WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator Heidi Heitkamp has invited a former UPS driver from Fargo to be her guest during President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address. Heitkamp says Dennis Kooren has been a leader of the effort to protect the pensions of North Dakota workers and retirees. Kooren worked as a UPS driver in Fargo for 30 years…
Al Jaeger, Will Gardner, Josh BoscheeBISMARCK, ND — The longest-serving Republican official in the North Dakota Capitol has announced he’s running for another term. Al Jaeger will seek the GOP’s endorsement for secretary of state. The 74-year-old Jaeger has served more than two decades in the office that is best known for supervising elections. Jaeger faces a challenge from fellow…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ A judge has scheduled a May 31 sentencing for a Denver woman who pleaded guilty in a shooting during protests in North Dakota against the Dakota Access oil pipeline. Thirty-eight-year-old Red Fawn Fallis could face up to 15 years in prison. Prosecutors have agreed to recommend no more than seven years. Fallis was accused of firing…
FARGO (KFGO) – The Fargodome is upgrading its security with walk-through metal detectors. The equipment has been installed but not yet used. General Manager Rob Sobolik tells KFGO News says staff is undergoing training, and they are working on finalization of guidelines and protocol on what is and isn’t allowed to be brought in to the venue. While an official…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Moorhead Police Department has just launched a local chapter of ‘PAL’, the Police Athletics and Activities League. They are combining this new program with favorites from the past to prevent juvenile crime. Moorhead Police Department is mixing some of the old with the new. “We used the inspiration behind the cops and kids game to start the…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Enrollment is down at most Minnesota state colleges and universities and that means fewer dollars for those schools. Records released by the MnSCU Board of Trustee’s show last school year as the sixth straight that MnSCU institutions saw a drop in enrollment. Full-time students at those schools is at 132,000. That’s a 17% decline…
STUTSMAN CO., ND — Authorities have released the name of a man who was killed when his vehicle struck three horses standing on a county road west of Ypsilanti, North Dakota. The Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office identifies the victim as 24-year-old Cruz Schumacher of Jamestown. The crash happened just before 5 a.m. Saturday. After striking the horses, Schumacher’s Pontiac Grand…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson says she plans to run for re-election as attorney general instead of running for governor. Swanson was widely expected to launch a bid for governor. But the three-term Democrat told supporters in an email that she is running instead for re-election. In her email, Swanson wrote that the work of her…
RED LAKE, MN — Red Lake Police report two victims of a possible drug overdose. Two bodies were found at a Red Lake residence January 26, 2018. One victim was male and the other female and both were adults. Police say it’s not clear what specific drug may have contributed to their deaths but say it was most likely opiate…
FARGO, N.D. — It might just be the most fun kind of boot camp you could send your kids to. West Fargo Park District had inflatable games, mini golf, a DJ and all kinds of arts and crafts for kids to do. More than 1,800 people showed up just within the first two hours the boot camp went on and…
