Crime and courts reporter for The Forum
April Baumgarten
April Baumgarten is the crime and courts reporter for The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead.
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A St. Cloud man who was serving life in prison in connection with what a judge called an “assassin-like” shooting in Moorhead will walk free.
A year after fatal Fargo ambush, officers focus on staying positive
His actions earned him the honor of being named one of the top cops in the nation, and it’s likely he prevented a mass shooting in downtown Fargo.
‘Fox & Friends’ visits West Fargo diner as Gov. Doug Burgum lands on ‘short list’ for Trump’s vice president pick
Burgum walked into Randy’s shortly before 6 a.m. Monday, shaking hands, greeting and hugging patrons as he went through the restaurant.
Western Minnesota man charged with fatally shooting brother during argument
ELBOW LAKE, Minn. — An Elbow Lake man has suggested he acted in self-defense when he fatally shot his brother, but deputies and prosecutors alleged the western Minnesota shooting was murder. Connor...
North Dakota lawmakers will miss deadline to redraw map judge said diluted Native American vote
Unless North Dakota lawmakers get an 11th-hour reprieve, they will miss the deadline to redraw a legislative map.
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Judge: Moorhead man, 25, not competent to stand trial in mother’s fatal stabbing
Prosecutors alleged he stabbed his 56-year-old mother, Receia Kollie, to death on Dec. 2 at her Moorhead home.
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Fargo police officer who stopped shooter ‘saved countless lives,’ US attorney general says
Merrick Garland visited Fargo to discuss the needs of law enforcement in North Dakota.
Walk for Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind honors her memory 6 years after Fargo mother’s murder
On the sixth anniversary of her murder, family and friends walked a mile wearing red shirts and calling for justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women.
Investigators mum on Fargo shooting that killed officer
Here's what authorities are — and are not — saying.
Fargo officer slain in shooting was a ‘member of our family,’ police chief says
The 23-year-old officer who was sworn in by the Fargo Police Department less than three months ago was killed Friday afternoon as he and other officers responded to what Zibolski...