GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Grand Forks Police are notifying the city of a level III high risk sex offender. 32-year-old Justin McGregor recently moved to 515 1st Avenue South. He was convicted of gross sexual imposition in 1999 in Grand Forks County for biting a 10-year-old boy on the penis and fondling a five-year-old girl inside her underwear when he…
SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signs a bill banning the use of hand-held cellphones will driving that will take effect August 1st. At a signing ceremony Friday, Walz paid tribute to dozens of people surrounding him who lost loved ones in crashes caused by distracted drivers, saying lives will be saved because of their years of campaigning…
FARGO, N.D. — It’s a topic that hits closer to home than you may think. The Sexual Assault Prevention team at NDSU held a human trafficking workshop to teach people about the warning signs. One of the key points presenters wanted to drive home is human traffickers aren’t necessarily scary–looking people. They can be people you see in everyday life. There…
FARGO, N.D. – Homeward Animal Shelter invites the community to raise money for its spay-neuter services fund with an annual Spay-ghetti and No Balls lunch. People donated a suggested $10 while enjoying a spaghetti meal at the shelter’s spay-ghetti event. Proceeds allow Homeward to spay or neuter the rescue animals before getting adopted. The shelter’s operations director says the lunch…
MEQUON, Wisc. – A Hillsboro native and her home staging company will be featured in a pilot for HGTV. Jodi Kurtz is the lead designer for Alme Design Co. in Mequon, Wisconsin. She began her career building furniture which led her to launch the business with her partner Carrie Alme in the Milwaukee area. Alme Design helps sellers work with furniture…
FARGO, N.D. – This latest snowstorm is already causing some major problems across the region. It seems winter does not want to leave us yet and it is looking more like a winter wonderland out here rather than April 11th. And while we are not technically meeting the requirements for a blizzard it is still very rough going. The snow has…
Roads are getting a bit more than a dusting making for a snowy mid–April. The Fargo Public works crews were out Wednesday getting equipment ready to go. Salt trucks hit the roads early Thursday morning to prep for the expected conditions. “It’s not uncommon to get any snow in April,” Fargo Public Works supervisor Corey Houim said. “When it does…
Officers Brock Ackerman and David Todd WEST FARGO, ND — Brock Ackerman and David Todd are the first two West Fargo police officers to receive the Medal of Valor. It is awarded to officers who go above and beyond the call of duty involving substantial risk to their life. Ackerman and Todd were awarded for pulling a man out of his…
FARGO, N.D. — The Red River Women’s Clinic responds to Gov. Doug Burgum signing a bill that would outlaw an abortion procedure called dilation and evacuation. The bill would make it a crime for a doctor to use tools like clamps, scissors, and forceps to remove a fetus from the womb. The clinic director, Tammi Kromenaker, says there are two ways the…
UPDATE: Authorities from the White Earth Tribal Police Department and the Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Office have located Elizabeth Barr. **Original Story Below** FARGO, ND — Police in Fargo are looking for a woman who left Centre Inc. in Fargo. Elizabeth Barr left the transitional living center yesterday where she has been serving out a criminal sentence. Police believe she may be…
