Author Archives: Madison Quinn
State board to pay $300,000 to Hennepin public defender
MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota Board of Public Defense on Tuesday agreed to pay a $300,000 settlement to former Chief Hennepin County Defender Mary Moriarty, less than a year after the board voted agains...
Jun 23, 2021 Mary Moriarty
Minnesota regulators fine company for Line 3 pipeline death
HILL CITY, Minn. - The employer of a man who was run over by a large forklift while working on a northern Minnesota oil pipeline project has been cited by state regulators and fined $25,000. Authoriti...
Jun 23, 2021 Enbridge Line 3 Replacement Project
Downtown Fargo's Twist closes, 'new concept' coming soon
FARGO (KFGO KVRR) - A lack of workers and rising expenses have forced a downtown Fargo restaurant to close its doors. Twist, located at 220 Broadway, is closed, effective Tuesday. The eatery announced...
Jun 22, 2021 Twist Fargo
Lawmakers dismiss criticism of emergency spending law
BISMARCK - North Dakota legislative leaders are standing by a new state law that limits emergency spending by a governor-led panel. Republican Senate Majority Leader Rich Wardner says that criticism t...
Jun 22, 2021
Attorneys negotiating plea deal for Grommesh, trial canceled
MOORHEAD (KFGO KVRR) - Prosecutors and defense attorneys are negotiating a possible plea agreement for Garrett Grommesh, the Moorhead man charged with possessing and distributing child pornography. Gr...
Jun 22, 2021 Garrett Grommesh
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More remains from homicide victim found in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS - Police say more remains from a homicide victim have been found in Minneapolis. The remains were found Tuesday shortly before 7 a.m. near the Mississippi River more than 3 miles from wher...
Jun 22, 2021 Credit: CBS
VIDEO: Three arrested after fireworks display in store is ignited
EAGAN, Minn. - Police in a Twin Cities suburb arrested a group of juveniles after a fireworks display was set on fire in a grocery store. The display went up in flames Monday afternoon at the Hy-Vee s...
Jun 22, 2021 Fire caused by Fireworks being set off (Courtesy: WCCO-CBS Minnesota)
Walz requests funds for state officers' body cameras
ST. PAUL - Gov. Tim Walz has requested funding to outfit Minnesota State Patrol troopers and officers working at the state Capitol with body cameras. The $7.5 million to buy and maintain the cameras f...
Jun 22, 2021
Ex-teacher given 100 years for sexually assaulting students
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - A former elementary school teacher in Sioux Falls has been sentenced to 100 years in prison for sexually assaulting two students. 72-year-old Thomas Richard Strong was earlier foun...
Jun 22, 2021
North Dakota woman, 86, gets probation in pedestrian's death
BISMARCK, N.D.- An 86-year-old North Dakota woman who struck and killed a pedestrian and then left the scene of the crash has been sentenced to two years of probation. Bertha Harper, of Bismarck, earl...
Jun 22, 2021 Best Law
