Close to half of South Dakotans aren't up-to-date on their flu shots or their hepatitis B vaccinations, new vaccine survey results released by the South Dakota Department of Health indicate. About 63% aren't up-to-date on their HPV vaccinations, which protect against most cases of cervical cancer, and 78% aren't up-to-...

BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Reformer) - The operator of natural gas production facilities on the Fort Berthold Reservation was ordered Friday to pay a $500,000 fine and do 500 hours of community service for an environmental violation. Targa Badlands LLC pleaded guilty earlier this year in U.S. District Court in North ...

FARGO (KFGO-KVRR) - Animal advocacy group PETA made a stop in Fargo on Friday to promote veganism. They brought along a display, which is a truck with life-sized pictures of turkey in cages printed on the sides that plays the recorded sounds of turkeys. It is part of PETA's nationwide campaign called Hell On Wheels. Th...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KFGO) - One person was shot in an officer-involved shooting in Grand Forks Friday night. Grand Forks County deputies assisted Grand Forks Police after a woman called dispatch and said she was holding a man hostage at an apartment in the 1400 block of 10th Ave North. Officers quickly located the unit....

BISMARCK, N.D (NORTH DAKOTA MONITOR) - Gov. Kelly Armstrong set Jan. 21 as the tentative date for a special legislative session to allocate federal rural health funding. In a Friday letter, Armstrong notified legislative leaders of the likely special session date, but said it's contingent on North Dakota receiving its ...

OWATONNA, Minn. (KFGO/LEARFIELD) - A Minnesota Court of Appeals judge is facing a drunken-driving charge after crashing her car into a snowbank. Deputies in Steele County say Renee Worke, 67, of Owatonna, struck a snowbank near the I-35 overpass in Owatonna last Saturday night. A deputy said Worke had glossy eyes and s...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Federal agents have arrested a dozen people in Minneapolis since launching an enforcement operation this week primarily focused on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S., but fewer than half of those detained are Somali. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said that agents had arrested ...

BAUDETTE, Minn. (KFGO) - A man is safe after he had to be rescued from the ice of Lake of the Woods in far northern Minnesota. Lake of the Woods County Sheriff Gary Fish says the man, from Winsted, reported that he was surrounded by about 400 feet of open water and was was standing on thin ice. Emergency responders fro...

WASHINGTON (KFGO/LEARFIELD) - Congressional Republicans including Tom Emmer and Pete Stauber have sent a letter to Governor Tim Walz following reports that thousands of commercial driver's licenses in Minnesota were issued illegally. Representatives Michelle Fischbach and Brad Finstad joined 14 other Republicans in sig...

FARGO (KFGO) - A Fargo man has been charged in Cass County court after allegedly having sex with an underage girl. Spencer Dietrich is charged with three counts of corruption of a minor. Investigators say Dietrich is accused of having sex multiple times with a runaway juvenile. On Dec. 2, Fargo Police were called to a ...