A developer has been selected for an off–campus NDSU housing and retail complex. If the city approves the plans, they will begin tearing down 21 of the 22 houses on the 1600 Block of North University Drive this spring. We spoke with city officials and former tenants to find out what’s happening. Proffutt Limited Partnership is getting ready to turn the…
Three families, including the family of 2-year-old Ted McGee of Apple Valley, say IKEA is agreeing to pay $50 million because their toddlers died when the company’s dressers tipped over on them. The tentative settlements involve the deaths of 2-year-olds in Apple Valley; West Chester, Pennsylvania; and Snohomish, Washington. The Swedish home furnishings retailer has recalled millions of chests and…
The Emergency Food Pantry serving Cass and Clay Counties is feeling the “pinch.” The executive director says the panty is seeing record demand for help. In the first 10 months of the year, they served more people than all of 2015. As a result, the pantry’s food supplies have dwindled. Food and monetary donations are needed to cover needs the…
A New York Mills high school teacher has been taken into custody on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct. Agriculture teacher Kris Koll is being held in the Otter Tail County jail on the felony charge. New York Mills Superintendent Blaine Novak says a complaint has been filed and Koll is on administrative leave. Additional details have not been released due…
The odds of Sen. Heidi Heitkamp being appointed agriculture secretary by President-Elect Trump appear to be dwindling. In an interview on KFGO’s “News and Views”, Heitkamp was asked whether she intends to remain in the Senate. She said “it’s likely that that’s going to be the outcome from all of this”. Heitkamp met with Trump earlier this month in New…
FARGO, N.D A mystery sender can’t “bear” the thought of an unhappy child on Christmas. 13 month old Emma is now the proud owner of a handmade bear thanks to an anonymous donor. She is in the hospital for a bone marrow deficiency that makes her much smaller than other infants her age. For the last 20 years, a box…
You’ve probably driven by the old Woodrow Wilson High School in Fargo. The building will soon be home to new lessons of life. Woodrow Wilson High School has anchored the corner of 4th Ave North and University since 1917. “This building was put on the National Registry of Historic Places in 2012,” said Adrienne Olson, Communication Manager with Kilbourne Group….
GRAND FORKS, N.D. The Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force made a stop in Grand Forks to talk about the ground–breaking drone research going on in the city. “I do believe that there are areas that you’re looking at that are going to have applications across the commercial, civil, private, military aviation business,” says US Air Force…
It appears a man did not shoot himself in the face after all. The Becker County Sheriff’s Office has put out an updated statement that says 38-year-old William Keezer’s gunshot wound to his face was “not” self-inflicted. They did not say who shot Keezer or how it happened. But they do say charges are pending against Keezer. They are not…
People all around the F–M area are getting their last minute Christmas desserts. “It always seems like through Thanksgiving through Christmas it’s generally busy,” Said Nichole Hensen, the owner of the shop. “But of course the last two weeks before Christmas are probably extra busy.” Customer Lauri Moreno said, “we’re having our Christmas potluck today and I was too lazy…
