Author: Emily Welker

LIVE: A Hauntingly Beautiful Performance

FARGO — The time is coming t get a little silly, a little scary, and to get to hear the sounds of the Halloween season. The Fargo-Moorhead Symphony is back with it’s “fun-size” concert series this Friday. This one is themed “Spooktacular.” The First Avenue String Quartet is performing pieces from pop culture like the Ghostbusters theme, “Edward Scissorhands,” and…

2 Hurt in 3-Vehicle Crash

MILNOR, N.D. — Two people are seriously hurt, one with Life-threatening injuries, after a three-vehicle crash in Sargent County, North Dakota Sunday night. The Highway Patrol says the crash happened seven miles east of Milnor, shortly before 8 p.m. A Toyota Avalon and a GMC Terrain were eastbound on Highway 13 when a Nissan Altima coming the other way pulled…

LIVE: Folk/Punk Music Festival in Downtown Fargo

FARGO — It’s the return of a musical mashup that mixes punk with folk. Bindle Fest V is coming to downtown Fargo Saturday. The mix of genres features more acoustic settings than you might expect from a traditional punk music performance, and allows musicians to include instruments like banjo, mandolin, horns, and washboard. The bands performing this weekend come from…

Pet Connection: Meet Odin

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — One-eyed wonder dog Odin may be looking at the world a little differently than your usual rescue dog, but he’s still got the full share of love and fun to give to a furever family. He’s at the Humane Society of the Lakes in Detroit Lakes, where his rescue worker Jaycee Voight shows in spite of…

LIVE: A Place to Find Fellow FM Halloweenies

FARGO — A local Facebook group for fans of the Halloween holiday to find decorated homes, good locations for trick or treating, and share tips on how to build their own home haunts is blowing up. The group “FM Area Halloween Trickers and Treaters” was originally started as the personal page of local Halloween enthusiast Abby Haake. She opened it…

LIVE: The Things That Go Bump in the Night

FARGO — They say it’s one of the biggest trick or treating opportunities in the region. But the real treat at “Boo at the Zoo” at Fargo’s Red River Zoo is probably meeting some of the most misunderstood wild creatures of the region. Creatures like Soupy the opossum, who shared the anchor desk on the Morning Show Wednesday. Opossums might…

LIVE: Halloween Kickoff Party and Scary Movie Season

FARGO — Movie fans are celebrating scary movie season with events for both adults and kids in the metro, starting with a Halloween Kickoff party this weekend at West Acres Marcus Theatres. They’re screening favorite Halloween slasher films all month long, as well as kid-friendly offerings like “Hocus Pocus” and “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” Saturday, the West Acres Theatres is…

LIVE: Don’t Be Scared to Get Creative

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — If you’re not a skilled artist, it can be a little scary to think about creating a Halloween painting of your own. But there’s a new workshop underway that helps even a novice painter bring their creativity into full fall color. Emma Tomb (yes, that’s her real name) is teaching a “Spooky Painting workshop at the…