Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signed the first bill of the 2017 state legislative session into law on Friday. It will provide cuts to 200,000 Minnesotans in an effort to help teachers, college students and homeowners. But Dayton is still debating with legislation about how to offset health insurance premium hikes. Although the state’s Senate passed financial help to these premiums,…
NORTH DAKOTA — North Dakota’s Three Affiliated Tribes say they will charge a higher tax than the state for oil production on reservation property. Tribal leaders say they never agreed to a change Legislature made in 2015 which abolished some price–based incentives for a lower tax rate. They say this increased rate will pay for the consequences of oil production…
CANNON BALL, N.D. — State officials say a bridge where many Dakota Access protesters clashed with police is structurally sound. The Backwater Bridge, north of Cannon Ball, closed in October when protesters blocked it with burning vehicles. After taking core samples in December, the State Department of Transportation say it is sound, but needs repairs. Authorities say they will not…
West Fargo Police Chief Mike Reitan has been put on administrative leave. At this time, city officials and Reitan have yet to comment on why he is on leave. Mayor Rich Mattern and city commissioners had a closed-door meeting late this afternoon but did not vote on the matter. Reitan joined the department in 1987. He became police chief in…
A Fargo man is hurt and one woman is arrested after reports of a stabbing early Friday morning. Kaylee Falowo, 29, is charged with felony aggravated domestic assault. Fargo Police say officers responded to the 3700 block of 42nd Street South just after 7:00 am. They say one man was injured and was taken to the hospital, but did not specify…
Customers of MIDCO are experiencing outages at this hour. According to the company website, those outages are being addressed. On their homepage, the company states: We believe we have isolated the cause of an outage this morning and resolution is underway. Services should be improving minute by minute. Also Midco internet service is intermittent. We will post updates here and…
A 29 year old woman is in custody after a report of stabbing. Fargo Police Officers responded to the 3700 block of 42 Street South just after 7:00 a.m. Friday morning. Kaylee Marie Falowo, 29 year old from Fargo, was arrested for Aggravated Domestic Assault. The victim was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Categories: Crime Tags: aggravated…
Adam is joined live by Michelle Pearson, a member of Funny Fargo People, a new improv group in Fargo-Moorhead. The group focuses on long-form improv, where actors play out entire scenes without a script. Michelle explains why this improv may be different from what you might expect. Their upcoming show is Saturday, January 14th, at Inspire Innovation Lab at 423…
A Glyndon, Minnesota man is behind bars this morning after an overnight police chase through West Fargo. West Fargo Sergeant Adam Gustafson said one of their officers tried to make a traffic stop on a vehicle in the 800 block of 13th Avenue East in West Fargo shortly before 1 a.m., but the driver fled instead. After pursuing him to…
The four metro area mayors come together at the State of the Cities to talk about the previous year and what they are looking to do in the future. Dilworth Mayor Chad Olson would like to see more recognition for his city. “I’m here…hat in hand…asking humbly to consider the city of Dilworth to be acknowledged in name to the…
