ST. PAUL, Minn.–State officials say it will begin scheduling driver’s license road testing on weekends to reduce the long wait times that have been the subject of complaints. The Department of Public Service’s Driver and Vehicle Services division says it will make 3,240 more test appointments available at Twin Cities metro exam stations beginning Saturday. In addition to the regular…
FARGO, N.D. — Over the past three decades, Kurdish immigrant Kawar Farok watched as dictators in the Middle East came and went; the most recent of which is ISIS leader Bakr al–Baghdadi. “Extremism is an ideology. It doesn’t end with one person. We saw Bin Laden go. We saw Zarqawi go. We saw Abu Bakr al–Baghdadi go. So, if extremism…
FARGO, N.D. – The blood spatter on the sidewalk outside of M.A. Auto Sales on Main Avenue is still fresh from a crash. It’s where 30-year-old driver Moses Yalartai struck six of the body shop’s vehicles Sunday morning around 2:30. Marwan Ali says since he took over the shop two years ago, he’s never experienced anything like this. “Shocks, to be…
FARGO, N.D. – It all began with Stephanie Patel’s post on the social media platform Nextdoor over the weekend. She claims her son, 27-year-old Tyler Patel, was shot with pepper balls by Fargo police officers on October 2nd at 1300 Gateway Drive causing him to be blinded in one eye. Patel was arrested for terrorizing and preventing arrest. Police are…
FARGO, ND – Mary Rohrich has been working at Sandy’s Donuts for 21 years. She’s never seen the store this busy, and the kitchen this empty. “We need help. There is a lot of orders coming in and you know people come in to buy. We have days that we run out of things because it’s so busy, and then…
MINOT, N.D. – A Minot Air Force Base Airman is sentenced to seven years in prison for distributing child porn. From 2016 to 2018, Carl Dean solicited, received and distributed the pornography. He plead guilty in July. Dean created a female alias and sought people who had access to children. He asked them if they were willing to take naked…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – A Grand Forks woman is charged with DUI after crashing into a semi on I-29 Monday morning. It happened near the Demers Avenue exit around 10:00. The Highway Patrol says 60-year-old Ann Halverson was driving the wrong way when she struck the semi. The truck went into the median and struck cable barriers. Halverson was taken…
FARGO, N.D. – A federal judge turns down a request to hold an open hearing on Alfonso Rodriguez’s death penalty appeal. U.S. Attorney for North Dakota Drew Wrigley asked for a hearing in Fargo within 30 days last week. Judge Ralph Erickson says the issues he wanted to discuss have been resolved. They include setting deadlines for the timely release…
MINNEAPOLIS–Authorities have shut down production at a Minnesota company amid concerns about lead poisoning among plant workers’ children. State agencies say Water Gremlin hasn’t done enough to limit workers’ exposure to lead dust at its White Bear Township facility. At least 12 children of employees have been found with elevated blood levels of lead, including two with levels above the…
You probably know all about Amelia Earhart, but did you know the Red River Valley region is home to one of the most daring women pilots in early aviation history? Award-winning author Keith O’Brien is talking at the Fargo Air Museum Monday night about his new book out, called “Fly Girls,” and featuring the true story of Florence Klingensmith, a…
