North Dakota News

Teddy Bear Posse Hopes to Raise 4,000 Teddy Bears This Spring

Midwest Radio Fargo-Moorhead, Gate City Bank Team Up for Second Straight Year

FARGO, N.D. — The Teddy Bear Posse is at it again but this time they have a new goal in their sights. Midwest Radio Fargo–Moorhead and Gate City Bank announced that they plan to collect four thousand teddy bears and stuffed animals to donate to law enforcement agencies across the valley. Some of the bears will also be donated to firefighters…

Diversion Authority Will Submit New Permit Application To MN DNR

Representatives from the Diversion Authority will be presenting the updated project to various cities, counties, townships, and watershed districts in the upcoming days and weeks.

FARGO  (KFGO) – The F-M Diversion Board of Authority says it will submit a new permit application to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “We are ready to submit to the DNR a new proposal for a comprehensive flood protection for our region.” said Board Chair and Mayor of Moorhead Del Rae Williams. The project outlined in the new permit…

Big Game Licenses Available In North Dakota

Hunters can apply online or call 1-800-406-6409 through March 28.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department is accepting applications for elk, moose and bighorn sheep hunting licenses. Hunters can apply online or call 1-800-406-6409 through March 28. A record 334 moose licenses are available this year, up 89 from last year and 203 more than in 2015. A total of 408 elk licenses are available, up…

Concordia College Students Pay It Forward

The college students teamed up with 62 fourth graders at Washington Elementary in Fargo

FARGO, N.D. — For the past fifteen years, Dr. Barb Witteman has worked with Fargo Public Schools to get students involved with service learning projects. “Well I knew Mrs. Witteman because she was a fourth grade teacher in Fargo and she was doing service projects with another teacher in our district and then asked me if I would like to join…

Lamoureux Twins Get A Heroes Welcome Home In Grand Forks

Sisters Played A Huge Role In U.S. Women's Hockey Team Winning The Gold In South Korea

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — After the U.S. Women’s Hockey Team won the gold in South Korea, Monique and Jocelyne Lamoureux have returned to their home town of Grand Forks. They started off scoring goals representing the green and white and now they’ve traveled back to the Ralph from South Korea rocking red, white, and blue. “It’s just been amazing so…

New LaMoure Hog Farm Set to Save Local Cooperative Thousands of Dollars

The Fairview Colony's new farm will allow the cooperative to sell their hogs to the antibiotic market more easily

LAMOURE, N.D. — A LaMoure–based agriculture cooperative is about to open a modern hog farm. The new farm will allow them to raise their hogs in an environmentally sensitive manner. The cooperative invited the public to walk through the farm before it goes operational. The Fairview Colony held an open house at their soon–to–be–opened hog farm, which showcases the latest…

Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford Shares Main Street Initiative With Chamber of Commerce

he and gov. doug Burgum are trying to attract more people to the state

  FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford crossed the river to talk about the Main Street Initiative in Moorhead. He was a guest of The Chamber to talk about one of the five strategy initiatives Governor Doug Burgum has created. The Main Street Initiative is Burgum’s way of creating strong, economic communities by attracting and retaining entrepreneurs in…

Heitkamp And Hoeven Have Concerns About President Trump’s Tariffs

Concerned About The Loss Of American Jobs And Trade Wars

WASHINGTON, D.C. — North Dakota’s Senators seem to be in agreement on President Trump’s new tarrifs. They both say they could harm the state’s economy. The president was joined at the White House by American steel and aluminum workers as he signed tariffs that international allies and congressional Republicans have warned against. The tariffs will go into effect in 15…

Prosecutors Against Susan Bala’s Request For Certificate of Innocence

Her Conviction On Illegal Gambling Was Overturned On Appeal

COURTESY: KFGOFARGO, N.D. — Federal prosecutors are formally challenging a Fargo woman who wants to be declared innocent of running an illegal gambling business. Racing Services Inc. founder Susan Bala spent nearly a 1-1/2 years in prison before her conviction was overturned by the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for lack of sufficient evidence. Prosecutors say there’s “no legal…

Chase Started For Man Wanted For Questioning In Domestic Violence Case

Officers Used A PIT Maneuver To Stop Dana Decoteau

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Police in Grand Forks used a PIT maneuver to stop a man wanted in a domestic violence investigation. Officers were searching for 51-year-old Dana Decoteau for questioning last night when he was spotted by campus police. Decoteau refused to stop and headed west on Gateway Drive where police used a PIT maneuver and forced his vehicle…