NEAR LINTON, N.D. – A car crashed into a school bus near Linton injuring five people including three students. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says 27-year-old Alexis Wangler of Linton was on Highway 83 around 7:00 Friday morning. The bus driver slowed down to turn with the bus’s 8-way lights activated. Wangler wasn’t able to slow down or stop because…
HORACE, N.D. — The city of Horace holds a public meeting to build a comprehensive plan for the future. That growth is expected to continue with groundbreaking on two new schools in the West Fargo School District. Construction is set to begin on a new middle school in the spring and a high school next year. City officials want to…
FARGO, N.D. — Nearly three years after medicinal marijuana was approved by voters, the Botanist in Fargo is set to open its doors tomorrow as the first state–licensed dispensary in North Dakota. In 2016, voters cast their vote to create a medical marijuana program in North Dakota. After three years of legislative adjustments and the state approving licenses, the state’s first…
WEST FARGO, N.D. – Fire and police crews are investigating an early morning apartment fire in West Fargo. Firefighters were paged at 5:30 Thursday morning for a structure fire at 1031 1st Street East in West Fargo. Police made it to the scene first and rescued a 40–year–old man a few feet from the door of his first–floor apartment. Nearly 15…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former Lt. Governor Drew Wrigley is closer to getting his old prosecuting job back. Wrigley’s nomination to serve once again as U.S. Attorney for North Dakota is now moving to the full Senate for consideration. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to move his nomination forward. Wrigley served as U.S. Attorney for North Dakota from 2001 to 2009 The…
FARGO, N.D. – Jade Presents says Larry The Cable Guy will no longer appear with Styx at concerts in Fargo and Minot in March because of changes in the comedian’s work schedule and projects in development. The shows at Scheels Arena on March 21st and the North Dakota State Fair Event Center on March 22nd were billed as Laugh. Rock….
FARGO, ND — The opening of North Dakota’s first medical marijuana dispensary is being delayed by one day. The Botanist was scheduled to open Thursday but it will now open at 10 a.m. on Friday. The dispensary is located in a strip mall along 13th Avenue South near Target. Multiple product types will be available including dried leaves and flowers, vaporizing…
UPDATE Wednesday – Fargo Police says 61-year-old Ronald Gant died after being severely burned by a fire in a South Fargo home on Friday February 22nd. Authorities say the homeowner returned to her home at 1809 30 Avenue South from vacation and found Gant, her roommate, in the basement. The cause of the fire and Gant’s death is still under investigation….
ANAMOOSE, ND — An Alexandria man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for attacking a priest in an apparent dispute over a woman in north central North Dakota. Authorities say 43-year-old Chad Legare attacked the Rev. Robert Wapenski at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Anamoose in January 2018. Wapenski was beaten and had computer speaker wire wrapped around…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – A Grand Forks woman is in the hospital and a man is arrested after a stabbing in Grand Forks Tuesday morning. Grand Forks officers went to an apartment complex in the 1100 block of North 39th Street around 11:00. They found a 29-year-old woman suffering from a stab wound. She was taken to Altru Hospital where…
