Bonanzaville getting in Christmas spirit

Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) - Bonanzaville is getting in the Christmas spirit.

• Bonanzaville getting in Christmas spirit

Wyoming to Hire Bohl

Wyoming is set to hire NDSU football coach Craig Bohl per Bruce Feldman from CBSSports.com Bohl's Bison just defeated Furman 38-7 to advance to the FCS Quarterfinals for a 3rd straight year.

• Craig Bohl

Small fire damages West Fargo mobile home

Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) - Police and firefighters responded to a small fire at a mobile home park at 7:15 Saturday morning in West Fargo.

• Small fire damages West Fago mobile home

The Joy Project aims to provide a Christmas dinner and gifts to families living in a hotel

Moorhead, MN (WDAY TV) - A new Christmas charity project aims to help FM families living in hotels.

• The Joy Project aims to provide a Christmas dinner and gifts to families living in a hotel

Bobcat is newest addition to Red River Zoo family

Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) - There is a new addition to the Red River Zoo family and he has an interesting back story.

• Bobcat is newest addition to Red River Zoo family

Trio arrested in drug bust near Fargo elementary school plead not guilty

FARGO – Three people charged in a drug bust near an elementary school here pleaded not guilty in Cass County District Court on Thursday.

• Tawni Johnson
• Brandon Wahl
• Brady Swanson
• Three people arrested near Fargo elementary school on drug, child endangerment charges

Ex-West Fargo investment broker wants sentence reduced for financial fraud

FARGO – A former West Fargo investment broker sentenced to a decade behind bars for bilking 19 clients out of much of their retirement money is asking a judge to reduce his sentence.

• Robert Medhus

Judge rejects 2 motions in Spirit Lake killings

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected arguments by a man who said he should receive a new trial or be acquitted for the brutal killings of two children on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation.

• Valentino Bagola
• Man convicted in Spirit Lake killings blames his defense

Snow hampering harvest of some Dakotas row crops

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Snow in early October and early December is pushing the fall harvest of some row crops in the Dakotas into the winter months, and farmers might be forced to leave some corn in the field until spring.

• Dakotas Corn Harvest

On the Plains, some embrace cold weather's touch

(AP) - Winter's first real foray into the Plains this year is bringing temperatures that can feel like a fist in the face, but not everyone sweats the cold — or the snow that comes with it. Here are a few of their stories:

• Plains Cold Snap
• State-by-state look at wintry blast hitting US

State-by-state look at wintry blast hitting US

(AP) - A big chunk of the U.S. is getting a blast of frigid temperatures, sleet, snow and ice. Several deaths have been reported, most resulting from treacherous driving conditions.

• Wintry Blast
• 'Ice Friday' bears down on Texas, much of Midwest

Icy winter storm shuts down North Texas

DALLAS (AP) — Freezing rain and stinging winds slammed the Southwest Friday and made a strangely blank landscape out of normally sun-drenched North Texas: mostly empty highways covered in a sometimes impassable frost, closed schools and businesses, and millions of residents hunkered down for icy conditions expected to last through the weekend.

• Ice Friday
• State-by-state look at wintry blast hitting US
• Dallas Marathon canceled due to winter storm

World mourns Mandela, struggles to find the words

(AP) - Nelson Mandela led black South Africans in their struggle to throw off the yoke of white rule and then helped the entire nation heal the wounds of racial division.

• Mourning Mandela

Cargo bikes the new minivan for cycling families

SEATTLE (AP) — One fisherman uses a bike to deliver hundreds of pounds of salmon to local markets. A mom who regularly shuttles her two kids around town once tried to haul a twin mattress home. And some companies are using the bikes to deliver beer kegs or pick up recycling.

• Cargo Bikes

No. 1 Florida State moves past Winston accusation

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A prosecutor's decision to not bring charges against Florida State quarterback and Heisman Trophy favorite Jameis Winston has removed a cloud from over the team, which is focused and prepared to face Duke in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game, Coach Jimbo Fisher said.

• Jimbo Fisher
• No charges in Jameis Winston sex assault case

Dylan's Newport guitar sells in New York for $965,000

NEW YORK (AP) — The Fender Stratocaster that Bob Dylan plugged in when he famously went electric at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival sold Friday for nearly $1 million — the highest price ever paid for a guitar at auction.

• Dylan's Guitar

US to play Ghana, Portugal, Germany at World Cup

COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil (AP) — The United States will play Ghana, Portugal and Germany in a tough first-round group at next year's World Cup that will take the Americans on a lengthy 9,000-mile trip around Brazil.

• World Cup Draw

Detroit Lakes students shovel snow during Snow Day

Detroit Lakes, MN (WDAY TV) - Although we're not contending with the forty-two inches of snow that dumped on Two Harbors, Minnesota, some in our region had quite the task when it came to digging out from this winter storm.

• Detroit Lakes students shovel snow during Snow Day

Northwood family moves out of home after oil dumped accidentally in finished basement

Northwood, ND (WDAY TV) - A Northwood family is dealing with a stinky, smelly mess forced out of their home.

• Northwood family moves out of home after oil dumped accidentally in finished basement

Two car accident Thursday morning slows down traffic on I-94

Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) - No one was injured in a crash that snarled the morning commute between Fargo and Moorhead.

• Two car accident Thursday morning slows down traffic on I-94

Sugar beet crop price drops in price

Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) - Sugar beet farmers at American Crystal Sugar's 40th annual joint meeting learn this year's low crop results could get even worse.

• Sugar beet crop price drops in price

Ex-Oakes principal theatened to rip head off student 'and spit down the hole'

OAKES, N.D. – An internal investigation was started after the longtime high school principal and activities director here threatened a student with violence in front of a classroom and went to the student’s home two times without permission, according to a memo from the district superintendent.

• Don Warren

Former Grand Forks cop not guilty of terrorizing

Grand Forks, ND - A jury found Jace Prelip, a former Grand Forks police officer, not guilty Wednesday of felony terrorizing, but guilty of a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct for holding a gun to a man’s head last year at a party after hours of drinking.

• Jace Prelip

Grand Forks woman injured in snowblower accident

Grand Forks, ND - A Grand Forks woman suffered severe injuries after her leg was caught in a snowblower Wednesday morning.

Online condom seller ranks North Dakota largest state

FARGO – Oil production isn’t the only thing growing in North Dakota.

• Condom Report

UND Volleyball head coach resigns

Grand Forks, ND (WDAY TV) - Ashley Hardee has resigned as head coach of the UND volleyball team, three days after he was allegedly involved in a hit and run accident.

• Ashley Hardee
• UND places volleyball coach on administrative leave

New York train wreck could be case of highway hypnosis

NEW YORK (AP) — It's sometimes called highway hypnosis or white-line fever, and it's familiar to anyone who has driven long distances along a monotonous route.

• NTSB: New York train going too fast at curve before wreck
• New York commuter train derails, killing 4 and injuring dozens
• Lawyer: New York engineer had 'daze' before train wreck
• William Rockefeller

Railroads to offer health care to same-sex spouses

SEATTLE (AP) — A day after being sued by legally married, gay engineers, the nation's largest freight rail carriers announced they will provide health care benefits to the same-sex spouses of their employees.

• Same Sex Benefits

Auction: Springsteen manuscript sells for $197,000

NEW YORK (AP) — A handwritten working manuscript of Bruce Springsteen's 1975 hit "Born to Run" has sold for $197,000 at a New York City auction.

• 'Born to Run'
• Bruce Springsteen