COURTESY: KFGOFARGO, N.D. — Federal prosecutors are formally challenging a Fargo woman who wants to be declared innocent of running an illegal gambling business. Racing Services Inc. founder Susan Bala spent nearly a 1-1/2 years in prison before her conviction was overturned by the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for lack of sufficient evidence. Prosecutors say there’s “no legal…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Police in Grand Forks used a PIT maneuver to stop a man wanted in a domestic violence investigation. Officers were searching for 51-year-old Dana Decoteau for questioning last night when he was spotted by campus police. Decoteau refused to stop and headed west on Gateway Drive where police used a PIT maneuver and forced his vehicle…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KFGO) – Attempted murder charges have been filed against a woman accused of trying to shoot a Minnesota state trooper near Moorhead. Prosecutors say 30-year-old Melody Gray of Milwaukee pointed a 9mm handgun at trooper Mark Peterson and tried to pull the trigger as Peterson was attempting to handcuff her passenger, 29-year-old Domonique Crayton. Peterson shot Gray in…
Drug traffickers have long used our interstate through North Dakota as a means to shuffle mass quantities of drugs to points here and further east. Now, though, with the expansion of legalized marijuana to 25 states and counting, drug trafficking offenses are coming less often from south of the border and more from the Western part of the United States….
Bosco is teaching us all a lesson in wearing your senior years with style. The 14-year-old dachsund is still strutting and sniffing out treats in his elder years, and he filled the studio with delight on the Morning Show. Bosco and his buddy, 4 Luv of Dog rescue Kish Hilmert, joined the Morning Show’s Emily Welker for a live in-studio…
Domonique Crayton and Melody GrayMOORHEAD, MN — The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has released the name of the trooper who shot a woman during an officer involved shooting incident earlier this week just east of Moorhead. Trooper Mark Peterson has been with the Minnesota State Patrol since 1999. He remains on standard administrative leave. The two occupants of the…
FARGO, N.D. — In the United States, senior citizens lost nearly $3 billion last year as the result of financial scams. According to the National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, 55% of the cases of elderly fraud came under the disguise of giving money to family and friends. “People have a tendency to be nice and give them information…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Moorhead homeowners in the Comstock neighborhood want the city to change its rules to keep parking lots away from their properties. Current city law allows lots to be built without public notification. People took to City Hall to advocate for a conditional use permit, which means a public hearing and certain standards would have to be met before…
FARGO, N.D. — Straus for Men first opened in Sanborn, North Dakota in 1879. Over the years, the business boomed, expanding to nine shops across the state. “Fargo was one of the main ones, especially in the last few decades. Probably since the late forties or fifties. But they had stores in Valley City, Jamestown, Grand Forks, Devil’s Lake, Sanborn,” said…
FARGO, N.D. — More than 250,000 people suffer from the most severe heart attack a person can have, known as a STEMI. Two Essentia hospitals, St. Mary’s in Duluth and one right here in Fargo, are now being recognized for treating those types of heart attacks. Both hospitals received an award from the Minnesota Department of Health. The staff at Essentia…
