MOORHEAD (KFGO) - The Clay County Commission has unanimously approved a cadet program for the Clay County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff Mark Empting presented the idea to the commission on Tuesday, Jan. 20. He says cadets must be 18 or older, and are typically college students in law enforcement or criminal justice program...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - In dueling news conferences, federal and state officials offered starkly different messages Sunday about the immigration crackdown that has swept across Minneapolis and surrounding cities, with both claiming the moral high ground after another shooting death by federal agents. "Which side do you...

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO) - North Dakota Tax Commissioner Brian Kroshus will seek reelection this year. Kroshus, a Republican, was appointed in 2021 by former Governor Doug Burgum. Kroshus says his priorities will be a fiscally responsible government, effectively representing citizens, transparency and fairness. Before ser...

WHEATON, Minn. (KFGO) - A man has died after an early morning house fire in Wheaton, about 90 miles south of Moorhead. The Traverse County Law Enforcement Center received a 911 call reporting the fire just before 4:00 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 28. The Wheaton Fire Department and the Traverse County Sheriff's Office were ...

MOORHEAD (KFGO) - The teen arrested after police say he brought 1,500 fentanyl pills to Horizon Middle School in Moorhead has been referred to the Clay County Attorney for juvenile charges. Police and the Moorhead Area Public School District say another student told the school resource officer after discovering the 13-...

FERTILE, Minn. (KVRR) - Smiley's Rescues in Fertile, Minnesota says nearly all of 50 animals rescued from a home with hoarder-like conditions are responding well to medical treatment and will soon be ready for adoption. 27 adult cats, 15 kittens, three senior dogs and five guinea pigs were rescued from a North Dakota h...

FARGO (KFGO) - Crews responded to arching power lines in the 1400 block of 9th Street S. in Fargo Sunday night. Fargo Fire responded to the call around 7 p.m. and was on site for about 15 minutes. Xcel Energy posted around 6:30 p.m. that 54 customers in Cass County were without power. The cause was listed as unplanned....

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A man sprayed an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and was tackled to the ground Tuesday during a town hall in Minneapolis, where tensions over federal immigration enforcement have come to a head after agents fatally shot an intensive care nurse and a mother of three this month. Th...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Federal authorities have opened a criminal probe into whether two immigration officers lied under oath about the shooting of a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis last month. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons said Friday that his agency had opened a joint probe with the Justice Depart...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Trump administration's drawdown of its immigration enforcement surge in the Twin Cities area has been met with relief, but state officials and residents say its effects on Minnesota's economy and immigrant communities will linger. Thousands of officers were sent to the Minneapolis and St. Paul ar...