BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO) – Police are investigating a bank robbery in Bismarck. The robbery happened around 9:15 a.m. Tuesday at U.S. Bank on the East Bismarck Expressway. Police were looking for a male suspect, about 6’01” carrying a respirator mask, with grey pants and a black shirt. He had a dark beard and black glasses. Residents in the area were…
Gregory Leingang/President Trump in Mandan(2017)BISMARCK, ND — A Bismarck man has pleaded guilty after admitting to stealing a forklift to attack President Donald Trump’s limousine. 42-year-old Gregory Leingang stole the forklift and entered the presidential motorcade route in Mandan prior to Trump’s arrival at a Mandan refinery in September of 2017. The forklift got stuck in a gated area and Leingang…
WEST FARGO, N.D. — The boys hockey season did not start exactly as West Fargo would have liked. The Packers were at home against Bismarck, and they dropped the matchup 3-2. The Demons scored 30 seconds into the game and ended the first period with a 2-1 lead before West Fargo tied it up. Bismarck scored the eventual game-winner in…
MANDAN, ND — The Morton County Sheriff’s office released the names of the first responders killed in a Metro Area plane crash northwest of Mandan. All three died when their plane went down on November 18, 2018. The first responders are Todd Lasky, pilot, age 48 of Bismarck, Bonnie Cook, NICU nurse, age 63 of Bismarck and Chris Iverson, paramedic,…
BISMARCK, ND — A highway patrol trooper seized 30 pounds of marijuana on I-94 in Bismarck on Wednesday. Two suspects, Ulises Rodriguez and Deandre Nixon, were traveling from Portland, Oregon to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They were both charged with possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute. The suspects were stopped for speeding and having illegally tinted windows. Categories: Local News, North…
James HenriksonBISMARCK, ND — A Watford City accountant has been convicted of wire fraud in a murder-for-hire case. Rene Johnson was accused of diverting investors’ funds in her business for a high-risk loan to an associate of James Henrikson. Investors eventually got their money back, plus interest. Henrikson is serving life in prison after being convicted in a murder-for-hire plot that…
BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota’s first approved medical marijuana manufacturing facility says it will have products to sell in December or January. Pure Dakota in Bismarck is one of two companies that state health officials selected to operate growing centers. But the other facility based in Fargo has yet to receive final state approval. Pure Dakota says its 20,000-square-foot facility is…
BISMARCK, N.D. — Gov. Doug Burgum helped send off 100 military veterans on the first North Dakota Native Veterans Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. The flight to see the memorials in their honor includes representation from all five tribal nations in North Dakota. The flight departed from Bismarck Airport and will return Tuesday night. About 155 people are making the trip,…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Friday marked the semifinal round of the NDHSAA boys state soccer tournament. Top-seeded Davies shut out Bismarck 1-0 in the earlier matchup. Casey Haldis scored the lone goal to propel the Eagles into the championship. West Fargo will meet up with Davies in the finals on Saturday. The Packers took down Bismarck Century 4-0 to pave…
BISMARCK, N.D. — Medical marijuana could be available in North Dakota’s two largest cities by the end of this year or early next year. A manufacturing facility in Bismarck has been registered by the state and has started growing the drug. Either that manufacturer or one being developed in Fargo could supply the initial two dispensaries when they come online. A…
