
Moorhead City Council members share frustrations over ICE in the state
MOORHEAD (KFGO/KVRR) - Several Moorhead city council members are expressing their frustrations and dismay over ICE agents in Minnesota. City Council member Emily Moore read a letter by a friend of Alex Pretti, the man fatally shot by ICE agents over the weekend in Minneapolis, encouraging people to continue his legacy....
Jan 27, 2026

Federal officers detain a 5-year-old boy who school official says was used as 'bait'
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) - A 5-year-old boy arriving home from preschool in Minnesota was taken by federal agents along with his father to a detention facility in Texas, school officials and the family's lawyer said, making him the fourth student from his Minneapolis suburb to be detained by immigration officers in...
Jan 22, 2026

Teen killed after being hit by semi in Jamestown
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KFGO) - A 16-year-old boy has died after being hit by a semi in Jamestown. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says it happened just after 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 21 at 4th Street Northeast and 5th Avenue in Jamestown. Troopers and Jamestown Police say a semi-truck pulling a side dump trailer was turning west on...
Jan 22, 2026

Clay County Sheriff's Office says new cadet program will help with recruitment
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...
Jan 20, 2026

Federal and state officials both claim moral high ground in immigration crackdown after shooting
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...
Jan 26, 2026

Felony charges filed against man in fatal hit and run
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KFGO) - Barnes County State's Attorney Tonya Duffy has charged a Mandan man in a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian on Interstate 94 west of Valley City last December. Garret Kuntz, 22, is charged with manslaughter and duty in accident involving death or personal injury. Both charges are Clas...
Mar 11, 2026

Body of man found in vehicle after fire in north Fargo
FARGO (KFGO) - The Fargo Fire and Police Departments are conducting a joint investigation into a vehicle fire where a man was found dead. The fire was reported shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday in the 1200 block of 28th Avenue North. The man was found dead, inside the vehicle. An autopsy will be conducted to determine the ...
Feb 24, 2026

Man dies in house fire in Wheaton, MN
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 ...
Jan 28, 2026

Charges forwarded for 13-year-old who brought 1,500 fentanyl pills to school
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-...
Jan 21, 2026

Judge temporarily blocks Trump officials from rescinding health grants to some Democratic-led states
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's administration cannot rescind $600 million in public health grants allocated to four Democratic-led states, for now, a federal judge in Illinois ruled Thursday. California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota sued Wednesday to try to block the planned funding cuts to programs tha...
Feb 13, 2026





