Travis Skonseng
Travis grew up in Wahpeton, ND. He attended NDSU for Business and Psychology. After graduating, he went back to school at MSUM for a broadcasting degree. Travis started at WDAY in May 2008. Prior to joining the WDAY team, he worked at the FOX News Station in Fargo for 4.5 years. There he did everything from behind the scenes work to fill in weather to weekend anchoring. Travis has won North Dakota and Minnesota Associated Press awards for reporting. He co-anchors First News and reports during the week. Please feel free to drop an email with story ideas.Contact
NDSU Students denied entry to District 45 GOP Convention
Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) - A group of college students is upset after not being allowed to take part in, or see, a district convention in Fargo. Party leaders refused to let several voters in to that delegate session Thursday night.WDAY, 03/02/2012
Minnesota projects over $320 million budget surplus
Moorhead, MN (WDAY TV) - Steady and consistent. That's what is being said about economic conditions in Minnesota after a new prediction of a budget surplus. The lead budget official is releasing a forecast showing a $323 million surplus. That's on top of an $876 million surplus predicted last November.WDAY, 02/29/2012
Rash of teenage traffic fatalities has many asking why
Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) - The latest fatality brings the number of teenage deaths on area roads in the past four days alone to six. The safety scare is raising concern. What is leading to the drastic spike in deaths among young drivers?WDAY, 02/24/2012
NDSU community gathers to mourn, remember students killed in accident
Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) - The NDSU community is coming together at this hour to honor four young women who lost their lives on a snow covered road near Alexandria. Lauren Peterson, Jordan Playle, Danielle Renninger and Megan Sample died Monday in a three-vehicle crash on I-94. All were from the Twin Cities.WDAY, 02/23/2012
Dickinson State peeping incident has local students on alert
Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) - Startled college students are stepping up their security measures after a registered sex offender is caught peeping into windows. It's not the usual case we hear about. A man is accused of peeking into windows of a college residence hall.WDAY, 02/22/2012
Fargo Police: Multiple factors contribute to unsolved robberies
Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) - Just how many strong armed robberies over the past three years have been solved? There have been three business armed robberies in Fargo this year alone, all unsolved. Police are hopeful these and half of all others will eventually lead to arrests.WDAY, 02/17/2012
West Fargo man honored for his role in convict capture
West Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) - A West Fargo man is being honored for helping capture an escaped convict. He helped track down the criminal from another state to our viewing area.WDAY, 02/16/2012
Authorities release Alfonso Rodriguez interrogation tapes
Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) - Eight years after the heinous homicide of Dru Sjodin, we take a chilling look back at the day she disappeared. We revisit interrogation tapes, listening to the suspect officially being questioned at the Crookston police station.WDAY, 02/15/2012
Papa John's scrambling to keep up with free pizza promotion
Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) - Employees at a local pizza place are seeing a spike in pizzas after a Super Bowl promotion. Papa John's promised its Reward Members free pizza and pop if the coin toss landed on heads. It did.WDAY, 02/10/2012
Local law makers weigh in on same sex marriage issue
Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) _ The controversial challenge to become the state's first gay married couple is re-igniting heated debate. Lawmakers in both parties are weighing in, wondering if it will come up in the next legislative session.WDAY, 02/09/2012
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