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Oak Grove Student Dismissed After Placing Recording Device In Girls’ Dressing Room

The Device Was Found Near The End Of a School Performance On Thursday

March 5, 2018

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. — Oak Grove Lutheran School has sent a letter to parents to tell them about an electronic recording device found in the girls’ dressing room. It was discovered near the end of the performance of ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ on Thursday evening. The recording ran for 51 minutes. It was turned over to police in Fargo on…

Snow And Slush Covered Roads Were Too Much For MATBUS

All Routes Were Called Off by 10:45 a.m. Monday

March 5, 2018

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. — MATBUS found itself in a mess this morning in south Fargo. Three buses couldn’t make it up the small incline at the underpass at 25th Street South and Main Avenue. “They are burning rubber and it smells here but they’re trying to get these big buses going here but it’s created quite a traffic jam here south…

Man Deceased “For Some Time” From Suspected Drug Overdose

Acquaintances Found The Man's Body On Saturday Night

March 5, 2018

TJ Nelson,

BELTRAMI COUNTY, Minn. — A man was found dead at a home in Beltrami County and it appears he died of a suspected drug overdose. The sheriff’s office says 40-year-old Timothy Yerbich of Tenstrike, Minnesota was found by acquaintances on Saturday night. Deputies believe Yerbich had been deceased for some time. The preliminary investigation revealed that the cause of death…

Clearing Off The Busiest of Roads After the Biggest Snow Fall of the Season

The trucks have about 12 to 16 hours post snow fall to remove the snow from roads

March 5, 2018

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MOORHEAD, Minn. — Metro street crews are out and about clearing off the busiest roads. Moorhead Public Works sent out seven plows including three with salt capabilities. They say their goal is to get enough snow off the ground and enough of the pavement to be seen before the temperature drops below freezing. They are making their way through the…

Fargo Man Charged With Murder, Bail Set At $1 Million

Body Of Jarryd Heis Found In Daniel Habiger's Apartment On March 2

March 5, 2018

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. — A Fargo man has made his first court appearance after being charged with murdering a man at his north Fargo apartment. 29-year-old Daniel Habiger is charged in the killing of 32-year-old Jarryd Heis of Fargo. Police say Habiger called 911 from a convenience store shortly before 6:30 Friday morning and reported that he had been involved in…

Victim Identified in Fatal Crookston House Fire

The body is identified as 40-year-old Immanuel LaRochelle

March 5, 2018

Alison Voorhees,

CROOKSTON, Minn. — Authorities say the smoke detectors didn’t work in a Crookston house that went up in flames, killing one person over the weekend. The body has been identified as 40-year-old Immanuel LaRochelle. Firefighters responded to the house at 214 4th Avenue North around 2:30 Sunday morning. Authorities say the fire appears to be accidental. The cause of the…

Officer Involved Shooting on I-94 Outside of Moorhead

During the encounter the trooper discharged their weapon, striking the female who then fled into a nearby field and was later located with a gunshot wound.

March 5, 2018

Site Staff,

MOORHEAD, MN — An officer involved shooting ends in one person hospitalized and another under arrest. The incident happened on I-94 just west of Moorhead Monday morning. A State Patrol Trooper responded to a one vehicle crash on I-94 just east of Moorhead shortly before 10:30 Monday morning. The trooper arrived on the scene and found a vehicle had…

Traffic Stop Results in Meth and Marijuana Drug Bust

With the help of K9, Fia, they discovered 30 bundles of methamphetamine weighing 32 pounds and 54 bundles of marijuana weighing 35 pounds.

March 5, 2018

Site Staff,

FARGO, ND — The North Dakota Highway Patrol made a large drug bust over the weekend. With the help of K9, Fia, they discovered 30 bundles of methamphetamine weighing 32 pounds and 54 bundles of marijuana weighing 35 pounds. NDHP stopped a vehicle driven by Vikkie See Vue Lor, 37, and her passenger Cheng Yang, 29 both of Sacramento, CA….

Historic Church In Kittson County, MN Destroyed By Fire

Fire Chief Jordan Grundstrom, was first on the scene and says the church, more than 100 years old, was fully involved.

March 5, 2018

Site Staff,

DRAYTON, N.D. (KFGO) – Fire has destroyed a historic rural church in northwestern Minnesota. Stormy weather may have been the cause. The fire was reported shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday at the Skjeberg Lutheran Church, about 5 miles east of Drayton, North Dakota, across the Red River, in rural Kittson County, Minnesota. Because of its close location, the church and…

School Closings Due To Weather

Fargo, West Fargo, Moorhead and NDSU among schools closed due to the weather.

March 5, 2018

Site Staff,

FARGO, ND — Most public schools in the F-M area have closed due to the weather. Fargo Public Schools cancels all classes and after-school activities for students of the Fargo Public Schools for Monday, March 5, including pre-school. This decision has been made due to the weather conditions. The make-up day for this cancellation of classes will be April 26….