BISMARCK, N.D.– An attorney for a chiropractor accused in the gruesome killings of four people at a Mandan property management firm says the case amounts to a rush to judgment based on bad information that led to the wrong conclusion. Forty-seven-year-old Chad Isaak, of Washburn, is accused of killing RJR Maintenance and Management co-owner Robert Fakler and employees Adam Fuehrer,…
MINOT, N.D. — The North Dakota State Fair in Minot ends with a tragic fatal crash on the fairgrounds. The driver of an off highway vehicle swerved and struck a parked vehicle in the parking lot Sunday morning around 12:40. The male driver and female passenger were both thrown from the OHV and the driver died. The passenger has serious,…
BISMARCK (KFGO/KVRR) – A soon-to-be-vacant South Central District judgeship will stay in Mandan. The North Dakota Supreme Court made that decision following Judge John Grinsteiner plans to retire Aug. 20. When a district judge leaves, the Supreme Court determines whether to keep the judgeship in the present location, move it elsewhere or abolish it. The decision is based on statewide…
MANDAN, N.D. – A Mandan couple is charged with child endangerment after their 4-year-old son, dressed in pajamas, was found outdoors in freezing temperatures. An affidavit says a caller told police the child was visibly shaking when found three-tenths of a mile from his home Saturday morning without shoes and wrapped in a blanket. The temperature was 19 degrees. Twenty-six-year-old…
MANDAN, N.D. – The coronavirus pandemic has forced officials to delay a quadruple homicide trial in Mandan until June. Chad Isaak was supposed to go on trial Nov. 30 in connection with the April 2019 deaths. But court documents show a list of concerns about the health of jurors and their families as well as that of court staff as…
BISMARCK, N.D. — Governor Doug Burgum and other state leaders meet with the heads of Sanford and CHI hospitals in Bismarck to talk about bed capacity. COVID-19 numbers continue to rise across the state but especially in Bismarck-Mandan. They say there is an increasing number of people showing up at Sanford with a variety of needs including COVID-19. Sanford will…
MANDAN, N.D. — The remains of a Navy sailor who was killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor have been identified and returned to his home state of North Dakota. Navy Fireman 2nd Class Albert Renner of Mandan was assigned to the battleship U-S-S West Virginia that was hit by two bombs and at least seven torpedoes from Japanese airplanes…
CASSELTON, N.D. — A Mandan man in a stolen pickup is arrested near Casselton after a high speed chase. Troopers tried to stop 35-year-old Jason Schaan near mile marker 342 on I-94 Saturday night around 7:30. The chase hit speeds of 100 miles per hour before Schaan took the Casselton exit went through the intersection down a ditch and got…
FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota is reporiting it’s second and third coronavirus-related deaths. They include a McHenry County woman in her 80’s and a Morton County man in his 70;s. Both had underlying conditions and both got the virus through community spread. North Dakota now has 109 positive cases, up 11 from Sunday. 19 people are currently hospitalized due to…
MANDAN, N.D.–A Mandan man was found deceased in his home by police Monday night. The Mandan Police Department was called to a SE Mandan Trailer Court at approximately 11:50 p.m. when officers arrived, they found a deceased 61-year-old man. Police are investigating the manner of death and the body has been sent to the Medical Examiner’s office for an autopsy….
