REGIONAL — Troopers and other officers will be saturating North Dakota and Minnesota starting tomorrow. Labor Day weekend is one of the busiest travel periods of the year and troopers want to enhance safety on the highways. They will focus on I-94 and Highway 2 in North Dakota. Their border-to-border enforcement effort is in conjunction with the Montana Highway…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A Wahpeton man is sentenced to 15 years in prison for producing child porn. The U.S. States Attorney’s Office says 28-year-old Justin Wylie appeared before a judge in U.S. District Court in St. Paul. Wylie pleaded guilty to one count of production of child pornography in November 2016. According to court documents, Wylie forced three minors…
NORTH DAKOTA — There has been little change in drought conditions in the Dakotas over the past week. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map shows 66 percent of North Dakota in some stage of drought, up slightly from 63 percent last week. Twenty-two percent of the state is in extreme or exceptional drought and that is unchanged. The Drought…
Otter Tail County, MN — The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office reports they found the body of 39-year old Peter Akinboro Wednesday afternoon. The body of the Grand Forks man was found in 47′ of water on West Battle Lake. An autopsy will be performed to determine cause of death. The Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office provided sonor capability to…
FARGO, ND — At least 23 people have died in Hurricane Harvey which has just been downgraded to a tropical depression. The Red Cross Dakotas Region is offering training to those that want to step up and help in the Gulf Coast. The American Red Cross website crashed Tuesday, after receiving too many volunteer applications to help Hurricane Harvey’s victims….
FARGO, ND — Throughout the cities of Fargo, West Fargo and Moorhead, establishments have come and gone but there has been a recent boom of new restaurants. “We’ve only be open for two weeks,” said General Manager, Landa Heaton, of Tru Blue Social Club in West Fargo. “Our dinners are full every night. We’re building up that lunch crowd right now.”…
FARGO, ND — As a flight nurse at Sanford Medical Center, no day is the same. You can’t ever expect when duty will call. Once that call comes in, they have only minutes before they have to leave. Flight suits zipped, helmets buckled, and seat belts fastened, AIRMED is ready for takeoff. “We respond to all referring facilities, scene flights,…
Randy Miles Jr., 41, was taken into custody by law enforcement in Grand Forks Monday.GRAND FORKS, ND — An Iowa man detained in Grand Forks as a material witness in a homicide, has been charged with murder. Randy Miles Jr. of Des Moines has been arrested on suspicion of killing his stepson. He faces first-degree murder and first-degree arson charges….
GRAND FORKS, ND — A man with a gun was arrested after a road rage incident in Grand Forks. Police arrested 29-year-old Justin Tolpingrud after the driver of another vehicle says he pointed a handgun at him. It happened in the 2700 block of Gateway Drive. Police found the suspect’s vehicle in the 2100 block of North 42nd Street. Tolpingrud…
FARGO, ND — An organization made up of Breast cancer survivors is on the receiving end of a generous donation. Pink It Forward received nearly $14,000 from the Power of 100 Women Who Care of the Red River Valley. The mission of Pink It Forward is to provide hope and empowerment by enriching the lives of all those affected by…
