Prosecutor will not ask for jail time for Bismarck legislator convicted in building-lease case
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO) - McLean County State's Attorney Ladd Erickson says he does not plan to recommend a jail sentence for a lawmaker from Bismarck who has been convicted of violating an obscure conflict of interest law in the lease of an office building in Bismarck. It took the district court jury on Friday about 90 ...
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Longtime West Fargo music teacher Sue Jordahl prepares for retirement
WEST FARGO (KFGO/KVRR) - For decades, Sue Jordahl has been a staple of West Fargo music. She started her career as an elementary music teacher, and has gone on to direct bands and choirs in addition accompanying students for auditions, and playing in theater pit orchestras. "Nobody said this is all the extra stuff...
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Unaccompanied minors flock to MN meatpacking towns, data show
BY: CHRISTOPHER INGRAHAM NEW YORK (Minnesota Reformer) - More than 4,700 unaccompanied minor migrants have been released into Minnesota since 2015, according to U.S. Health and Human Services data released by the New York Times. Most are from Central and South American countries. Their numbers skyrocketed following the...
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Firefighter dead, another person injured in south Minneapolis shooting
MINNEAPOLIS - One man is dead, another injured, after an early morning shooting Sunday in south Minneapolis. Officers were called to the parking lot of the old Whiskey Junction bar and found a man in his 40s with life-threatening gunshot wounds who later died in the hospital. Investigators believe shots were fired acr...
19h ago
Carver County deputies shoot man with knife in Chanhassen
CHANHASSEN, Minn. - A man is in stable condition after being shot by Carver County sheriff's deputies during a domestic incident Saturday in Chanhassen. Investigators say deputies were talking with a woman outside when the suspect came out of the house with a knife. The report says the man refused to drop the knife a...
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Minnesota legislators consider constitutional amendment to protect abortion and LGBTQ rights
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota Democrats have introduced legislation to add abortion and LGBTQ rights to the state's constitution in hopes of making it much harder for future lawmakers to repeal these and other rights in the future. The Minnesota Equal Rights Amendment was introduced last week and has its first legis...
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Fire breaks out Sunday in Grand Forks, damaging multiple apartment complex garages
GRAND FORKS (KFGO) - A fire broke out at the Southwind Apartments complex at 2403 27th Avenue South in Grand Forks just after 4 p.m. Sunday. When crews arrived, they found an eleven-car garage with heavy fire and smoke from multiple garages. Firefighters worked to contain the fire to half of the garage and prevent furt...
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Senate Ethics Panel to consider ethics complaint against Senator Mitchell
ST. PAUL, MINN. - A Minnesota Senate panel Tuesday considers an ethics complaint Republicans filed against Democratic Senator Nicole Mitchell, who's charged with felony burglary for allegedly breaking into her stepmother's home in Detroit Lakes. Senate GOP Minority Leader Mark Johnson says, "It's another opportuni...
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WATCH: Driver arrested on multiple charges following crash in Fargo
FARGO (KFGO) - A Fargo man was arrested on multiple charges following a crash Sunday evening in Fargo. A Cass County Deputy attempted to stop a vehicle for reckless driving around 8 p.m. The driver, 40-year-old Jens Tinjum, fled for a short distance before he crashed into an unoccupied vehicle in the 3600 block of 18th...
May 06, 2024
Fatal head-on collision in Pine River Township
PINE RIVER, Minn. (KFGO) - Minnesota State Patrol reported a fatal crash just after midnight in Pine River Township, 30 miles south of Walker. The pickup driver, Kyle Jones, 32, and 30-year-old passenger, Mandy Tellinghuisen both of Bayport, MN, were traveling westbound on 24th Street Southwest when they collided hea...
May 05, 2024