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Fargo Police Say Missing Woman Has Been Found Safe

38-year-old Sarah J. Lauinger of Fargo

FARGO, ND — UPDATE (1/6/19 12:08 p.m.): Sarah has been located and is safe. ***ORIGINAL POST BELOW*** FARGO, ND — Fargo Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing adult female. On January 5, 2019, our officers took a report of a missing adult female. The missing female is 38 year old, Sarah J. Lauinger, of Fargo, ND….

The End of an Era: Clay County Sheriff Bill Bergquist Retires After Nearly Four Decades in Law Enforcement

He's been sheriff since 2002

MOORHEAD, Minn. — Clay County Sheriff Bill Bergquist announced his retirement nearly a year ago, and now he’s celebrating the end of that chapter of his life with a retirement party. “I’ve always wanted to be in law enforcement. So I was waiting and waiting until that time when I got to school and I’ve loved it since,” he said. His…

Interstate Shoes Helps to Return Unclaimed Items from Tom’s Shoe Repair

Items not picked up by Jan. 31 will be donated

MOORHEAD, Minn. — Tom’s Shoe Repair closed their doors a few months ago. If you have something you haven’t gotten back, Interstate Shoes and Repair might have it. Interstate Shoes is helping return hundreds of shoes, boots, jackets and purses to customers. The store’s manager says there are many unclaimed items. Only 10 percent have been picked up. If you never…

Tim Walz to Bring One Minnesota Inaugural Celebration to Moorhead

Tim Walz and Peggy FlanaganMOORHEAD, Minn. – Minnesota Gov.-Elect Tim Walz and Lt.-Gov.-Elect Peggy Flanagan are coming to Moorhead to celebrate their inauguration. The DFLers will be sworn into office on Monday January 7th and are holding One Minnesota Inaugural Celebrations all over the state including Minneapolis, Duluth and Mankato. The Moorhead event will be held January 14th at Junkyard Brewing Company…

State Sen. Kent Eken Discusses Priorities in Upcoming Session

Eken says flood protection, budgeting will be big issues on the table when legislature resumes

ST. PAUL, Minn. — With the Minnesota legislature set to reconvene Tuesday, State Senator Kent Eken talks with citizens in our area about what issues to fight for in St. Paul. At a League of Women Voters of the Red River Valley gathering at the Sons of Norway in Fargo, the Democrat says some of the big issues include budgeting for…

Escaped Inmate Captured

Authorities say 29-year-old Johnathan Evitt ditched a work detail in Moorhead and fled into Fargo Thursday afternoon.

FARGO (KFGO)  – Fargo police say they’ve arrested an escaped jail inmate from Clay County, Minnesota. Authorities say 29-year-old Johnathan Evitt ditched a work detail in Moorhead and fled into Fargo Thursday afternoon. A citizen called police when the inmate, still in orange jail clothing, was seen running in downtown Fargo. An officer found Evitt and arrested him. Categories: Crime,…

Fatalities on Minnesota Roads Increase in 2018

380 people lost their lives on highways in Minnesota this past year

BARNESVILLE, Minn. — Preliminary reports from the Minnesota State Patrol say that 380 people died in fatal crashes in 2018, twenty more than in 2017. More than 120 were alcohol related, while 90 involved people not wearing their seatbelts. The report says more than sixty of those deaths occurred since November. Officers say seeing the preliminary numbers reinforces their goal to…

Welcome To The United States Senate, Mr. Cramer

Kevin Cramer was sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence for the 116th Congress

WASHINGTON, D.C. — North Dakota’s new junior United States Senator has been sworn in. Kevin Cramer was sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence for the 116th Congress. The Republican defeated Democrat Sen. Heidi Heitkamp for the seat back in November. Senator Cramer said he’s ” honored to work ” on the behalf of North Dakotans. Minnesota Senators Amy Klobuchar and…

Milwaukee Woman Pleads Guilty To Attempted Murder After Pulling Gun On Trooper

Authorities say 30-year-old Melody Gray pointed a handgun at Trooper Mark Peterson's head and tried to pull the trigger

MOORHEAD, MN — A Milwaukee woman accused of trying to shoot a Minnesota state trooper last March in Moorhead has pleaded guilty to attempted murder. Authorities say 30-year-old Melody Gray pointed a handgun at Trooper Mark Peterson’s head and tried to pull the trigger. Peterson had stopped following a crash on I-94 and learned the car had been reported stolen in…

Charges Possible in Bemidji Assault

A scuffle began and the man fell to the floor where he was kicked in the head several times.

  BEMIDJI, MN (KFGO) – Police in Bemidji say prosecutors are considering charges against two teenagers for an assault on a man who was walking into a business. Video of a woman and the man who was hurt shows them walking up a flight of stairs, followed by one of the juveniles, who punched the man. A scuffle began and…