SIOUX FALLS, SD — The Sioux Falls man accused of cutting off a woman’s nipples with a pair of scissors has changed his plea. Tony Ledbetter, 45, is pleading guilty to three counts of aggravated assault. Authorities said Ledbetter was arguing with his now ex-girlfriend when he punched her, sat on her and pressed his forearm into her throat….
WARD COUNTY, ND — Two Minot men are dead after a rollover crash in Ward County. David Rocha, 37 and 29-year-old Travis Gillen died after they were ejected from the vehicle as it rolled. Javier Solis-Morales, 23, of Minot and 37-year-old Ernie Gant of Surrey were injured. The state patrol said Solis-Morales was driving the vehicle when he went…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The Minneapolis Police Department has officially hired its new police chief. The city council approved interim police chief, Medaria Arradondo, to take over the role on a permanent basis. He will serve the rest of former chief Janee Harteau’s term, which runs through January of 2019. Arradondo said he is ready to help the city heal…
BISMARCK, ND — A Bismarck oral surgeon who was temporarily suspended from practicing medicine has died from a suspected drug overdose. First responders attempted to revive Dr. Mansureh Iravani with Narcan, a drug meant to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose, but she was pronounced dead Monday night at a hospital. Investigators said fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid, was…
STREETER, ND — The Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after finding the body of a man submerged in a vehicle near Streeter. They responded early Wednesday to a report of suspicious vehicle tracks near a body of water and sent in a dive team. Around 1 P.M., they received a report of a missing man in the Streeter…
WILLMAR, Minn. — Authorities allege a Willmar man threw a pig’s foot at Somalis at a farmers market. Sixty-one-year-old Joe Fernkes is charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct. Fernkes said he set the frozen pig’s foot down on the table at a Willmar market on Saturday and “didn’t say one word.” But witnesses said he threw it at a man…
BISMARCK, ND — A 10-year-old girl in Bismarck stole a car and took her friends for a joyride. Police say the girl took the keys from a cubby in the car parked at the YMCA on Monday evening. She drove off and picked up three friends along the way before eventually hitting a curb and flattening a tire. The…
Jasmine Block, 15, AlexandriaALEXANDRIA, Minn. — The Alexandria Police Department is still asking for the public’s help in locating a 15-year-old girl who was last seen on August 8. Jasmine Block was last seen around 10:30 p.m. that night at her home on the 200 block of McKay Avenue. She was first reported missing last Wednesday. Block is described as…
FARGO, ND — Police explain a viral video from downtown Fargo at around 2:00a.m. Saturday morning. In the video, a man shouts, “What’s your name,” at officers making a traffic stop on Broadway. He loudly shouts this question repeatedly from the sidewalk by The Old Broadway for about a minute before getting arrested. The video has gone viral. We sat…
FARGO, N.D. — Going once. “Fifteen here. How about 20?” said training division corporal Jeffrey Olson. Going twice. “Going three times, sold,” Olson said. Everything from a samurai sword to a motorcycle was sold at the Cass County Sheriff’s Office 3rd annual firearms auction. Many of the items were confiscated by the court or donated. “It’s crazy some of the…
