Author Archives: Madison Quinn
North Dakota gas prices on the rise
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO) - Gas prices are on the rise in North Dakota. Pump prices have jumped about 4 cents per gallon in the past week. The average price is now $3.15. That's 7.7 cents higher than last...
Oct 18, 2021
Gov. Walz bags a bird during Minnesota's pheasant opener
ST. PAUL - Gov. Tim Walz says he bagged a pheasant on Saturday during Minnesota's 2021 pheasant hunting opener. Walz hunted on private land in Kandiyohi County. He was hosted by Kevin Ochsendorf and B...
Oct 17, 2021 (Governor Tim Walz)
Minnesota woman killed in North Dakota construction accident
COOPERSTOWN, N.D. - A road construction worker was killed in the eastern North Dakota community of Cooperstown when she was struck by a dump truck. The Highway Patrol says the truck was backing up to ...
Oct 17, 2021
Man suspected in 2 murders kills himself near Cloquet
CLOQUET, Minn. - A man suspected of murdering two other men shot himself to death off a rural road west of Cloquet, after a state trooper stopped him for questioning. Authorities said the man confesse...
Oct 17, 2021
Worker killed at paper recycling facility in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS - A worker has died at a paper recycling facility in Minneapolis after suffering injuries involving heavy machinery. Simon Barrera Merino was injured about 1:40 a.m. Tuesday at Pioneer Ind...
Oct 16, 2021
Mandaree man sentenced in chase that ended at national park
BISMARCK, N.D. - A Mandaree man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for leading state and federal authorities on a January chase that ended when he and a passenger abandoned a stolen vehicle i...
Oct 16, 2021
Cody Holte honored at 33rd Annual Candlelight Vigil in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON D.C. (KFGO) - Fallen Grand Forks Police OFC. Cody Holte was honored at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Thursday night, along with 701 other law enforcement officers who've died in the...
Oct 16, 2021 Friends, family and co-workers of Grand Forks Police officer Cody Holte, who was killed in the line of duty on May 27, 2020 travel to Washington D.C. for Police Weekend 2021. Officer Holte will be honored and commemorated by having his name added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial on Saturday, October 16, 2021. By Russell Hons
Gov. Noem's head of finance announces resignation
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem's head of finance announces that she is resigning. Liza Clark has been the Commissioner of the Bureau of Finance and Management since 2016. The govern...
Oct 16, 2021
Man gets probation for rolling boulders off cliff
MANDAN, N.D. - A judge has sentenced a Mandan man accused of rolling a boulder off a cliff at a state historic site to probation. 36-year-old Charles Gipp pleaded guilty Friday to misdemeanor reckless...
Oct 16, 2021
Judge won't block vaccine mandate for Minnesota workers
ST. PAUL, Minn. - A federal judge won't block a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for scores of Minnesota health care workers. At least not right now. Nearly 200 Minnesota health care workers filed a lawsuit i...
Oct 13, 2021
