthold Indian reservation. Burgum on Thursday signed legislation that ratifies the compact he signed last month with Three Affiliated Tribes Chairman Mark Fox. The bill reworks a tax-sharing agreement that favors the Three…
