Burgum directs flags at half staff for fallen member of congress

Photo by: WDAY Radio Staff
Photo by: WDAY Radio Staff

(Bismarck, ND) -- Governor Burgum has directed all government agencies to fly the U.S. and North Dakota flags at half-staff until midnight Thursday to Honor a fallen member of congress.

U.S. Representative Jackie Walorski of Indiana and two of her staff members died as a result of a head-on collision Wednesday, as did the driver of the other vehicle, according to the Elkhart County Indiana Sheriff’s Office.

Burgum encouraging North Dakotans at their homes and businesses to also lower their flags.