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United Blood Services held a blood drive for all students at NDSU

FARGO, N.D. — Someone needs blood every three seconds in this country and United Blood Services is here to help save a life. They stopped by NDSU to hold a blood drive for anyone who wanted to donate. The UBS Blood Mobile was parked on the west side of the Memorial Union. For those who were donating regular whole blood…

Cone Zone: Traffic Lanes on I-29 at 32nd Ave South to Close

They say these interstate lanes will close during the middle of the day for a few hours throughout the next month

FARGO, N.D. — Project engineers say lanes on I-29 at 32nd Avenue South in Fargo may occasionally close. But they don’t think it will have too much of an impact on rush hour traffic. They say these interstate lanes will close during the middle of the day for a few hours throughout the next month. Southbound lanes will be re-opened…

City of Grand Forks Features “20 Years Stronger” Section on Its Website

Its website is featuring a section called "20 Years Stronger", highlighting the devastation the city overcame.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The city of Grand Forks is commemorating how far it’s come since the flood. Its website is featuring a section called “20 Years Stronger”, highlighting the devastation the city overcame. A spokesperson with the city says the feature is meant to show how Grand Forks is “stronger than ever before,” rather than the hardships the disaster…

High Risk Sex Offender Gets Grand Forks Address

He was recently released from the James River Correctional Center

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — A high risk sex offender has moved to Grand Forks. Anthony Rolland, 33, lives at 625 North 5th Street, Unit #2. He was recently released from the James River Correctional Center. Rolland has two convictions for Gross Sexual Imposition, once in 2001 and again in 2003. He has a lifetime registration requirement. Categories: Community, Crime, Local…

Andrew’s Law Ready to be Signed by Gov. Burgum

ND lawmakers have passed a measure that establishes protections for confidential drug informants.

BISMARCK, N.D. — Lawmakers in Bismarck are rushing to finish up the session by making decisions on a number of bills. They have passed a measure that establishes protections for confidential drug informants. The action comes more than three years after 20-year-old college student Andrew Sadek was found dead in a river with a bullet in his head and a…

ND Lawmakers Approve Penalty Bill for Attacking Emergency Workers with Bodily Fluids

Violators could face up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine

  BISMARCK, N.D. — Lawmakers have also approved a bill that would extend criminal penalties for anyone who attacks health care and emergency workers with a bodily fluid. Violators could face up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. They have also approved the creation of a 19-member commission to study the state’s initiated and referred measure process….

Police Identify Fargo Woman Pulled from the Red River

Parsons was found unresponsive in the water at the Convent Landing on 52nd Avenue South

  FARGO, N.D. — Police have released the identity of a woman who was pulled from the Red River on Friday. They say she was 63-year-old Mary Parsons of Fargo. Parsons was found unresponsive in the water at the Convent Landing on 52nd Avenue South. She was taken to Essentia where she was pronounced dead. Police say there are no…

Fargo Woman Arrested After Alleged Stabbing

Police responded to a call shortly before 4:30 a.m. in the 1700 block of 49th Street South

  FARGO, N.D. — A Fargo woman armed with a knife was arrested for a disturbance that sent two people to the hospital. Debra Madson, 57, is facing charges of aggravated domestic assault and terrorizing. Police responded to a call shortly before 4:30 a.m. in the 1700 block of 49th Street South. When they arrived, the victims were holding Madson…

Fargo Police Investigate Attempted Home Invasion

Fargo Police say a woman on the 3500 block of 30th Avenue South told them she heard someone kicking her door around 4 a.m.

FARGO, N.D. — A homeowner is startled in the middle of the night by an attempted home break-in. Fargo Police say a woman on the 3500 block of 30th Avenue South told them she heard someone kicking her door around 4 a.m. When she looked outside, she says she saw three men. They fled as she called 911. A police…

Gov. Burgum Signs Medical Marijuana Law

The measure, called the North Dakota Compassionate Care Act, won 65 percent voter approval in November

  BISMARCK, N.D. — Gov. Burgum has signed a comprehensive measure that regulates the state’s voter-approved medical marijuana initiative. The Senate and the House earlier had gotten the needed two-thirds majority to amend the citizen initiative. The measure, called the North Dakota Compassionate Care Act, won 65 percent voter approval in November. It allows the use of marijuana as medicine…