US Sen. Tina Smith waiting for report on MN and ND postal delays
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KFGO) - A statewide audit of the Minnesota and North Dakota Post Office District is expected to be released in the coming weeks after reports of major mail delays across parts of the state. US Senator Tina Smith says unreliable mail is hurting Minnesotans. "It's the way people are getting their p...
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Authorities: Arrests, citations, warnings issued during weekend enforcement in Cass County
FARGO (KFGO) - The Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office, and the Fargo Police Department conducted a sobriety checkpoint Saturday between 5:15 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. on I-29, northbound at exit 67. Authorities checked 481 vehicles. Fourteen drivers were screened for impairment which resulted in two DUI arrests. One...
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Fort Stevenson State Park visitors achieve new Guinness World Records title
GARRISON, N.D. (KFGO)-North Dakota Parks and Recreation is excited to announce that Fort Stevenson State Park is now home to the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for the most people making s'mores simultaneously, with 1,150 people in total. The previous record was 891. The park hosted the event to celebrate its 50th...
May 19, 2024
Early morning patio fire damages an apartment complex in southwest Minot
MINOT, N.D. (KFGO) - The Minot Fire Department was dispatched early Saturday morning, just after 5 AM, to an apartment complex at 1200 32nd Ave SW. When firefighters arrived, they discovered a third-floor balcony and exterior wall on fire. Crews quickly extinguished the fire and completed the primary search of the apa...
May 19, 2024
Former US Sen. Heidi Heitkamp was inside University of Chicago building when pro-Palestine protestors broke in and demanded she leave
CHICAGO, Ill. (KFGO) - Former US Senator Heidi Heitkamp was in her office at the University of Chicago when pro-Palestine protesters forced their way into the building Friday evening. Heitkamp, the director of the University's Institute of Politics, was one of the few staff members in the building when three demonstrat...
May 18, 2024
MN House continues debate over Equal Rights Amendment
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KFGO) - Prospects for a bonding bill are uncertain in these final days of the legislative session, as Republicans threaten to withhold needed votes if Democrats put an equal rights and abortion rights constitutional amendment on the ballot. As the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) bill moves to what backers...
May 18, 2024
Trump campaigns in St. Paul, predicting he will win Minnesota in November
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Former President Donald Trump used a day off from his hush money trial Friday to headline a Republican fundraiser in Minnesota, a traditionally Democratic state that he boasts he can carry in November. Trump took the stage late as he headlined the state GOP's annual Lincoln Reagan dinner in St. P...
May 18, 2024
Minnesota House has eventful Friday, passing multiple bills
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KFGO) - The Minnesota House had a busy Friday night, sending multiple bills to the Senate or to Gov. Walz for approval. The House passed the conference committee's report Education Supplemental Budget bill on a 70-58 vote. The bill adds new funding for the READ Act, as well as expands voluntary pre-K ...
May 18, 2024
Nigerian citizen convicted in international fraud scheme that scammed Bismarck law firm
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO) - A federal jury found a Nigerian citizen guilty for his part in a complex fraud scheme. Christopher Agbaje was convicted Friday after a four-day trial in Bismarck. Agbaje claimed to be a business owner in a dispute with a Bismarck law firm, and created a fake agreement with a Bismarck law firm. ...
May 18, 2024
Noem doubles down on cartel talk, asks tribes to partner with state
by JOHN HULT (South Dakota Searchlight) PIERRE, S.D. (South Dakota Searchlight) - At the end of a week in which two more tribal nations voted to ban her from their lands, Gov. Kristi Noem called on tribal leaders to partner with state law enforcement to battle drug activity on reservations. The governor was flanked by ...
May 18, 2024