Cass County News

The man accused of killing a dentist in a murder-for-hire scheme is jailed tonight on one million dollars' bail.

Fargo Police arrested a 66-year-old man today for exposing himself on a school bus for students with disabilities.

Charges have been filed in North Dakota against an Oklahoma man accused of hiring his handyman to kill his former son-in-law. Gene Kirkpatrick of Jones, Okla., is charged in Cass County with conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to commit burglary.

Cass County commissioners are supporting a diversion project on the North Dakota side of the Red River for flood protection.

The Cass County State's Attorney this afternoon filed charges of murder, robbery, burglary and theft against Michael Nakvinda, who's being held in an Oklahoma City jail.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of child abuse or neglect in the death of a 2-month-old in Fargo.

Cass County officials are supporting a Red River diversion project around Fargo for flood protection.

Cass County authorities say a man was taken to a Fargo hospital after his arm got stuck in a machine at the CHS Sunflower processing plant in Grandin.

It had 34. Minot was next with 26.7 crashes per 1,000 people last year. And Burleigh County led the state's counties in the highest number of crashes per million vehicle miles, with 4.28. Ward was the next highest county, with 3.01 crashes per million vehicle miles traveled.

FARGO, N.D. _ Cass County authorities say a man was taken to a Fargo hospital after his arm got stuck in a machine at the CHS Sunflower processing plant in Grandin.

The University of North Dakota has permission to sell 253 acres of Cass County farm land.

Area law enforcement continue their push to get you to buckle up. Monday nighta TMs neighborhood crime watch, is the finish of a seat belt blitz that just wrapped up on the North Dakota side of the river while Minnesota's click it or ticket campaign will do the same later this week.

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With winter on the way, some people are still living in homes damaged by flooding this spring.

Cass County Social Services is investigating the living conditions in a flood and fire-damaged home near Harwood.

North Dakota`s congressional delegation says the Federal Emergency Management Agency is providing money to buy out more flood-damaged homes in Cass County.

Official fall enrollment numbers at Minot State University show an increase of 6.3 percent, an increase in 217 students, over the 2008 fall semester.

Fargo authorities have released the name of a 16-year-old boy found dead early Tuesday morning by his parents.

Cass County authorities say 18 cars from a BNSF Railway train went off the track about three miles west of Casselton.

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