ARGUSVILLE, N.D. – The Cass County Sheriff’s Office is warning people about a moderate risk sex offender who moved to rural Argusville. Travis Bock is living at 16066 24th Street Southeast. He was convicted of luring minors by computer in Richland County in 2012. Bock was chatting with what he believed to be a 14-year-old girl, but it was a…
MANDAN, N.D. — Police responding to a medical call at a Mandan business on Monday found “several” bodies, authorities said. Police and Burleigh County Sheriff’s Department vehicles were responded to RJR Maintenance and Management. The Mandan Police Department issued a three-sentence news release confirming that officers had found “several people who were deceased inside” the business. Police did not say…
FARGO, N.D. – A Walhalla, North Dakota couple is making the drive down to Nebraska to bring supplies to flood victims. Joy Zaharia and her husband started collecting clothing, food, toiletries and pet food last weekend. They have about two garages full of supplies donated from the community. People also donated money to help with the cost of gas and renting…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has signed a bill that aims to end a longstanding disagreement over shared revenues on the oil-rich Fort Berthold Indian reservation. Burgum on Thursday signed legislation that ratifies the compact he signed last month with Three Affiliated Tribes Chairman Mark Fox. The bill reworks a tax-sharing agreement that favors the Three…
FARGO, N.D. – A thrift store on 45th Street South in Fargo is closed after a car runs into the building Wednesday night. Police responded to Kinder Kloset around seven o’clock. The store says a vehicle ran into the back of the building and caused significant damage. No one was hurt. The store hopes to reopen at 2:00 PM Friday. Kinder…
UPDATE THURSDAY – A man has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of a man inside a Wahpeton apartment. The Richland County Sheriff’s Office says Adam Awender admits to stabbing Billy Joe Phillips, around midnight Monday, but claims it was self-defense. Phillips was living in the apartment with a woman that’s believed to have been dating both men….
BISMARCK, N.D. – After a New York City Councilman is named the Guinness World Record Holder for tallest politician, North Dakota’s Insurance Commissioner says the distinction won’t stand for long. Robert Cornegy Jr. earned the world record for being 6’10” tall. Godfread played basketball for Northern Iowa. The program for his senior year in 2005 lists the Grand Forks native at…
HOPE. N.D. (KFGO) – Hope, North Dakota is having problems with its water tower and had to shut off its water supply but has come up with a temporary fix, being supplied by Rural water. The water tower will be worked on this morning. A water distribution station has also been set up at the American Legion. Agassiz Valley Social…
UPDATE WEDNESDAY – The North Dakota Highway Patrol says 60-year-old Virgil Nogowski of Gwinner died in a Lisbon hospital after being hit by a vehicle on County Road 10 near Rutland on Tuesday. NEAR RUTLAND, N.D. – A Sargent County Highway Department worker has died after being hit by a van. It happened around 6:30 Tuesday morning on County…
WAHPETON, N.D. -No one is hurt following an explosion at a manufacturing plant in Wahpeton. Richland County Emergency Manager Brett Lambrecht says it happened at Mason Primeboard at around 2:20 Wednesday afternoon. The blast blew a portion of the roof off the building. The company says they will not comment because the incident is still under investigation. The company manufactures…
