MINNESOTA - Labor Day weekend means the end of summer, barbecues and time with family and friends. But it's also a red flag for law enforcement. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is warning people to…
MOORHEAD, Minn. -- Moorhead and Clay County are reaffirming support for the FM Diversion Project. The entities have formed a Joint Powers Authority: the MCCJPA. The authority held its first meeting on Wednesday at the Clay County Courthouse. Its primary…
MOORHEAD, Minn. -- The 7th Annual Addie's Royal Cupcake Stand had a record year! It was all started by Minnesota Miss Amazing Jr. Teen 2019, Addie Lorezel. She made the grand total announcement on Facebook with her mom, Marisa. "Drumroll…
St. Paul, MN--Officers, deputies and troopers from more than 300 agencies will be working extra DWI enforcement shifts starting August 16 and running through September 2. The Department of Public Safety (DPS) reported a significant increase in drunk-driving related crashes…
ALEXANDRIA, MN (KFGO) - An Alexandria, Minnesota woman was killed in a head-on crash on Highway 29 south of Alexandria, Minnesota Wednesday afternoon. The State Patrol says an SUV driven by a Colorado Man crossed the center line of the…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) _ A conservative law center is suing Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, alleging that a lawyer working in his office on climate issues is an improper political plant. Attorney Pete Surdo is working for Ellison under…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis says it has settled lawsuits filed by six individuals who say they were sexually abused by the former artistic director and two former employees decades ago. The theatre company says terms of…
HAWLEY, Minn. -- A Hawley man becomes the center of a hoax 911 call in a tactic called swatting. A call went to the Red River Regional Dispatch Center around 4:30 Tuesday afternoon. Hear the…
BARNESVILLE, Minn.--Voters in Barnesville pass a 27 million dollar school bond referendum for improvements at the elementary and high school. The money will be used to repair and upgrade Atkinson Elementary and Barnesville High…
HAWLEY, Minn. -- Law enforcement calls it "swatting." Clay County Sheriff Mark Empting says that's what happened this afternoon when deputies and other officers rushed to Hawley. Dispatch received a call from someone…
MAHNOMEN, Minn. -- White Earth Nation will swear in its new chairman on Friday. Michael Fairbanks will become the leader of the largest tribe in Minnesota. He defeated Brent Gish in a special election last week to fill the seat…
CLEARWATER CO., Minn. -- A Clearbook, Minnesota man has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a woman August 1. 23-year-old Tristan Kilde is accused of killing 37-year-old Natasha Thompson of Rice Lake. Deputies…
BARNESVILLE, MINN. (KFGO) - Voters in the Barnesville School District approved three bond measures for school improvements in a special election Tuesday. More than 1600 ballots were cast. Voters approved a $24.5 million facility upgrade for both the elementary and…
MOORHEAD, Minn. -- Moorhead Public Schools Teachers Union is in its fourth session to negotiate contracts. While salary and benefits are what you can usually find in a contract, the union is also negotiating…
FARGO, N.D. -- A man faces charges after nearly dragging a Fargo police officer last Friday. He was found sitting in an SUV outside a motel with a backpack next to the vehicle containing an estimated $10,000. The officer says…
MINNEAPOLIS -- Children's Minnesota has reported finding four cases of lung injury in the Minneapolis area potentially related to vaping. The Minnesota Department of Health notes that the cases are similar to recent cases reported in Wisconsin and Illinois. The…
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A state senate hearing on turmoil at the Department of Human Services in Minnesota turns to talk of overpayments. $25 million was overpaid to the White Earth Nation and Leech Lake Band of…
MOOSE LAKE, Minn. -- The most notorious drunken driver in Minnesota history is suing the Department of Corrections. In a federal civil rights lawsuit, Danny Bettcher of New York Mills says he was kept in custody for several months beyond…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) _ A record number of Minnesota prison inmates were placed in solitary confinement last year. The Minnesota Department of Corrections placed inmates in solitary more than 8,000 times in 2018. Minnesota Public Radio News reports the…
KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) _ Authorities say an experienced skydiver died after his parachute malfunctioned during a gathering in northwest Montana. The Daily Inter Lake in Kalispell reports 81-year-old Gerald Fischer, of Moorhead, Minnesota, was participating in the Lost Prairie Boogie…
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. -- Taking innovative ideas from rural communities in Minnesota and incorporating them at the federal level. Senator Tina Smith says that's what can really help some change places across the…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- It has been a record-setting fiscal year for the UND Alumni Association & Foundation. Alumni and friends of the university gave $67.7 million to the foundation during the fiscal year that ended June 30. That is…
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Gov. Tim Walz says it would be "counterproductive" to call the Minnesota Legislature into special session on gun violence only to watch Senate Republicans adjourn without holding any hearings or moving forward with gun control bills.…
STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) _ Prosecutors in Washington County say a Woodbury father intentionally dropped his 5-month-old son headfirst on the floor because the baby was crying and fussy. Thirty-five-year-old Matthew Hoisser is charged with second-degree murder in the April death…
MAPLETON, N.D. -- We spend our entire lives forming relationships, but it was when John Shrock turned 17 that his came to a standstill. "I lost everyone, all my friends, all my relationships just cut…
