MOORHEAD, Minn. — An overnight home invasion ends with one of the suspects in the hospital. Moorhead Police were called to 1020 18th Street South Wednesday after midnight. Two males broke into an apartment, and a physical confrontation led to one resident stabbing the suspect in the back. Both suspects fled on foot. “The subject that was injured during the…
NORTH DAKOTA — Representative Kevin Cramer posted to Facebook that he will officially announce his campaign for the U.S. Senate in Bismarck on Friday. This, after first saying that he would not run for the seat held by Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp. Kevin Cramer was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2012 when long–time Representative Rick Berg…
FARGO, N.D. — In the aftermath of the shootings in Florida, the CEO of the Boys and Girls Club of the Red River Valley took to Facebook to discuss her feelings. Robin Nelson, a former Fargo school board member, asked questions about how communities will be affected by these shootings in a Facebook post last night. Nelson says her post…
Gov. Doug Burgum & Kathryn Burgum BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota first lady Kathryn Helgaas Burgum has been named to the board of directors of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. The foundation is the nation’s leading nonprofit provider of addiction treatment and recovery resources. Helgaas Burgum adopted addiction recovery as her platform as the state’s first lady. She’s a recovering…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — A non–profit organization has hired a new president to help spark economic development in downtown Moorhead. Downtown Moorhead, Inc. has hired Derrick LaPoint to lead the group’s efforts to revitalize Moorhead’s urban core. LaPoint spent the last five years as a planner with the city of Fargo managing Fargo’s development. The new president has picked Center Avenue…
FARGO, N.D. — With the 18 school shootings that have happened so far in 2018, Fargo, West Fargo and Moorhead Public Schools are pushing even more for a new security protocol. Before the summer of 2017, the schools used the traditional approach which included locking the door and hiding in the room. They have since been training staff how to do…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — UND President Mark Kennedy is one of eight semifinalists for president at the University of Central Florida. Central Florida officials say a 15-member search committee will interview the candidates next week. The committee plans to bring three to five finalists back to the campus. Kennedy says he and his wife are not anxious to leave Grand…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The latest spring flood outlook is out and it’s pretty much unchanged. The threat for significant snowmelt flooding remains very low across the main-stem Red River, its tributaries, and the Devils Lake Basin. Current conditions and short-range climate forecasts continue to indicate minor flooding as the predominant risk. Abnormally dry conditions have persisted across the basin…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — Two people hit by a pickup last night in Detroit Lakes have been identified. They are 54-year-old Susan Holmer and 67-year-old Steven Lorentzen, both of Detroit Lakes. The accident happened at the corner of Washington Avenue and Highway 10. Investigators have not determined if the two were attempting to cross the highway. Both were airlifted to…
WAHPETON, ND – Five juveniles are accused of 13 counts of hazing and 11 counts of sexual assault at the Richland 44 School in Colfax. The suspects and numerous male victims in various grades are all juveniles so no names have been released. The alleged offenses happened in the boy’s locker room. The five males have been referred to juvenile court…
