CNN — Jailed multimillionaire financier and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein died overnight by suicide, according to two law enforcement sources. He was taken from New York’s Metropolitan Correctional Center at 3:30 a.m. Saturday in cardiac arrest and died at an area hospital, the sources told CNN. Epstein, 66, had been jailed since early July, when he pleaded not guilty to…
FARGO, N.D. – A long-time friend of Denise Anderson is using her tragic death to help make sure domestic violence victims don’t fall through the cracks in North Dakota anymore. Jodi Beauchene was friends with Anderson for nearly a decade. Her son says she filed a police report against Sheldon Davis, the man charged with killing her last week. He…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Sometimes, life throws you one curve ball after another. “I worked at Canad Inns for eight and a half years, then my wife passed away and I kind of lost it. Ended up at the Northlands Rescue Mission. I lost my job at Canad Inns. Just couldn’t handle my wife passing away,” said LaGrave on First…
WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Donald Trump is visiting Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas on Wednesday. President Donald Trump and the first lady are heading to the hospital in Dayton, Ohio, where many of the victims of Sunday’s attack were treated. The White House says Trump will be visiting Miami Valley Hospital to thank first responders and hospital staff, as…
FARGO, N.D. — With tariffs, trade negotiations and low commodity prices, farmers are still struggling. The USDA is providing eligible farmers nationwide with $14.5 billion in Market Facilitation Program payments. But North Dakota producers have a unique set of challenges. “Certainly some crop diversity that we don’t see everywhere across the country. Weather challenges, obviously, too that compound the situation that…
MOORHEAD, Minn. – Enough is enough. That’s the message a group of gun control advocates in Moorhead is rallying behind in the wake of two mass shootings claiming the lives of over 30 people. It all started with an idea. “Wondering what we could do besides feeling bad and my husband Chad said why don’t we meet up in front…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LEARFIELD) – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar is blasting President Trump for setting a tone of hate in the country after this weekend’s mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton. She said, “teachers and parents have to turn off the tv because they don’t want kids to hear what is coming out of the mouth of the president of…
FARGO N.D – Some retailers are going to be opening up earlier starting on Sunday. It’s because the state’s Blue Law not allowing businesses to be open from midnight to noon has been repealed. The goal is to allow businesses the opportunity to decide for themselves when they want to open. The law had been in place since the early…
WASHINGTON – President Trump announces the U.S. will sell more beef to the European Union. The European Commission announced in June it reached an agreement with our country. It allows more hormone-free American beef onto the European market. “Farmers we didn’t think were being treated fair, but the European Union stepped up,” President Trump explained. “This is about access to…
WASHINGTON, DC – An attorney and former Grand Forks County prosecutor has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as a federal judge in North Dakota. The Senate voted 68-22 Tuesday to select Peter Welte to fill the vacancy left by former U.S. District Court Judge Ralph Erickson, who was confirmed last year to serve on the 8th U.S….
