BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. — Charges have been filed against Tracy Brant, who is allegedly involved in the homicide of his 3 year old son, Winter Barker. Winter’s mother tells KVRR about the relationship between her family and Tracy and role he played in Winter’s life. “He was always a good little boy he would always follow me everywhere, his mama’s boy,”…
WEST FARGO, ND – Firefighters have extinguished flames that broke out at a home on the 500 block of 22nd Street East around 6:30 Thursday night. The wind spread the blaze to two other homes. West Fargo firefighters were able to put the fire out in the homes next to the house where the blaze started around 7:15. “We’ve got the…
FARGO, N.D. — Students in NDSU’s College of Health Professions will have a new facility come spring 2020. The university broke ground for the expansion of Sudro Hall. The new $28 million facility will be six stories and 74,000 square feet. The project is funded through private sector donations. It will allow nursing, pharmacy, allied science, and public health students to…
Otter Tail County, MN — William Hillman, charged in the murders of a mother and son, said he blacked out and didn’t remember what happened. Hillman is charged in the deaths of Denise McFadzen, 42, and her 21 year old son Dalton McFadzen. A criminal complaint revealed that Hillman beat the pair with a pipe wrench. Hillman has a history of…
WASHINGTON, DC — Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp says she will vote in favor of confirming President Trump’s Secretary of State nominee, Mike Pompeo. Heitkamp says she met with Pompeo in March to discuss his nomination and how the State Department can help advance U.S. diplomatic, military, and economic interests. Heitkamp is the first Democrat to announce her support for Pompeo. Pompeo…
MINNEAPOLIS – The prosecutor in the Minnesota county where Prince died says he’s filing no criminal charges in the musician’s death. The announcement Thursday from Carver County Attorney Mark Metz means the state’s investigation into how Prince got the fentanyl that killed him is closed. It came hours after documents revealed a doctor accused of illegally prescribing an opioid for…
BRECKENRIDGE, MN — Criminal Charges are filed against the father of a 3-year-old Winter Barker, a Breckenridge boy who was found dead on April 10, 2018. Tracy Norman Brant, 35, of 200 Park Avenue in Breckenridge is charged with one count of felony murder, three counts of third degree assault and two counts of malicious punishment of a child. Brant has been…
FARGO, ND — NDSU announced head football coach Chris Klieman’s contract has been extended through the 2023 season. The two year extension comes as Klieman is entering his eighth year overall and fifth as head football coach. As Bison head coach Klieman has a 54-6 record. They’ve finished 7-1 winning the Missouri Valley Football Conference all four years. Klieman has…
BECKER COUNTY, MINN. – A drug bust in Becker County has led to two arrests. Sheriff Todd Glander says the arrests turned up heroin and cocaine mixed with fentanyl along with about $20,000 in cash. 45-year old Dawn Kier, of Mahnomen, and 34-year old Craig Jackson, of Ogema, are each charged with two count counts of a controlled substance. The…
MOORHEAD, MINN. (KFGO) – A man is hospitalized and another is in jail after a stabbing at the Gateway Gardens apartments, at 1817 1st Avenue North, in Moorhead Wednesday night. Police say 25-year-old Yaasiin Isxaaq is in custody after assaulting 45-year-old Corey Schmidt just before 9 p.m. Isxaaq was a guest in Schmidt’s apartment, and the two were acquaintances. After attacking Schmidt,…
