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Gov. Walz declares emergency for conditions from snowstorm

SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz issues an executive order declaring an emergency to ease the strain on farmers in western Minnesota after a snowstorm hampered the harvest. It also lifts regulations on drivers carrying propane and liquid fuels. Farmers have wet conditions and damaged crops. The winter weather also slowed the processing and transportation of grain and…

High School Volleyball Roundup: Grand Forks Red River., Sheyenne Win

Sheyenne and Grand Forks Red River Win in Straight Sets

FARGO, N.D. — With one week left of the regular season for girls high school volleyball in North Dakota, EDC action continued Tuesday night with  schools vying for state tournament berths. Sheyenne improves to 19-4 on the season with a straight sets win over Fargo South at home. Grand Forks Red River improves to 16-11 with a straight sets win…

NDSU Football Prepares for First Night Game of Season

Bison Kick Off with Youngstown at 5 P.M. Saturday

FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota State football hits the road for another week. For NDSU, its the only night game of the season at Youngstown State. Its not a common occurrence for the Bison to play under the lights. However, it is something the team is use to. For the past five seasons, the bison have had at least one…

UND Women’s Basketball Begins Post-Lexi Klabo Era

Klabo graduated and now plays professionally in Belgium

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — North Dakota Women’s basketball has big shoes to fill with forward Lexi Klabo moving on to the professional ranks in Belgium. Klabo is the eighth all–time leading scorer in school history putting up over 1600 points in her career. In her senior year, Klabo was named to the All–Summit League first team. In order to compensate…

Marlon Stewart Key Returner for UND Men’s Basketball

Stewart Led Fighting Hawks in scoring last season

GRAND FORKS, N.D — North Dakota men’s basketball is starting a new era under head coach Paul Sather. The Fighting Hawks come into the 2019–2020 season picked eighth in the Summit League. While that ranking is low, the Fighting Hawks’ spirits are high. UND returns three seniors including guard Marlon Stewart who erupted in the second half of last season….

Dangerous Inmate Captured In Wadena

UPDATE: According to the Wadena County Sheriff’s Department Facebook page, Ryan Petro has been apprehended in the City of Wadena. They thank everyone who called with information. Original Story: Extra police officers patrolled schools in the Wadena-Deer Creek district Tuesday after a jail inmate escaped on Monday. The district says all doors to the schools have been locked or manned,…

Fargo Park district holds meeting on Executive Director candidates

FARGO, N.D. – Fargo Park District held a meeting to review executive director candidates. Park Board President Jerry Rostad says the Human Resources Director reviewed the position description, gathered input on interview questions and provided a framework on how the search committee process will play out. Each member of the search committee will then review the list of candidates. Previous…

West Acres Cinema Closed

FARGO, N.D. – West Acres Cinema is closed Tuesday for what Marcus Theatres calls “an emergency maintenance issue.” Fargo Police dispatch logs show crews were called around 7:00 Monday night for a water main break and sewer backup. Marcus Theatres says in a Facebook post, “Thank you for your patience as we work to fix the issue and reopen as…

West Fargo’s Mertz Wins High School Play of the Week

Mertz's Touchdown Against Shanley wins potw

FARGO, N.D. — This week’s winner of the DJ Colter High School Play of the Week is West Fargo’s Dustin Mertz. Angeles took home 79 percent of the votes on Twitter and every vote online taking it himself into the end zone for the score and win over Shanley. Congrats to Mertz and the Packers for taking home this week’s…

Local Kurd reacts to Bakr al-Baghdadi’s death

The ISIS leader died Saturday during a U.S. military operation in northwest Syria

FARGO, N.D. — Over the past three decades, Kurdish immigrant Kawar Farok watched as dictators in the Middle East came and went; the most recent of which is ISIS leader Bakr al–Baghdadi. “Extremism is an ideology. It doesn’t end with one person. We saw Bin Laden go. We saw Zarqawi go. We saw Abu Bakr al–Baghdadi go. So, if extremism…