“We’re alleging that it’s discrimination. It’s racial: He was singled out because he was black,” said attorney Tom Omdahl, referring to his client, Jason Hickman.
Two-month recount ended Monday, but lawsuit looms. A state election board on Monday certified results of the two-month recount that gave Democrat Franken a 225-vote advantage over Coleman. "It ain't over," official says.
Carl Pohlad, a billionaire banker whose Minnesota Twins won two World Series titles during nearly his nearly quarter-century as owner, died today. He was 93.
Rick Bye, operations manager, said the outage was an underground cable failure that has been isolated, and he hopes to have it fixed permanently sometime Tuesday. But it caused some tough work for his employees in the some of the coldest weather that happens around here. “People are really understanding,” Bye said. “We were out there at 25, 30 below and trying to fix it. But by the same token, their houses were getting cold.”
A jury convicted Samantha Kematch, 27, and her common-law husband Karl Wesley McKay last month. Jurors heard that Kematch and McKay subjected Phoenix to months of horrifying abuse and cruelty, including regular beatings, choking her to the point of unconsciousness and shooting at her with a BB gun.
Nathan Bowie, spokesman for the department, said the death count last year was 424, down 16 percent from 2007 and the lowest since 1944 when 356 were killed.
Game and Fish Department agrees to meet with Mountain, N.D., rehabilitator denied a permit Nothing’s official, but the North Dakota Game and Fish Department is reconsidering its position to phase out wildlife rehabilitators in the state.
HOUSTON - The five-month slide in gasoline prices has come to an abrupt halt, with gasoline rising by several cents in recent days amid indicators that the national average could jump to $2 a gallon or higher this spring.
That’s 48 seasons, zero pro football championships The latest Vikings failure came Sunday, by a 26-14 score to the Philadelphia Eagles in the first round of the playoffs. On a fan heartbreak scale of 1 to 10, this was a 2.3. Oh well, Sundays are now free to blow snow.
The Associated Press warns about a “potential donnybrook” in the North Dakota Legislature. The cause is a move to allow cities to set their own rates for traffic fines.
Carl Eller is alleging officers violated his civil rights, used excessive force and concealed videotape evidence when they subdued him during an arrest last April.
'It looks like we’re going to proceed with demolition in mind' Tearing down the historic building in downtown Crookston will be discussed Tuesday at the Polk County Commission meeting.
The new Congress plans to move aggressively against the tobacco industry in coming months by regulating cigarettes, raising per-pack sales taxes and ratifying an international anti-tobacco treaty, according to aides for key lawmakers and experts who expect the Obama administration to break a logjam on smoking issues.
A Grand Forks woman charged with making and possessing meth the night of a November 15 fire that destroyed a duplex near downtown pleaded not guilty to the charges this morning in district court.
The North Dakota Capitol in Bismarck is full of obscure public places and services that many visitors might not know about. A nursing mothers’ station. Special libraries and hidden lounges. Out-of-the way elevators.
Casey Larson is a big-time scorer, averaging 27 points a game. But it’s the defensive challenge Tuesday that he’s eagerly anticipating. That’s when Warren-Alvarado-Oslo plays a boys basketball game at Badger-Greenbush-Middle River. And the game within the game will be the matchup of Larson and B-G-MR’s Zach Creviston — two of the most prolific scorers in Minnesota Section 8A boys high school basketball this season.
The search for Gina Anderson looks to go underwater later this month, her sister, Jackie Pagel, said Sunday. The Thief River Falls woman has been missing since she was seen by neighboring workers as she drove away from her house Oct. 23 in her bright yellow Pontiac Sunfire.
A fire Saturday night did an estimated $75,000 of damage to a rural Thompson, N.D., residence Saturday night, destroying the garage and its contents and causing heat damage to the house, a fence and gazebo, Sgt. Jon Simundson of the Grand Forks County Sheriff’s Department said today.
No one was injured.
A fight breaks out, and both parties suffer injuries. Family members bring them to a nearby hospital, and those on opposite sides of the conflict find themselves sitting together in the same waiting area.
Her parents both dead, Leah Johnson now is in the middle of another family rift - this one involving her grandparents. On the day of her father’s funeral, Leah Johnson’s maternal grandmother, Dale Campbell of Fall River, Mass., arrived at the funeral home with a lawyer and court papers. The papers granted Campbell temporary guardianship of Leah. “It’s heartbreaking still,” said Alice Mayer, Eric Johnson’s mother.
On the day that Donald Peters died, he unknowingly provided financial security for his wife of 59 years and their family. Peters bought two Connecticut Lottery tickets at a local 7-Eleven store on Nov. 1 as part of a 20-year tradition he shared with his wife Charlotte. Later that day, the 79-year-old retired hat factory worker suffered a fatal heart attack while working in his yard in Danbury.
An attorney for former North Dakota workers compensation director Sandy Blunt wants a judge to throw out a felony conviction against him. Jurors convicted Blunt last month of misspending Workforce Safety and Insurance funds. The charge carries a possible 10-year prison term.
Grand Forks-area Realtors had their third best year of home sales in 2008, a sign that the local economy remained an island of stability in a chaotic national economy.
It’s not always a good thing to be a part of the crowd. You have to live up to a lot of expectations, and you most likely will have to try hard just be accepted into the “popular group.”
A Minnesota board Monday afternoon certified results in the two-month-long Senate race recount, giving Democrat Al Franken a 225-vote edge over Republican Norm Coleman. Should Coleman throw in the towel or fight on in court?
January began with ‘heat wave’ 25 years ago Marilyn Hagerty
Grand Forks had a “heat wave” 25 years ago Monday. The 42-degree reading on Jan. 5, 1984, broke the record of 39 degrees set in 1908. The Herald said more nice weather was in store for the Red River Valley.
Cities should set fines for traffic violations Mike Jacobs
The Associated Press warns about a “potential donnybrook” in the North Dakota Legislature. The cause is a move to allow cities to set their own rates for traffic fines.
0 for 48 Ryan Bakken That’s 48 seasons, zero pro football championships The latest Vikings failure came Sunday, by a 26-14 score to the Philadelphia Eagles in the first round of the playoffs. On a fan heartbreak scale of 1 to 10, this was a 2.3. Oh well, Sundays are now free to blow snow.
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