Author Archives: Madison Quinn
Bills would shield North Dakota businesses from virus suits
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO) - Some North Dakota lawmakers are pushing legislation aimed at shielding businesses and health care facilities from lawsuits due to COVID-19 exposure. The measures come despite c...
Jan 27, 2021
First lawsuit from the Minneapolis riots settled
MINNEAPOLIS (KFGO) - The city of Minneapolis has settled the first lawsuit by a demonstrator injured by a police projectile in violent protests that followed the death of George Floyd. Twenty-two-year...
Jan 27, 2021
Gov. Burgum to lower COVID-19 risk level
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO) - Gov. Doug Burgum announced today the statewide risk level is being adjusted from moderate/yellow risk to low/green risk, effective 8 a.m. Friday, Jan. 29. Active cases of COVID...
Jan 27, 2021 Joshua Swanson (Twitter)
Fargo Public School Kindergarten registration opens
FARGO, ND (KFGO) - Fargo public schools have opened kindergarten registration for the 2021-2022 school year. Fargo Public Schools say all families who anticipate sending a child to kindergarten within...
Jan 27, 2021
Rochester man pleads guilty in death of dog
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KFGO) - A Rochester man has been sentenced to one year in jail and ten years probation for burglarizing his ex-wife's home and killing her dog. 32-year-old Octavio A. Nique, of Roche...
Jan 27, 2021 Octavio Nique, Olmsted County Jail
Fargo rioter acquitted
FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) - The first trial held in connection with last year's downtown Fargo riot has ended with acquittals. A Cass County District Court jury found 24-year-old Negasi Behre "not guilty" of ...
Jan 27, 2021 Fargo Riot 5/23/2020 (courtesy, Sam Corr)
North Dakota lawmakers reluctant to extend the deadline for unpaid taxes
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO) - The North Dakota Legislature is reluctant to back a bill that would extend the period of property tax delinquency from two years to five for homeowners before foreclosure. The ...
Jan 27, 2021
Minnesota legislation would allow sports betting
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KFGO) - Two lawmakers have announced plans to introduce legislation to put Minnesota among 25 other states and Washington, D.C. in legalizing sports betting. The legislation is spo...
Jan 27, 2021
Noem would support grand jury in attorney general crash case
PIERRE, S.D. (KFGO) - South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem would support using a grand jury to decide whether charges should be filed against the state's attorney general, who struck and killed a man along a...
Jan 27, 2021 Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD)
Minnesota tiger tests positive for COVID-19 virus
SANDSTONE, Minn. (KFGO) - A Minnesota tiger is confirmed positive for the virus that causes COVID-19, based on results from the USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratories. Sabrina the tiger live...
Jan 26, 2021 Sabrina, Bengal Tiger (Wildcat Sanctuary, Sandstone, MN)
