NORTH DAKOTA – North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread is running for re-election. While in office, the Republican has worked to trim the state budget, lower healthcare premiums for farmers and worked with the state to fight insurance fraud. Godfread also helped create the Autism Bulletin to help provide treatment options for kids and families affected with the disorder. “I…
FARGO, N.D. – Fargo-Moorhead area cities’ and Cass and Clay Counties’ planning commissions and the Metropolitan Council of Governments discuss finalizing the 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan. It covers agency goals, future transportation needs and projects expected to be needed over the next 25 years. The plan hopes to improve transit access, promote projects supporting regional economic growth and increase walking…
WASHINGTON – Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith hopes to hear how the farm bill is being implemented in an Agriculture Committee hearing on Thursday, October 17th. She says she wants to know how the safety net and dairy margin protection programs are helping farmers. They give producers subsidies when they experience a substantial drop in revenue or prices. Smith says producers…
VALLEY CITY, N.D .- Last week’s snowfall raised the Sheyenne River beyond flood stage. Now, the Baldhill Dam is being raised to prevent the lake from overflowing. “Right today it’s at 31, 3,100 feet per second, cubic feet per second, and they’re talking about tomorrow going to 3,500 cubic feet per second which takes us to the 15th foot range…
MOORHEAD, Minn.–Moorhead Police are asking the public’s assistance locating the driver of a stolen vehicle who fled from police on Thursday, October 10. Police reported to the area of 100 5 Street South for a fireworks complaint. While officers were checking the area, they noticed an occupied vehicle in the Moorhead Library parking lot. An officer ran the license plate…
MINNEAPOLIS–The federal courthouse in Minneapolis is being named after a judge who is seen as a trailblazer in the Twin Cities legal community. Judge Diana Murphy was the first woman appointed to the federal bench in Minnesota in 1980, and later became the first woman to sit on the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals. She died last year at the…
FARGO (KFGO) – A Mahnomen, Minn. woman has been charged with robbery-conspiracy in an investigation into claims from two men that say they were robbed when they responded to on-line prostitution ads in Fargo. 19-year-old Harleigh Haugen is charged in Cass County District Court. Asst. State’s Attorney Reid Brady says he does not anticipate charging anyone else at this point,…
TRAILL COUNTY, N.D.–A Fargo man was rescued when his vehicle became fully submerged in the Elm River on Wednesday. 35-year-old Darrin Paulson was traveling southbound on I-29 at approximately 8:30 a.m. when he fell asleep at the wheel, drove through a bridge guard rail barrier and into the Elm River. Rescue crews pulled Paulson from his vehicle and transported him…
MINNEAPOLIS–Minnesota health officials are reporting the state’s second and third deaths due to lung illnesses caused by vaping. The Department of Health said Wednesday both deaths involved people over age 50 who died in September after complicated hospitalizations. One had vaped several products including THC, the compound that gives marijuana its high. The other patient had vaped unknown products in…
It’s a stage show with enough chills, thrills, scares and spatter to get anyone in the mood for Halloween. “Sweeney Todd” takes the stage this week at Fargo’s FMCT, and the Morning Show was lucky enough to get a sneak preview of the performance live in studio for our Ghoul Morning Halloween segment. If you don’t know the show, here’s…
