WASHINGTON – North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp had an emotional goodbye to Washington after one term in a farewell speech on the Senate floor on Tuesday. The Democrat told her colleagues “gridlock and partisanship does not have to rule the day.” The 63-year-old says she fought every day for rural America. That includes what Heitkamp believes are her biggest successes like…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Charges are pending against an 18-year-old East Grand Forks man after a gun is fired in a Grand Forks apartment Thursday morning. Officers responded around 10:00 at the building on the 22oo block of 34th Street. The renter says his friend, Christopher Goldade, was trying to clean a handgun when it went off. The bullet struck…
We may complain about traffic every once in a while, but it’s not as bad as we think it is. Personal finance website BankRate.com names North Dakota the best state for drivers and Minnesota is fourth. North Dakota has a lower fatality and car theft rates than the national average. It also has lower gas prices, repair and maintenance costs….
FARGO, N.D. – A man has been arrested following multiple attempted traffic stops of a stolen vehicle. Fargo Police say around 4:30 Wednesday morning officers tried to stop a stolen vehicle and the driver fled. Five hours later, the car was found at 15th Avenue South and 42nd Street South. The driver fled again. Officers continued to watch the car…
FARGO, N.D. – The City of Fargo is celebrating its fifth city hall since the city was founded in 1871. A community open house was held Tuesday to show off the new heart of city government in downtown Fargo as a sort of official grand opening. Let the celebration begin on the nearly $30 million building that every person who calls…
FARGO, N.D. – Memory Café of the Red River Valley makes sure children aren’t going to bed cold. Members are helping children staying at the YWCA by making them blankets. The group’s co–founder says it’s important not only to give back to those less fortunate. It also allows people with memory loss to get to know people going through the same…
BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota has its first confirmed case of A-F-M, or acute flaccid myelitis. The case was confirmed by the CDC. The child was hospitalized in October and has since been released. State health department officials did not say where the child was hospitalized or give their age or gender. AFM is a rare but serious condition that…
BISMARCK, ND — North Dakota Democrats have a new house minority leader. They have chosen Rep. Josh Boschee of Fargo. He replaces Rep. Corey Mock of Grand Forks who decided not to seek the position. Boschee ran for Secretary of State in November but lost to incumbent Al Jaeger. Democrats also re-elected Sen. Joan Heckaman of New Rockford as senate minority…
BISMARCK, ND — Gov. Doug Burgum released the following statement on the passing of President George H.W. Bush, who died Friday, Nov. 30, at the age of 94. “Few Americans in our nation’s history can match the more than five decades of public service that President George H.W. Bush assembled as a decorated World War II Navy pilot and icon…
Courtesy: Wade JohnsonFARGO (KFGO) – A small business-type airplane left the main runway at Hector International Airport in Fargo shortly after 2 p.m. Friday. There were no injuries and no fire according to KFGO News sources. Reporter Jim Monk says the plane, with two rear engines, left the runway on the north side of the airfield. The plane was enroute…
