AMES, IA — A Rochester, Minnesota man pleads guilty to leaving sexually-explicit notes on women’s cars in Ames, Iowa. In a plea deal, 39-year-old David Cheney’s seven counts of misdemeanor harassment were dropped to just three. He’ll pay about $200 in fines and avoid jail time. Cheney was arrested in May after police received reports of the notes being left…
VALLEY CITY, N.D. — Valley City Police are asking for the public’s help in locating Mark Davies. The 40-year-old Valley City man was last seen on Friday. The last time friends or family members heard from him was when he was in Kathryn. Police say his disappearance is suspicious. Davies is always with his dog, Hank, but he left home…
A study by a Utah–based personal injury law firm ranks Minnesota as having the strictest drunk driving laws in country. Siegfried & Jensen’s study looks at 21 different areas including drunk driving crashes and arrests, jail time, fines and license suspensions. Minnesota ranks well for having high penalties and fines. The State Patrol says the first DWI arrest can cost…
FARGO, N.D.–The group managing a Red River diversion project around the Fargo and Moorhead, Minnesota metropolitan area has signed an agreement to help a nearby city with costs for infrastructure that will be needed when the channel is built. The Fargo-Moorhead Diversion Authority announced Wednesday that it has approved a deal with the city of Horace, located southwest of Fargo,…
BISMARCK, N.D.–North Dakota agricultural officials say there’s help available for the millions of dollars in crop damage caused by blackbirds each year. Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Wildlife Services program loans nonlethal management equipment to farmers to help disperse blackbirds that attack sunflower and grain crops. The USDA says of eight states with significant…
BISMARCK, N.D.–North Dakota ended its two-year budget cycle in June with about $250 million more than expected due to strong crude oil prices and better-than-anticipated earnings from the state’s oil tax savings account. Budget director Joe Morrissette told a panel of legislators Wednesday that the state’s current budget cycle that began July 1 already is running more than $42 million…
LONG PRAIRIE, Minn. – A judge has set bail at $3 million for the son of a former NFL lineman accused of killing his parents in central Minnesota. Twenty-two-year-old Dylan John Bennett appeared in court on two counts of second-degree murder. Bennett was extradited from Mexico after being arrested at a hotel in Cancun Saturday. Barry and Carol Bennett, both…
BISMARCK, N.D.–The North Dakota Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments next month on an appeal by a former sheriff’s deputy imprisoned for stealing drugs. Kerry Komrosky argues evidence was gathered illegally at his home and that it should have been suppressed. The Bismarck Tribune says the 32-year-old deputy worked for the Burleigh County Sheriff’s Department and had been assigned…
BISMARCK, N.D.–New election equipment to replace machines that have on occasion failed is being rolled out in North Dakota. The Legislature budgeted about $8 million this year to meet $3 million in federal funds for the new election equipment statewide to replace 15-year-old machines. A survey of county auditors by the North Dakota Association of Counties this year showed 27…
FARGO, N.D. — Sanford physicians will soon put on their best jazz, hip hop, country and ballet dance moves. Twenty–one doctors will lace up their dancing shoes for Sanford’s second annual “Dancing with the Doctors” competition. It’ll be at Fargo Theatre on September 5th. Doors will open at 6:00. All proceeds raised from this year’s dance competition will go to…
