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Community asked to send get well cards to hospitalized officer

Completed cards can be turned in to the West Fargo Police Department. Cards can be mailed, dropped off, or returned to a School Resource Officer.

WEST FARGO, ND (KVRR) – The West Fargo Police Department would like to invite community members of all ages to color a Get Well Soon card for Officer Brown. Cards will be sent by the WFPD to Officer Brown in Omaha as he continues his recovery. The Get Well Soon card template can be found at: http://ow.ly/Wiv450GHm0z Completed cards can…

Sturgis Rally Death Likely Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

The Omaha man, who has not been identified, was found dead in his motor home at the rally on Tuesday.

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) _ Sheriff’s officials say the death of a Nebraska man at the Sturgis motorcycle rally in South Dakota is apparently due to carbon monoxide poisoning. The Omaha man, who has not been identified, was found dead in his motor home at the rally on Tuesday. The Meade County coroner is investigating. Officials say there has been only…

Fargo Flight Crashes Outside Omaha

Pilot Eugene Puttbrese, of Frazee, Minnesota, says he's sure his single-engine Cessna 150 ran out of fuel around 4 a.m. Friday, and he came down on a residential street.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ Authorities say no one was hurt when a small plane landed in a southwest Omaha neighborhood, a few hundred feet short of a runway at a small airport. Pilot Eugene Puttbrese, of Frazee, Minnesota, says he’s sure his single-engine Cessna 150 ran out of fuel around 4 a.m. Friday, and he came down on a residential…

Ninth-Inning Run Propels Omaha Past NDSU

The Bison fall in the series opener 3-2

FARGO, N.D. – Omaha scored the winning run on a two-out, full count bases loaded walk in the top of the ninth inning on Friday night, as the Summit League leading Mavericks beat the North Dakota State baseball team 3-2 at Newman Outdoor Field. It was the second time this season the Bison have dropped a game on a full…

UND Hockey Handles Buisness Against Omaha

The Fighting Hawks defeated the Mavericks 2-1

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — North Dakota Hockey got the 2-1 victory over Omaha to start the final regular season series off on a high note. UND scored first with a wrap around goal from Gabe Bast. The Mavericks would tie things up in the second, after capitalizing on a five-on-three power play. Nick Jones sealed the deal in the third,…

Rink Report: UND Riding Momentum into Omaha

UND is riding a two game win streak into this weekend's matchup against Omaha

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — UND hockey fresh off a sweep of Colorado College this week and that has led to some great energy in the locker room among the guys. They are hoping to carry that momentum into this week’s series against Omaha on the road. “This week is kind of nice,” junior forward Dixon Bowen said. “We got to…

Summit League Play Serves as Clean Slate for NDSU Volleyball

The Bison are 2-9 overall heading into conference play

FARGO, N.D. — Preseason may not have gone as well as NDSU volleyball would have liked from a record standpoint, but the 2-9 Bison aren’t letting that stand in the way of the big picture… a Summit League Championship. NDSU knew scheduling top-ranked opponents early in the year would best prepare them for their elite Summit League schedule. The squad…

NDSU Softball Smokes Omaha in Summit League Tournament

The Bison won 9-0 in five innings

FARGO, N.D. (NDSU Athletics) – Zoe Stavrou and Tabby Heinz each hit home runs as top-seed North Dakota State defeated Omaha 9-0 in five innings to advance in the Summit League tournament played Thursday, May 10, before 271 spectators at the Ellig Sports Complex. NDSU (31-17) is scheduled to play No. 2-seed South Dakota State (33-14) at 1 p.m. Friday,…

Offense Explodes For Bison Baseball in Series Opener

NDSU improves to 16-18 on the season.

FARGO, N.D. (NDSU Athletics) – North Dakota State opened a key three-game Summit League series against the Omaha Mavericks with a 9-1 victory Friday, April 27, at Newman Outdoor Field. The Bison (16-18, 8-9 Summit League) and Mavs (13-24, 8-8 Summit League) are slated to play game two of the series Saturday, April 28, at 1 p.m. Sophomore Bennett Hostetler went 2-for-3…

Chase With Speeds Reaching 110 MPH Ends Near Mapleton

Driver was arrested for reckless driving and fleeing a police officer

CASS COUNTY, N.D. — An Omaha, Nebraska man led North Dakota troopers on a high-speed chase in Cass County Saturday night. Thirty-two-year-old Daniel Rosseter was arrested for reckless driving and fleeing a police officer. The highway patrol says around 11:40 p.m., they received a report of a reckless driver on I-94. A trooper located the SUV going more than 110…