BEMIDJI, Minn. -- The assistant principal at Bemidji Middle School has resigned. The school board accepted the resignation of Brandon Bjerknes last night, just hours after he pleaded not guilty to two felony charges. Bjerknes is accused of posing…
BISMARCK, N.D. -- Lawmakers have also approved a bill that would extend criminal penalties for anyone who attacks health care and emergency workers with a bodily fluid. Violators could face up to five years in prison and a $10,000…
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A member of Minnesota Governor Dayton's cabinet has died. Bureau of Mediation Services Commissioner Josh Tilsen passed away early this morning from complications of a staph infection. Tilsen's condition quickly worsened after he became ill…
FARGO, N.D. -- Police have released the identity of a woman who was pulled from the Red River on Friday. They say she was 63-year-old Mary Parsons of Fargo. Parsons was found unresponsive in the water at the Convent…
FARGO, N.D. -- A Fargo woman armed with a knife was arrested for a disturbance that sent two people to the hospital. Debra Madson, 57, is facing charges of aggravated domestic assault and terrorizing. Police responded to a call…
MORRISON COUNTY, Minn. -- Investigators are hoping new evidence will catch the killer of a deer hunter. They returned to the property near Little Falls where Terrence Brisk was shot and killed last November and found additional evidence. It has…
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota lawmakers returned from a week-long break with their eyes on the budget. Their return marks the beginning of the rush to agree to a new, two-year budget that will likely exceed $45 billion. But Republicans…
FARGO, N.D. -- A homeowner is startled in the middle of the night by an attempted home break-in. Fargo Police say a woman on the 3500 block of 30th Avenue South told them she heard someone kicking her door around…
RAMSEY COUNTY, Minn. -- A police officer charged with shooting a black motorist is appealing a judge's decision against moving his trial. Attorneys for St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez have asked the Minnesota Court of Appeals to reverse the…
BISMARCK, N.D. -- Gov. Burgum has signed a comprehensive measure that regulates the state's voter-approved medical marijuana initiative. The Senate and the House earlier had gotten the needed two-thirds majority to amend the citizen initiative. The measure, called the…
