BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — It’s a pretty sure bet that North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is running for president. He released a video in advance of his official announcement on Wednesday. The release includes a preliminary travel schedule with stops in Iowa and New Hampshire the rest of the week. Those are key primary states. In the video, Burgum…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Felton, Minnesota semi driver Steven Piechowski is sentenced to 60 days in jail for the July 2021 crash on Highway 2 west of Grand Forks that left one person dead and eleven injured. He will also be placed on electronic home monitoring for another 60 days. The 56-year-old Piechowski hit the back of the victim’s…
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Federal authorities say an investigation into the theft this summer of several semitrailers loaded with frozen beef from Nebraska has led to arrests and uncovered a multimillion-dollar theft ring targeting meatpacking plants in six Midwestern states. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security reported Tuesday that the discovery of the Miami-based theft ring began in June when…
Milton R. Young Station/Center, NDGRAND FORKS, N.D. (KFGO) – A North Dakota-based power cooperative and an Iowa company announced an agreement Thursday to co-develop carbon dioxide storage facilities. Minnkota Power Cooperative of Grand Forks and Ames, Iowa-based Summit Carbon Solutions said the CO2 storage facilities would be located in western North Dakota, near the town of Center. Minnkota and Summit…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The name of a man killed when a semi crashed through a line of stopped vehicles at the intersection of Highway 2 and Airport Road in Grand Forks is identified. He is 61-year-old Eric Jayne of Des Moines, Iowa. The highway patrol says 54-year-old Steven Piechowski of Felton, Minnesota was behind the wheel of the semi…
Heidi Heitkamp/Tom VilsackWASHINGTON (KVRR) – Former North Dakota U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp is no long being considered for Agriculture Secretary. President-elect Joe Biden selected former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to return to the spot he held during the Obama administration. Vilsack spent eight years as head of USDA and served two terms as Iowa governor. Biden nominated Ohio Rep. Marcia…
FARGO, N.D. — The United States hitting 6 million COVID-19 cases out of 25 million globally. The U.S. leads the count followed by Brazil with 3.8 million and India with 3.5 million. The Midwest becoming a hotspot for new cases with Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota recently reporting record one-day increases. Many of the new cases in Iowa…
AMES, IA — A Rochester, Minnesota man pleads guilty to leaving sexually-explicit notes on women’s cars in Ames, Iowa. In a plea deal, 39-year-old David Cheney’s seven counts of misdemeanor harassment were dropped to just three. He’ll pay about $200 in fines and avoid jail time. Cheney was arrested in May after police received reports of the notes being left…
MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Amy Klobuchar has reached the polling threshold to qualify for the Democratic presidential debate in September, though she still needs to reach the donor requirement. Klobuchar got her fourth qualifying poll by getting 4 percent support in the CBS News/YouGov poll of likely Democratic voters in Iowa. Klobuchar will now need to hit 130,000 individual donors. Her…
BUCHANAN, ND — A Fairfield, Iowa man is in the Jamestown Regional Medical Center after a head on crash on Highway 52 north of Buchanan, North Dakota. The highway patrol says 33-year-old Mohammed Albanna crossed the center line and crashed into a semi driven by 65-year-old Dennis Montgomery of Carrington. Albanna had to be cut out of his car while…
