GRAND FORKS, ND – Sears at Columbia Mall in Grand Forks is closing. Sears Holdings has identified another 100 non–profitable stores and is shutting them down by early September. The company just informed workers at 15 Kmarts and 48 Sears stores that they will be closing after reporting first–quarter losses and plunging sales. Sears in Sioux Falls, Duluth and Brooklyn Center…
Tim Pawlenty and Lt. Gov. Michelle Fischbach(KMSP) – Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Pawlenty announced Thursday he has tapped current Lt. Gov. Michelle Fischbach to be his running mate in the 2018 election. Fischbach, a Republican from Paynesville, served in the Minnesota Senate for 22 years, including two terms as President of the Senate, before she was elevated to the role of Lieutenant Governor when Gov. Mark Dayton…
WEST FARGO (KFGO) – A California man was arrested after the state patrol says it made a traffic stop and I-94 near West Fargo and found a 100 lbs. of marijuana. A West Fargo Police K9 was called to the scene and indicated that drugs were in the car. The 33 year-old man, Steven Shipe of Eureka, CA, was taken…
It’s a road-trip, buddy-movie script in the making with these two. Beau and Barrett, two adorable brothers rescued from a reservation, hit the road early Thursday morning with the James River Humane Society’s Kris Meidinger to drive all the way from Jamestown for their big TV appearance. The two year-old boys joined the Morning Show’s Emily Welker for some cuddles…
Larimore, N.D. (KFGO) — The Grand Forks County Sheriff’s Office says around 9 p.m. Wednesday night, the suspect walked into the store, gave the clerk a note that said “Stay Calm, give me all the money from out of the till.” The man, saying nothing, then displayed a black handgun with green grips. Instead of complying with the would-be robber’s demands,…
Grand Forks, N.D. (KFGO) — The Grand Forks Police Department says shortly before 10 p.m., a driver flagged down an officer and said he had just hit a pedestrian with his pickup. Police say the pickup, driven by 28-year-old Jameson Heid of Grand Forks, was east on 32nd Ave South when he hit the 42-year-old man who was walking south…
FARGO, ND – Fourth graders at Bennett Elementary got the chance to use their green thumbs to plant a summer garden. It’s designed to enhance the students’ science curriculum. Plant science students from NDSU visited the class to teach the kids about gardening. They planted a wide variety of vegetables like tomatoes, carrots, and zucchini. The vegetables will be harvested…
FARGO, N.D. — Each year Fargo’s Drone Focus Conference continues to grow and this year was no exception. Many people in the industry say the growth is due to the higher demand for more unmanned aerial systems within hundreds of different industries. We live in a world where technology is the future and drones are going to be essential down the…
WEST FARGO, N.D. — Rich Mattern, who has been mayor since 2002, and Bernie Dardis, a consultant for Indigo Signworks, are facing off in the upcoming mayoral election on June 12. Both say one of the key defining features of West Fargo is growth, and their platforms center a lot on development. “The major change has been growth, the infrastructure that…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Trains pass through the heart of Moorhead on a daily basis, but the wheels are in motion for a new underpass to help cars avoid train traffic. “First and foremost this is a project that has been really a couple decades in the making. This will be a very, very important project not only for people getting around…
