FARGO, ND — Search crews spent much of the day on the Red River looking for a 24-year old swimmer who was reported missing this morning. A dive team joined the fire department and officers from Fargo and Moorhead in the search. Fanuel Shewarega Asrat, 24, has been identified as the missing person. He was last seen at around 5:00…
NORTH DAKOTA — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is providing additional assistance for livestock producers dealing with the ongoing drought. The USDA has expanded emergency grazing on land enrolled in the CRP, including those counties where drought conditions are moderate. The agency says the authorization includes any county in which any part of its border lies within 150 miles of…
GWINNER, ND (KFGO) – The pilot of crop sprayer has died in an airplane crash in Sargent County. Sheriff Travis Paeper tells KFGO News that the crash happened around 7:45 am Thursday, about 8 miles west of Gwinner. Paeper says a farmer who lives nearby witnessed the crash from his home, about 500 yards away. He says dense fog in the…
FARGO, ND — Business owners along 19th Avenue North in Fargo say they are worried about how road construction will affect their companies. Project engineers say the purpose of the construction is to realign 19th Avenue to accommodate for a future under pass under the rail road tracks. The engineers are also looking to pave a five lane road on the east…
FARGO, ND — Some people in North Dakota are opposed to passing the Senate’s health care bill. Organizations in the F-M area are giving a voice to their concerns. The AARP is taking a stance and delivered signed petitions by North Dakotans in opposition to the bill. The group said the bill would hit millions of Americans with higher costs and…
FARGO, ND — Concerned citizens gathered in front of Sen. Hoeven’s Fargo office to make their voices heard about the Republican health care bill. Voting on the bill has been delayed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The Senate health care bill is causing concern for people in North Dakota and they are reaching out to their senators for answers….
HORACE, ND — Nothing says the Fourth of July quite like fireworks do. Memory Fireworks says they are offering new North Dakota themed fireworks this season. Along with the big fireworks there are kid friendly items people enjoy during the fourth including kid sparklers and light up glow sticks and bracelets. With the dry conditions limiting where to set off…
FARGO, ND — A building under construction in south Fargo was evacuated this morning after a gas leak. The Fargo Fire Department got a call around 7 a.m. of a gas leak inside the building going up south of the Microsoft campus. When fire crews arrived, they found high levels of natural gas and evacuated about 40 construction workers out of the…
FARGO, ND — Fargo City Engineer April Walker has resigned. Walker has been with the engineering department for 15 years and was heavily involved in the F-M Diversion in recent years. Walker, in an email to engineering employees, says she’s looking for more balance in her life. She says she was not asked to resign and isn’t leaving for another…
GRAND FORKS, ND — Heavy rain came down a little too fast for the storm drains in Grand Forks. Many streets had flooding especially in the area around Columbia Mall and the underpasses in town. These pictures were sent in to us from Russel Hons Photography. A flood warning was issued by the National Weather Service for the city and…
