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MnDOT Warns About Water On Highway 59

MnDOT says the northbound lake is closed between mileposts 201 and 202

If you’re driving on Highway 59 between Elbow Lake and I-94 you’ll have to watch for water over the roadway. MnDOT says the northbound lane is closed between mileposts 201 and 202. Traffic is being controlled by automated signals. They warn everyone that driving through water is dangerous and not to drive around barricades or into flooded areas. Categories: Flood…

UPDATE: Man Charged in Wahpeton Stabbing Death & Victim May Have Been Dating Same Woman

UPDATE THURSDAY – A man has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of a man inside a Wahpeton apartment. The Richland County Sheriff’s Office says Adam Awender admits to stabbing Billy Joe Phillips, around midnight Monday, but claims it was self-defense. Phillips was living in the apartment with a woman that’s believed to have been dating both men….

ND Insurance Commissioner Wants to Take World’s Tallest Politician Title From NYC Councilman

BISMARCK, N.D. – After a New York City Councilman is named the Guinness World Record Holder for tallest politician, North Dakota’s Insurance Commissioner says the distinction won’t stand for long. Robert Cornegy Jr. earned the world record for being 6’10” tall. Godfread played basketball for Northern Iowa. The program for his senior year in 2005 lists the Grand Forks native at…

Murder Trial Set For Man Accused of Shooting Man Outside Fargo McDonald’s

FARGO, N.D. – The murder trial is set for a Moorhead man accused of shooting a man in Downtown Fargo last September. 44-year-old Miguel Cooley Senior is accused of shooting and killing 20-year-old Gabriel Perez outside the Main Avenue McDonald’s. His trial is scheduled to begin on September 10th. A possible relationship between Perez and Cooley’s wife may have been the…

Suspect Under Arrest For Arson and Murder In Thief River Falls

The suspect is identified as 23-year old Devon Pulczinski, who is a renter.

THIEF RIVER FALLS, MINN. (KFGO) – A suspect has been arrested on charges of arson and second-degree murder in a house fire in Thief River Falls.  A woman died in the fire in an apartment on the west side of the town at 307 Arnold Ave. The suspect is identified as 23-year old Devon Pulczinski, who is a renter. He’s…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Noell

Talk about a great deal -- that's at least a cat and a half, for the price of one!!!

Noell is a cat with some serious floof factor. The fluffy ten-year-old turned up at the pound before he was rescued by workers at Homeward Animal Shelter, and the giant furball has turned out to be a friend to everybody. Dogs. Cats. Kids. Adults. You name it, Noell never met an individual he didn’t like. As a matter of fact,…

Lottery Ticket Worth $768 Million Sold In Wisconsin

The ticket worth an estimated $768.4 million, or a cash option of $477 million, was sold in New Berlin.

NEW BERLIN, Wis. (AP) _ The Wisconsin Lottery says a single ticket that matched all six Powerball numbers to win the third-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history was sold in a Milwaukee suburb. The ticket worth an estimated $768.4 million, or a cash option of $477 million, was sold in New Berlin. The city of about 40,000 people is roughly…

Hope, ND Dealing With Water Tower Issues

A water distribution station has also been set up at the American Legion.

HOPE. N.D. (KFGO) – Hope, North Dakota is having problems with its water tower and had to shut off its water supply but has come up with a temporary fix, being supplied by Rural water. The water tower will be worked on this morning. A water distribution station has also been set up at the American Legion. Agassiz Valley Social…

The Bar is Back: Hunter C&I Rises From the Ashes Following Fire Last April

There will be a celebrations all day long as part of a grand opening on April 6

HUNTER, N.D. — When Jon Dickson was asked to be the fifth member on the bar’s board, it was an easy decision for him to make. “My grandpa was one of the original people that started the Hunter C&I back in 1947. So I have a family tie to or connection to it that I wanted to be a part…