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Bail set at $1 million in stabbing death of 14 year-old-girl
(KFGO) - BAIL HAS BEEN SET AT ONE-MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL AND LEAVING HER BODY NEAR THE RIVER IN MOORHEAD LAST WEEK. 18-YEAR-OLD ISAAC ARNDT HAS MADE HIS FIRS...
Jim Johnson Aug 26, 2024

A first for Major League Baseball
(AP) - No matter how the next Toronto Blue Jays vs. Boston Red Sox game plays out, Danny Jansen will be a first in Major League Baseball history. Today, the Red Sox catcher will finish a game that he ...
Jim Johnson Aug 26, 2024

Minnesota minimum wages going up in 2025
(KNOX) - Minnesota's minimum wage is going up next year. Starting January 1, the minimum wage for workers, regardless of whether they work for a large or small business, will be $11.13 an hour. The cu...
Jim Johnson Aug 26, 2024

Threatened rail strike in Canada yields to binding arbitration
(KNOX) - A proposed strike by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference is yielding to binding arbitration. The Canada Industrial Relations Board ordered that no further lockout or strike can take place du...
Jim Johnson Aug 26, 2024

Grand Forks Growth Fund Has New Leaders
(KNOX) -The Grand Forks Growth Fund has a new chair and vice chair. Grand Forks City Attorney Dan Gaustad outlined the process to the committee. "The chairperson can only be the three members o...
Bill Dubensky Aug 26, 2024

Walz's Exit From Minnesota National Guard Left Openings
(AP) - John Kolb, a retired Minnesota National Guard colonel, knew Tim Walz by reputation as an "excellent leader" who adroitly guided the enlisted troops in his field artillery battalion. But ...
Bill Dubensky Aug 26, 2024

Student Vaccination Exemptions in North Dakota Increased Since COVID
(North Dakota Monitor) -The percentage of incoming kindergarten students who are not vaccinated due to personal belief exemptions has increased slightly in North Dakota, but one health official said m...
Bill Dubensky Aug 26, 2024

State DOT Trying Again on Federal Grant for Northwest North Dakota Highway
(North Dakota Monitor) -A North Dakota utility regulator says a railroad overpass should get built on a key road before construction begins on a multi-billion dollar natural gas processing facility. "...
Bill Dubensky Aug 26, 2024

Sales Tax Revenue Unclear if North Dakota Voters Legalize Marijuana
(AP) - North Dakota lawmakers struggled to pin down the full financial impact of legalizing recreational marijuana, a factor voters will see when they decide a ballot measure on the issue this ...
Bill Dubensky Aug 25, 2024

Minnesota Commission on Judicial Selection Recommends Judicial Candidates
(KNOX) -The Commission on Judicial Selection is recommending six candidates for consideration to fill four vacancies in Minnesota's Tenth Judicial District. One of the vacancies occurred upon t...
Bill Dubensky Aug 25, 2024