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Viral Facebook Post Turns Out To Be Misunderstanding, Post Since Deleted

Woman Had Claimed Man Took Picture of Her Daughter at Best Buy In Fargo

FARGO, ND — A post on Facebook that went viral after a mother thought a man had taken a picture of her daughter at Best Buy in Fargo without her permission is just a misunderstanding. She posted pictures of the man and two other men he was with at the store on Saturday on social media with a warning to watch…

Sioux Falls Police Say They’ve Solved 38-Year-Old Homicide of Newborn Baby

Theresa BentaasSIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Sioux Falls Police say they have solved a cold case homicide dating back to 1981. On February 28th, 1981, a newborn baby boy was found wrapped in a blanket in a ditch near East 26th Street and Sycamore Avenue. An autopsy revealed the baby died from exposure to cold temperatures. Police say they received few tips…

St. Paul school alerts parents after sex offender found on bus

SAINT PAUL, Minn. – (FOX 9) – A registered sex offender is facing charges after he snuck onto a St. Paul school bus Thursday in Minneapolis, according to a letter sent to parents. According to the letter from Chelsea Heights Elementary School, students took a field trip to the Walker Art Center on Feb. 28. During the ride home, “an unknown man was…

Police called to check on cardboard cutout of MyPillow CEO

JORDAN, Minn. – Police officers in Jordan, Minnesota are called to check on the welfare of a man standing motionless outside in the cold not wearing a coat and hugging a pillow. Officers found out it wasn’t a man at all. It was a cardboard cutout of MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. The police department says “the caller was not wanting to…

Man Hospitalized After West Fargo Apartment Fire

First responders rescued a 40-year-old man from his first-floor apartment at 1031 1st Street East

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…

Man Arrested After Stabbing in Grand Forks

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…

West Fargo Police Sgt. Arrested on Suspicion of DUI

WEST FARGO, N.D. – A West Fargo Police Sargeant has been arrested for suspicion of DUI after his car is found in a snow bank Sunday night. West Fargo Police responded to a reckless driving report in the area of 19th Avenue East and Beaton Drive around 9:00. Officers identified the driver as West Fargo Police Patrol Sgt. Ryan Denis….

UPDATE: Fargo Man Identified as Person Who Died in Vehicle in Hornbacher’s Parking Lot

Police say a medical condition most likely happened yesterday afternoon

UPDATE – Fargo Police have identified the dead person found in a vehicle in the 32nd Ave S Hornbacher’s parking lot as 68-year-old Roger Fjeldahl of Fargo.   FARGO, N.D. — A body was found in a car in the parking lot of Hornbacher’s on 32nd Avenue. Police say a customer noticed a man slumped over in the driver’s seat just…